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Complementary and integrative therapeutic methods are fast becoming customary in mental health counseling and within the broader medical community. Reiki, an energy-based healing practice, is one such method. Research specific to the medical field has shown that Reiki is useful in treating anxiety and chronic pain. Moreover, Reiki as an adjunct intervention to counseling is trending. Yet, there is little information in the literature that describes the mechanisms that link the healing practice of Reiki to counseling theory and practice. This conceptual article explores some foundational constructs of Reiki and the ways they interface with important principles of various humanistic counseling theories. This article provides readers with an overview of Reiki and three humanistic counseling theoretical approaches to provide common ground between the core constructs of these approaches. This article aims to enhance professionals' holistic understanding of how Reiki can be utilized within the field of counseling for treatment.
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Launched in 1995, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine has a mission to promote the art and science of integrative medicine and a responsibility to improve public health. We strive to maintain the highest standards of ethical medical journalism independent of special interests that is timely, accurate, and a pleasure to read. We publish original, peer-reviewed scientific articles that provide health care providers with continuing education to promote health, prevent illness, and treat disease. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine was the first journal in this field to be indexed in the National Library of Medicine. In 2006, 2007, and 2008, ATHM had the highest impact factor ranking of any independently published peer-reviewed CAM journal in the United States—meaning that its research articles were cited more frequently than any other journal’s in the field.
Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine does not endorse any particular system or method but promotes the evaluation and appropriate use of all effective therapeutic approaches. Each issue contains a variety of disciplined inquiry methods, from case reports to original scientific research to systematic reviews. The editors encourage the integration of evidence-based emerging therapies with conventional medical practices by licensed health care providers in a way that promotes a comprehensive approach to health care that is focused on wellness, prevention, and healing. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine hopes to inform all licensed health care practitioners about developments in fields other than their own and to foster an ongoing debate about the scientific, clinical, historical, legal, political, and cultural issues that affect all of health care.
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