Laughter Therapy Laughter therapy is a form of therapy that encourages people to use the natural‚ physiological process of laugher to release painful emotions like anger‚ fear‚ helplessness‚ depression and stress. Humour helps give us perspective to our problems and makes us have a positive and hopeful attitude‚ that is why it is such a great relaxation method. The first documented case of "humour positively affecting disease" was in 1964 when Norman Cousins‚ published "Anatomy of an Illness". Medical
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Massage therapy is often regarded as an extravagance‚ a luxury‚ or an expense awaiting justification. Few actually regard a massage as a viable form of medical treatment. But it is. Massage therapy is actually the simplest and oldest form of medicine. There are references to massage in Chinese medical literature dating back to 2‚700 B.C. Think for one moment‚ your very first reaction when you stub your toe‚ hit your funny bone‚ or bump your head. Instinctively‚ you place your hand over the injured
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Gestalt Therapy Gestalt therapy was largely developed by Fritz Perls and his wife‚ Laura. Together they created a theory that is based on the premise that individuals must be understood in the context of their ongoing relationship with the environment. To better understand that‚ one must review the key concepts‚ therapeutic process‚ and the techniques of application. The first key concept of Gestalt therapy is its view of human nature. Perls believed that genuine knowledge is the product of
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personal introspective moments offered by a series or film. It is a technique that uses the multiple psychological benefits of cinema together with cognitive therapy. It’s objective? To use audiovisual material as a tool to help ourselves overcome all kinds of psychological disorders. With a film a director meets one of the purposes of therapy: to make the public and the patient identify with the characters and feel that the changes‚ thoughts‚ and feelings of the fictional characters are just like
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HEALTH SYSTEMS AURTHOR (S) Kovin S Naidoo: Brien Holden Vision Institute‚ Public Health Division‚ Durban‚ South Africa; University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN)‚ Durban‚ South Africa Brien Holden: Brien Holden Vision Institute‚ University of New South Wales (UNSW)‚ Australia PEER REVIEWER (S) Ron Fyfe:Past Chairman of the Public Health Committee of WCO; Currently: Asia Pacific representative on WCO Public Health Committee and member of the board of Vision 2020 New Zealand THIS CHAPTER WILL
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Virtual reality techniques in Occupational therapy As science and technology change‚ so do our occupational therapy practice methods . This is shown not only within our field‚ but also within health care. Certainly‚ technological advancements continually influence our current practice and occasionally they create new tools for intervention. Virtual rehabilitation is one of these areas of advancements‚ where changes have driven new and unique treatment methods. Virtual rehabilitation is the use
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care‚ but curative interventions such as homeopathy‚ yoga‚ and massage therapy are not given a lot of emphasis. The research is aimed to mainly focus on the implications and effectiveness of massage therapy as they can alleviate the symptoms of ADHD. This research illustrates that the ADHD is a mental disorder and must be manage through therapies like massage therapy as the complete management of the disorder. Massage therapy reveals a positive impact on task focus as well as group behavior‚ the
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2015 Therapy can be excellent for those who are trying to gain control and stability in their life. Our world is used to seeing counseling sessions taking place in an office setting one on one‚ face to face with a professional person. But within recent years technology has changed all that up. Online therapy has been created for convenience‚ time management‚ and also low cost. One can find so many different online therapy organizations in the privacy of their
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Group therapy has its roots from WWII but is still very common today. There are many different factors of group therapy. The first is that group therapy offers new information to individuals. The group leader may offer advice but also group members share their experiences. This leads to the presence of hope by both the therapist and group members. Another factor to group therapy is universality which shows that everyone struggles with problems and that an individual is not alone (BOOK). A benefit
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“Sandplay therapists who work in the way Kalff taught differentiate sandplay from sand tray therapy‚" said Lauren Cunningham‚ a founding member of STA and the editor of The Journal of Sandplay Therapy. "Sand tray therapy is a more generic term referring to a variety of effective ways of using sand‚ figures and a container from different theoretical perspectives." She continued‚ "Sandplay therapy emphasises the spontaneous and dynamic qualities of the creative experience itself. The essence of sandplay
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