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Integrating Psychodynamic and Somatic Therapy: When CBT Isn’t Enough for Trauma Integrating psychodynamic and somatic therapy is becoming essential for trauma clinicians working with complex or treatment-resistant cases. While Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) remains a gold-standard intervention, its structured, cognitive focus can sometimes fall short for clients whose trauma is deeply rooted in the body …
By Gabriel Benaim, Clinical Mental Health Counselor Burnout vs compassion fatigue is more than a semantic debate—it’s a clinical distinction every therapist should understand. While both conditions can leave mental health professionals drained and less effective, they stem from different causes and require different interventions. Recognizing the early warning signs can protect both your well-being …
The Subtle Energy Centers Among yogis, the chakra (Sanskrit for “wheel” or “turning”) has long been known as an “energy station” (Eden, 2008), envisioned as a point of swirling energy, a vortex. Eden also notes that while the term chakra has its origins in India, many cultures have identified and worked with the spiraling centers. …
The biofield is often referred to as the human energy field (HEF). While the existence of this field was once disputed, scientists now know with almost absolute certainty that one exists (Oschman, 2015). The physical body has an energy counterpart referred to by many names: ethereal body, aura, energy field, bioenergy field, and human energy …
Energy healing is a practice that recognizes that energy is a vital, living, moving force, which is instrumental in determining health and well-being. The primary function of energy healing is to change the frequency of the body’s three main energetic anatomic features—energetic fields, channels, and centers (Dale, 2017) Energy medicine is a domain that deals …
Energy is everything—everything in the universe is in motion, even a rock, at an atomic and subatomic level. According to Dale (2017), energy is defined as “information that vibrates.” Conventional descriptions refer to energy at the physical level and define it as the capacity to do work and overcome resistance. Conventional science recognizes four main …
In a few decades scientists have gone from a conviction that there is no such thing as energy fields in and around the human body to an absolute certainty that they exist. James Oschman, Ph.D., Energy Medicine McKusick (2014) states “Over the last two decades a new paradigm has been emerging—that we are more fundamentally …
Energy healing promotes self-healing by relaxing the body, releasing tensions, and strengthening the body’s own immune system. Healing is natural and non-invasive with the intention of bringing the recipient into a state of balance and wellbeing on all levels. Spiritual healing is not linked to a particular religion. It is not faith healing – even …