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Title Healing east and west : ancient wisdom and modern psychology / edited by Anees A. Sheikh, Katharina S. Sheikh ; [foreword by Jeanne Achterberg]
Edition Paperback edition
Published New York : Wiley, [1996]
©1996

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Description xxiv, 590 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Ayurveda: The Science of Long Life in Contemporary Perspective / Cromwell Crawford -- 2. Yoga and Healing / Sundar Ramaswami -- 3. Chinese Medicine: The Law of Five Elements / Donald M. Pachuta -- 4. Buddhist Psychology: Implications for Healing / Sundar Ramaswami and Anees A. Sheikh -- 5. Mind, Disease, and Health in Tibetan Medicine / Mark Epstein and Lobsang Rapgay -- 6. Sufism: The Way to Universal Self / A. Reza Arasteh and Anees A. Sheikh -- 7. On Being Natural: Two Japanese Approaches to Healing / David K. Reynolds -- 8. The Four Forces of Psychotherapy / Robert J. Lueger and Anees A. Sheikh -- 9. Hypnosis Historical and Social Psychological Aspects / Lorne D. Bertrand and Nicholas P. Spanos -- 10. Current Conceptual Trends in Biofeedback and Self-Regulation / Patricia Norris -- 11. Psychosomatic Illness: A New Look / Carol E. McMahon and Anees A. Sheikh -- 12. Cerebral Laterality: Implications for Eastern and Western Therapies / Robert G. Ley and Maura Smylie
13. Psychoneuroimmunology: Toward a Mind-Body Model / Kenneth R. Pelletier and Denise L. Herzing -- 14. The Importance of Modern Physics for Modern Medicine / Larry Dossey -- 15. Meditation East and West / Sundar Ramaswami and Anees A. Sheikh -- 16. Healing Images: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Science / Anees A. Sheikh, Robert G. Kunzendorf and Katharina S. Sheikh -- 17. Transcultural Psychotherapy / Sohan L. Sharma -- 18. Toward a Synthesis of Eastern and Western Psychologies / Roger Walsh
Summary This book explores Eastern approaches to therapy and psychological healing, and covers such techniques as relaxation, hypnosis, transcendental meditation and acupuncture. It takes a psychological and medical approach to the process of healing and examines the fundamental differences between Eastern and Western philosophies and approaches to health care
Analysis Alternative therapy
Notes Originally published: Eastern and western approaches to healing. New York : Wiley, c1989
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Medicine and psychology -- Cross-cultural studies.
Medicine, Oriental.
Mind and body.
Psychiatry, Transcultural.
Complementary Therapies.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Medicine.
Psychology.
Author Sheikh, Anees A.
Sheikh, Katharina S.
LC no. 96021085
ISBN 0471155608 (paperback: alk. paper)
Other Titles Healing east & west
OTHER TI Eastern and western approaches to healing