Wellness Therapy
What is Wellness Therapy?
The purpose of Wellness Therapy is to empower individuals to reach tier full potential as human beings. Various treatment modalities are incorporated, providing an integrated approach designed to heal a person's physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies. Full wellness cannot be achieved unless these three areas - body, mind, and spirit — are in balance.
Traditional Western medicine and psychotherapies treat the disease rather than the person. Wellness Therapy, on the other hand, recognizes the unique internal and external circumstances presented by the individual, and in so doing, treats the individual, rather than the disease. Wellness Therapy does not believe in one size fits all.
Wellness Therapy works to bring the physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies into harmony by promoting a lifestyle of balance. Addictions, anxiety, and depression are common symptoms of imbalance. Wellness Therapy addresses these in much the same way that light is brought into a dark room. While darkness cannot be physically removed, in the presence of light, darkness vanishes. Likewise, in the presence of a harmonious lifestyle, imbalance simply disappears.
Who benefits from Wellness Therapy?
Individuals, couples, families, and groups of people confronting similar life issues can all benefit from Wellness Therapy.
Wellness Therapy includes
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Abraham Lincoln said, "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." It is true that our thinking creates our reality. We may not be able to control external events, but we can control how we perceive them. Cognitive therapy empowers individuals to control their thoughts, rather than letting their thoughts control them. - Twelve Step Programs
Twelve step programs are spiritual programs of recovery designed to empower individuals to overcome addictive behaviors. Twelve step principles are incorporated into Wellness Therapy. - Stress Management
Wellness Therapy offers stress management techniques such as body scanning, breath work, and mental imagery. These and other techniques empower individuals to cope with stress and anxiety in healthful ways. - Nutrition
Wellness Therapy emphasizes the do's and don'ts of a healing and healthful diet. - Exercise
Exercise helps to lower cholesterol and strengthen the cardiovascular system. In addition, exercise stimulates the release of hormones and neurotransmitters that make people feel good. - Meditation
Meditation is a way of connecting with that place inside that is happy, joyous, and free.