therapy

I hope this works because my cut/paste thing isn't working. www.emdr-therapy.com/emdr.html Is anyone familiar with this therapy? My therapist is encouraging me to use it with his guidance. It requires you to be able to relax to a meditational state, and I am afraid I am too internally anxious...

My son is thinking of adopting a kitten that had a baby gate fall on it, injuring its back. Its walking again and able to climb in and out of its litter box. The adoption agency said it has been getting cold laser therapy for the injury. My brief research seems to imply its bunk. But my son...

I ran across this website on Facebook. https://www.seculartherapy.org/index.php The website seems to be trying to get a database of therapists willing or skilled in helping people in separating from religious or cult indoctrination, and matching them up with individuals seeking help. I don't...

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing I never heard of this. Anyone here experience this treatment or been helped by it? I read a rather large article in the paper today but the Wikipedia article doesn’t paint...

Hi, I've just heard of something called Craniosacral therapy. Now of course this sounds bullsh** (and it probably is) but I have also found a peer reviewed journal called: Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice and there is a paper there which sums up: Does anyone know about this...

Recently I have been having a bit of a midlife crisis in terms of where I am and where I'm going in life. I realised I have been doing office based IT jobs for 2 decades, and if I don't change anything now, it will be the same for the next 2. The thought of sitting at a desk, trying (and...

Recently, I have been looking into the possibility of receiving CBT, as I can no longer take antidepressants and it's my understanding that this is the only form of psychotherapy that isn't (to some extent) woo. However, the guy I spoke to at the assessment seemed to think CBT wasn't...

Commentary on psychedelics; experiences that have come from psychedelics; perspective on herbs, naturally-occurring chemicals, or semi-synthesized chemicals that are considered entheogenic psychedelics An entheogen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen is a god-containing plant or chemical...

For once, a report comes out that says that they found no evidence! I take it all back... negative papers can be published and make news after all! http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070925/magnets_pain_070925/20070925?hub=Health One comment that I found slightly amusing...

Could I "practice" music therapy without a therapy, or psych, or whatever liscense? People pay me to play the piano They say it relaxes them Could I offer it as music therapy without a liscense of some sort (why the heck didn't I think of this years ago, I could charge $50 an hour!!!)...

Does anyone know how "woo" this treatment is? The red flag shoots up for me when I read this: Shades of CAM there, I feel.

Discussing alt-med somewhere, someone threw Coley's Toxins (also known as Coley's Fluid) at me. I'd never heard of 'em. Dr.William Coley was a doctor who noticed remission on some cancer patients who had contracted erysipelas infections, so he tested it as a cure, and had some success...

I just saw an excellent piece in the BMJ. The full text is here. It has sparked off some interesting responses, including a few wooish ones. I'm just putting together my own response, but if there are any oncology or nutrition experts on the forum they would carry more weight than little old me.

This is something I'd really like to understand. A doctor asks a patient what is wrong. He looks over the patient, takes a temperature, does some blood tests, takes some x-rays, diagnoses a disease and prescribes a pharmaceutical remedy. The doctor's patient gets better. A homeopath asks a...

Power Therapy from UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE. I took the liberty of telephoning and enquiring if they do or have in the past offered such a degree. They have promised to e-mail me back soon. I'll let you know.

what happens in regression therapy. If people are not descrbing there past life what are they describing

wow.....pretty exciting possibilities.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5304910.stm

Hello forum, This morning (6/7/2006) in the Los Angeles Times they ran a lengthy article in the food section about a magnetic gadget that claims to transform your cheap, crappy wine into into a "rich and silky wine". The gadget, known as the BevWizard, is described as a powerful magnet that...

I have rediscovered a major complementary treatment modality which has yet to be developed for the modern health market: MKB Therapy. I believe it has all the hallmarks of a successful alternative therapy. MKB Therapy has been used since ancient times MKB Therapy’s use is widespread over many...

I would really value any opinions or advice on this, whether from vets, animal lovers or anyone who's interested. My situation: One of my beloved German Shepherd dogs (Harry) has recently started to suffer quite badly with pain and stiffness in his hips and back legs. He’s only 7, and I love...

http://www.phagetherapycenter.com/pii/PatientServlet?command=static_home&secnavpos=-1 The above rather convoluted URL is for the site of a Bacteriophage treatment centre in Tbilisi, Georgia. (The other Georgia). We have probably all heard of this alternative to antibiotics, but it seems to...

The BMJ has published a review which suggests that magnet therapy is ineffective. No abstract is currently available, but the first 150 words can be seen here The story has been covered by the BBC: Perhaps someone associated with The British Instute of Magnet Therapy would care to comment?

Anyone with some medical/physiological knowledge want to poke some holes in this one? My wife's aunt and uncle have purchased an infrared sauna for their basement (cool enough concept - use focused infrared to heat the body rather than just "hot air" of a typical sauna, allowing you to heat the...

Anyone heard of this one before? I ran into someone today who claimed to have become a non-smoker thanks to a laser treatment. He said he went to a health centre where he lashed out £26 to have a laser stuck in his ear for 30 minutes, after which he stopped smoking. The way it was explained...

Ronald Bailey at Reason.com talked with Woo Suk Hwang the South Korean who lead teams that produced the first cloned dog and the first cloned human embryos. http://www.reason.com/links/links091505.shtml On a less optimistic side note: CBL

A colleague of mine was telling me that she is doing a training course in Craniosacral Therapy with the Upledger Institute. She was raving about it, but does it work or is is just another SCAM similar to homeopathy?

It's true!. I ordered a bunch of Nyodymium magnets from the internet and when they came I sat around playing with them, making them do tricks. Dropping them down copper pipes, squishing my "Thinking Putty" with them. Collecting Iron Filings (magnet protected in a baggy for this) from my garage...

I have seen Randi declare this a woo theory, but I didn't have much evidence to go on. I am getting married in about 6 mo. or so, and after that I will probably be looking to start a family, so the subject of child rearing has become of interest to me. Being somewhat convinced that just because...

Major stem cell breakthrough on brain disease A SAFE treatment for Parkinson’s disease sufferers could be available in as little as three years following new research into stem cell therapy. Scientists at the world-renowned Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, have managed for the first time to...

Article from AFP Well, this is great news. There is one point the article makes, that beyond the ethical considerations, there are pros and cons to using the different type of stem cells. If multipotent stem cells are limited, then eventually it might become necessary to look into embryonic...