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 Mind/Body Medicine focuses on the interactions between the mind and the body and the powerful ways in which physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual factors directly affect health. Mind/Body Medicine involves the application of a variety of psychological techniques and knowledge shown to be effective in changing mood, behavior and consciousness.
Biofeedback: A training technique used to help people to understand their body signals to relax tense muscles and to lessen or alleviate stress.
Cognitive Therapy: A therapeutic approach focusing on the relationship between thoughts, feelings, beliefs, behaviors and physiology.
Guided Imagery: The process of assisting someone to create images in their mind, which induces a state of peaceful relaxation. This is often accomplished through reading descriptive passage to someone as they mentally imagine a particular place or location.
Hypnotherapy: The process of inducing a state of concentration and responsiveness to suggestion, thus allowing the mind's defenses to be bypassed for positive and desirable changes in behavior.
Stress Management: The process of teaching people to identify stress warning signals and effective strategies to prevent and cope with the onset of stress. A variety of group and individual techniques are available.
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