Holistic Medicine Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing that addresses the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most importantly, to promote optimal health. This condition of holistic health is defined as the unlimited and unimpeded free flow of life force energy through body, mind, and spirit. Holistic medicine encompasses all safe and appropriate modalities of diagnosis and treatment. It includes analysis of physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional, spiritual and lifestyle elements.
Holistic medicine focuses upon patient education and participation in the healing process.
The goal is to identify and resolve problems with insight, as well as build on strengths. It usually strikes during autumn and often continues through the winter when natural light is reduced. Researchers have found that people who have SAD can be helped with the symptoms of their illness if they spend blocks of time bathed in light from a special full-spectrum light source, called a light box. Pastoral Counseling Some people prefer to seek help for mental health problems from their pastor, rabbi, or priest rather than from therapists who are not affiliated with a religious community. Play Therapy Geared toward young children, this technique uses a variety of activities such as painting, puppets, and dioramas to establish communication with the therapist and resolve problems.