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During my 30+ years of private practice, I developed a psychotherapeutic method, Bodymind Healing Psychotherapy, which integrates traditional forms of psychotherapy with leading edge bodymind healing methods from Western and Eastern traditions. This approach has received endorsements from top leaders in mind-body healthcare. Specifically selected treatments are mutually agreed upon and are adapted to each person's unique needs. Some of these methods may include:
Traditional forms of psychotherapy including psychodynamic, self-psychology, cognitive/behavioral, Jungian, Transpersonal.
Western Bodymind Healing Methods including guided imagery, hypnosis, relaxation methods.
Qigong is a many thousand year-old method of cultivating the energy of life through breath, movement, awareness touch, sound, and guided imagery. Recent research has demonstrated that Qigong has the ability to lower blood pressure, increase balance, and help with a wide variety of chronic diseases. The Wall Street Journal says it's the hottest trend in stress relief. Many people think Qigong is about graceful movements; but Qigong also has static practices that can be done in stillness. Many people think Qigong is about practices that relax; but Qigong is a unique time-tested practice that simultaneously relaxes and energizes. In my pioneering efforts to integrate the time-tested health benefits of Qigong with Western bodymind healing methods, I taught the first course in an accredited university to doctoral psychology students about this integration.
Energy Psychology is a leading edge psychological approach that adds self-touch, tapping, and other methods to increase effectiveness of treatment. My book on Energy Psychology was released by North Atlantic/Random House in spring of 2009, and its comprehensive approach to energy psychology gratefully received glowing endorsements from leaders in mind-body healthcare.
Focusing, developed by Dr Eugene Gendlin, is a method of inner accessing that helps you to identify the felt meaning of somatic symptoms in a way that an energetic shift often takes place as the way your body holds an issue let's go or changes. Dr Gendlin won the "Most Distinguished Psychologist of the Year Award" from the American Psychological Association. I was Dr Gendlin's East Bay Focusing training coordinator for 10 years.
Please visit my website at www.bodymindhealing.com, where you can see my private practice brochure and download articles (Chapters from my new book) with self-healing methods for anxiety, hypertension, insomnia, chronic pain, depression, etc.
Bio.
Michael Mayer, Ph.D., who has been in private practice in the Bay Area for 30 years, is a licensed psychologist and certified hypnotherapist specializing in self-healing methods for mental and physical health problems. He is author of twelve publications on body-mind healing. Dr. Mayer is a Member of the California State Psychological Association; and he co-founded and serves as a practitioner at The Health Medicine Center, a multidisciplinary integrative healthcare clinic.