Practitioners are often trained in various massage techniques. Art therapy, the therapeutic use of visual arts such as drawing, painting, sculpture, or clay modeling. Therapists are often mental health professionals with additional training approved by the American Art Therapy Association. Used to treat mental illness or aid in rehabilitation after a stroke or injury affecting eye-hand coordination. Ayurveda, an ancient practice that originated in India and is still used there.
Emphasis is on balancing three basic life forces, or doshas, to maintain wellness.
Ayurveda practitioners are not licensed in the United States, although chiropractors, physicians, and other licensed practitioners can incorporate its principles into their disciplines after several months of training in an ayurvedic institute. There are now several spas and ayurvedic clinics that teach its principles of maintaining health and well-being. Biofeedback training, in which a person uses electronic monitors to control certain normally involuntary functions. Training is offered by physicians, psychologists, physical therapists, and rehabilitation centers. Used mostly to control pain, muscle spasms, and stress-related disorders such as migraine headaches.