Holistic Treatment in Mental Health

Cheryl L. Fracasso, Ph.D., LMHC is a licensed mental health counselor, certified clinical trauma intervention specialist, and owner of ShangriLa Wellness Center, a holistic healthcare center. She served on the faculty at the University of Phoenix for over 9 years teaching undergraduate psychology classes. Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., former director of the Maimonides Medical Center Dream Research Laboratory, is a professor at California Institute of Integral Studies. He is a fellow in the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science. Harris L. Friedman, Ph.D. is an associated distinguished consulting professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, an associated professor at the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University (UK), and a visiting scholar at Harvard University. He retired as a research professor of psychology at the University of Florida.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vi
Foreword
Kirwan Rockefeller 1
Introduction
Cheryl L. Fracasso, Stanley Krippner and Harris L. Friedman 5
Part 1. Psychotherapeutic Interventions
The Vigorous, Compassionate and Holistic Approach of Rational Emotive
Behavior Therapy: Honoring the Work of Albert Ellis
Debbie Joffe Ellis 11
Time Perspective Therapy: An Evolutionary Therapy for PTSD
Rosemary Sword and Philip Zimbardo 22
Transpersonal Psychotherapies
Harris L. Friedman 35
Part 2. Creative and Expressive Arts Interventions
Natalie Rogers’s Person- Centered Expressive Arts Therapy
Sue Ann Herron 49
Dance/Movement as a Holistic Treatment: Using Creative, imaginal
and Embodied Expression in Healing, Growth and Therapy
ilene A. Serlin and J. Ryan Kennedy 61
Drama Therapy: Integral Healing Through Imagination and Action
Gary Raucher, Renée Emunah and Doug Ronning 76
Music Therapy as a Holistic Treatment for Mental Health
Lillian Eyre 90
Art Therapy: An Existential Perspective
Joseph Madigan 105
Part 3. Mind/Body and Energy Medicine Interventions
Holistic Benefits of Clinical Hypnosis
Marina A. Smirnova 119
Holotropic Breathwork in a Clinical Setting
Marina A. Smirnova 127
Emotional Freedom Techniques for Psychological Symptoms
and Disorders
Peta Stapleton 136
Re-Enter and Re-Imagine: A Client- Led Dreamworking Method
Christopher Sowton 152
Bodymind Healing Psychotherapy
Michael Mayer 164
Holistic Coaching for Mental Health
Susan Turner Gabrielle 182
The Role of Massage Therapy in Psychological Services: Evidence
and Implications for Mental Health Practitioners
Grant J. Rich 195
Yoga Nidra: The Art of Deep Relaxation
Nick Atlas 209
Mindfulness Meditation: Principles and Applications for Holistic Healing
Nitin Anand, Mahendra Prakash Sharma, Amanpreet Kaur
and Priya Kayastha Anand 222
Presence in Place: Exploring Well- Being Through Mindfulness
and Spirituality at Grand Canyon National Park and Other
Natural Settings
David S.B. Mitchell, Kanika A.M. Magee, Christopher N. Cross,
Jules P. Harrell and Fatimah L.C. Jackson 244
Grounding and Communication as an Integrative Therapy
Caifang Zhu 259
Part 4. Multicultural and Indigenous Interventions
Medicinal Drumming and Holistic Healing
Sal Núñez 273
Practicing Medicine Wheel for Holistic Healing
Kathryn LaFevers Evans, Three Eagles 285
About the Contributors 299
Index 303