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Breathwork

Alistair Brown

Breathwork is a general term used to describe any type of therapy that utilizes breathing exercises to improve mental, physical, and spiritual health. Many forms of breathwork therapy exist today. Each has its own unique methods of using breath for healing purposes. It draws from Eastern practices like yoga and Tai Chi while incorporating Western psychotherapy techniques. To bring about self-awareness, breathwork can include elements of talk therapy, breathing exercises, art, music, and bodywork. This therapy can be used with individuals, couples, and groups. It should always be facilitated by a suitably qualified practitioner. Continue reading Breathwork

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Expressive Arts Therapy

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What Is Expressive Arts Therapy? Expressive arts therapy combines psychology and the creative process to promote emotional growth and healing. This multi-arts, or intermodal, approach to psychotherapy uses our inborn desire to create—be it music, theater, poetry, dance, or other artistic form—as a therapeutic tool to help initiate change. The difference between expressive arts therapy and transpersonal art therapy is that expressive arts therapy draws from a variety of art forms, while art therapy tends to be based on one particular art form. When It’s Used Expressive arts therapy is used with children and adults, as individuals or in groups, to nurture deep … Continue reading Expressive Arts Therapy

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Wilderness Therapy

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Wilderness therapy (also known as outdoor behavioral healthcare) is an adventure-based therapy treatment modality for behavior modification and interpersonal self-improvement, combining experiential education, individual and group therapy in a wilderness setting. The success of the Outward Bound outdoor education program in the 1940s inspired the approach taken by many current-day wilderness therapy programs, though some adopted a survivalist methodology.[1] Clients typically range in age from 10–17 for adolescents, and 18–28 for adults. There are a variety of different types of wilderness therapy programs. The most common models are sustained expedition or base camp models with a typical stay of 8–12 weeks, while other single expedition-style models involve single 25–35 day trips. Their aim is … Continue reading Wilderness Therapy

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Sandplay

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Sandplay therapy “Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.”   C. G. Jung In this current age and time that rushes toward the future, the simplicity and depth of Sandplay provides a space for contact with the inner, symbolic world. A basic premise of Sandplay is that psyche possesses a natural tendency to heal itself, given the proper conditions. Similar to our physical wounds that heal under beneficial conditions, the psyche has an instinctual wisdom that emerges when able to operate naturally. Sandplay is “hands on” psychological work, and is an adjunct to … Continue reading Sandplay

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Rebirthing

Alistair Brown

Rebirthing Rebirthing Breathwork is a conscious, connected body/breath technique which activates an altered state of consciousness. This results in a number of internal experiences. One is where thoughts, pains, memories or feelings or energies that have been held down with the breath, are able to surface to be released, cleared or resolved. The process is freeing of limitations from previous decisions, beliefs or conditioning. This also can include the psycho-emotional aspects of your physical birth, in-utero experience and early infancy and their psycho-spiritual implications. The opportunity is to decondition and reprogramme self. In the altered state of a Rebirthing Breathwork session, a new perspective … Continue reading Rebirthing