Creative Energies Integrative Energy Psychotherapy for Self-Expression and Healing

by Hover-Kramer, Dorothea

• ISBN13: 9780393703849
• ISBN10: 0393703843
• Edition: 00
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

While meridian-based therapies allow the health caregiver to assist persons with physical and/or emotional distress by tapping a sequence of specific acupoints, this comprehensive book is the first to describe the integration of the three aspects of the human vibrational matrix'”the biofield, the energy centers, and the meridian pathways with their specific acupoints'”and their relevance to emotional healing and increased creativity.Dorothea Hover-Kramer presents an integrative approach to these aspects of the human energy system and shows how interventions with them can be used singly or interactively to bring about emotional healing. In addition, the book clearly defines the present research and scientific basis related to therapeutic interventions from the energetic perspective of working with the human vibrational matrix. The ethics of introducing new and innovative methods are clearly elucidated to help practitioners to introduce energy therapies to appropriate clients. Case examples bring each of the major interventions to life and help the caregiver to access his or her own creative resources. In addition, specific exercises are presented to release limiting patterns, install empowering new beliefs, and access clients' creativity.

Author Biography

Dorothea Hover-Kramer, Ed.D., C.N.S., R.N., is a pioneer in the nursing literature on Healing Touch as well as in her private practice as a clinical psychologist. She is cofounder and president-elect of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology

Table of Contents

List of Learning Exercises	vii
List of Figures	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Foreword	xv
Fred P. Gallo
Foreword	xvii
David Grudermeyer
Introduction	xix
I History and Background of Energy-Oriented Healing
New Resources for Emotional Healing and Enhanced Creativity	3	(8)
A Brief History of Energy-Related Healing	11	(7)
Research Supporting Biofield, Chakra, and Meridian Interventions for Counseling	18	(8)
The Scientific Basis for Energy-Oriented Psychotherapy	26	(13)
II The Human Vibrational Matrix
The Human Biofield	39	(11)
The Chakras and Their Psychological Meaning	50	(15)
The Meridians and Related Acupoints	65	(12)
Assessment of Patterns in the Human Vibrational Matrix	77	(16)
III Integrative Energy Psychology Interventions for Emotional Relief
Ethical Considerations for Integrated Energy Psychotherapy	93	(9)
Relieving Pervasive Psychoenergetic Disturbance	102	(8)
Addressing Psychoenergetic Reversals	110	(9)
Treatment Applications for Working with Specific Emotional Issues	119	(10)
IV Integrative Energy Psychology Interventions for Accessing Creativity
Expanding Our View of Energy Psychotherapy	129	(8)
Releasing Limiting Beliefs and Installing Desired Beliefs	137	(9)
Becoming a Life-Artist	146	(11)
Future Directions for Creative Energies	157	(6)
References	163	(9)
Glossary	172	(4)
Bibliography of Selected Readings	176	(3)
Appendices	179	(24)
A Sample Intake Sheet	181	(1)
B Sample Treatment Consent for Use of Energy Psychotherapy Approaches	182	(2)
C Standards of Practice in Comprehensive Energy Psychology	184	(6)
D Code of Ethics for Practitioners of Comprehensive Energy Psychology	190	(3)
E Organizational Resources for Further Information	193	(2)
F Beyond Ground Zero: Energy Concepts for Addressing Shock, After-Effects of Trauma, Grief, and Future Anxiety	195	(8)
Index	203