Guided imagery teaches the patient how to draw upon the power of the mind to speak the body’s language of stress relief and disease management.
It
has proven to be a promising complement to conventional treatments for people dealing with cancer, anxiety, issues with pain management, quality of life, and even weight management.
What you get . . .
When you attend a Healing Images™ Guided Imagery Certification Symposium:
Overview of the current use and of guided imagery in every day healthcare
Introduction to psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) and the mind’s ability to change body chemistry
Latest research in brain plasticity and neurogenesis: to learn new behaviors and rewire itself
Physiology of short-term stress, long-term stress, and relaxation
Difference between harnessing the power of the mind vs. the belief that one must maintain
constant “positive thinking”
Epigenetics: altering DNA by changing nutritional & emotional environmental factors
Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) basics, a tool to help change one’s perceptions of events
The “art” of metaphorical language in health practices
Introduction to the role of nutrition in chronic illnesses
Discussion for a newly emerging medical model that aims for more three-dimensional healing
Integrative technique resources, with suggestions for how to introduce this to patients
Role of integrative techniques in the treatment of cancer, pain-management, depression, sleep,
anxiety, weight loss, and overall quality of life issues
A comprehensive set of published materials (programs, books, and CDs) by Dr. Jost, to get you
started right away in helping patients embrace these important tools (valued at over $500).
Summary of topics covered:
Neuroplasticity ... your mind’s ability to learn new behaviors and rewire itself
Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) ... your mind’s ability to change your body’s chemistry
Neurolinguistic program (NLP) ... the ability to change your perception of an event
Epigenetics ... the current understanding on how we can alter DNA by changing nutritional
and emotional environmental factors
Nutrition ... information from a nutritional biochemist's point of view, when the information
seems to be not only confusing, but even contradictory!
Guided imagery, jounaling, light hypnosis, and other holistic, integrative tools ...
to help you achieve more satisfaction in the work you do every day
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The science/physiology of the bodymind was exceptionally helpful to bring the guided imagery practice out of just an alternative therapy into a "medical" therapy.
While a person might be familiar with guided imagery, Dr. Jost takes that understanding of the bodymind to a deeper level.
This could improve the connection with our patients and our understanding of the needs and improve outcomes.
About the future vision for healthcare with this information available to more professionals:
My hope for the future is that this information can help us focus on individual wellness paths, rather than disease syndromes.
A patient focus on quick cures and "make me well now" thinking doesn't work in the long term.
I would like to see medical doctors open up to CAM and not fear it by attending symposiums such as this.
I would like to see a true integrative model for health care by incorporating these techniques with 24/7 availability.
I would like to see this kind of education help to eliminate medical and pharmaceutical prejudice against true "health" care.
Really … let's focus on what will truly be best to the patient - which is a unique combination of care from all different health care providers.
I have a wish for healthcare - that alternative and complimentary healthcare join other medical care - to feed and support one another.
When patients show up to be "fixed" vs. "supported," they need to "recover" from the experience of being hospitalized.
Better understanding of and greater acceptance of alternative therapies; with MD's recognition of mind/body energy, is the vision I hope to see in my lifetime.
I look forward to the day that "alternative" is a quaint old saying.
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