Integrative Perspectives. The Use of Reiki in Psychotherapy

LaTorre, Mary Ann

doi:10.1111/j.1744-6163.2005.00035.x

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“…Eye contact is seen as expressing empathy and warmth (Burgoon et al . 1996), but touching in psychiatric cooperative team meetings is not in accord with the good psychotherapeutic principles (LaTorre 2000). According to Burgoon et al .…”

Section: Shared‐rhythm Cooperationmentioning

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‘Shared‐rhythm cooperation’ in cooperative team meetings in acute psychiatric inpatient care

Vuokila‐Oikkonen

Janhonen

Väisänen

2004

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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The cooperative team meeting is one of the most important interventions in psychiatric care. The purpose of this study was to describe the participation of patients and significant others in cooperative team meetings in terms of unspoken stories. The narrative approach focused on storytelling. The data consisted of videotaped cooperative team meetings (n = 11) in two acute closed psychiatric wards. The QRS NVivo computer program and the Holistic Content Reading method were used. During the process of analysis, the spoken and unspoken stories were analysed at the same time. According to the results, while there was some evident shared-rhythm cooperation (the topics of discussion were shared and the participants had eye contact), there were many instances where the interaction was controlled and defined by health care professionals. This lack of shared rhythm in cooperation, as defined in terms of storytelling, was manifested as monologue and the following practices: the health care professionals controlled the storytelling by sticking to their opinions, by giving the floor or by pointing with a finger and visually scanning the participants, by interrupting the speaker or by allowing the other experts to sit passively. Implications for mental health nursing practice are discussed.

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Section: Shared‐rhythm Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Shared‐rhythm cooperation’ in cooperative team meetings in acute psychiatric inpatient care

Vuokila‐Oikkonen

Janhonen

Väisänen

2004

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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“…Utilizing Reiki as a component of a therapy session might contribute to support the overall interpersonal work between the couple and therapist, as well as to help the partners in the relationship in their overall connection process. Providing a Reiki treatment can also serve as an example for the couple, a healing approach they can do for themselves at home, adding a sense of empowerment and expanding the treatment scope (LaTorre, 2005).…”

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“…Psychotherapy and the various models of therapy have traditionally and historically excluded touch from the psychological and emotional healing processes (Casement, 2000; Durana, 1998; Goodman & Teicher, 1988; Gutheil & Gabbard, 1993; LaTorre, 2005; Phelan, 2009). The authors of this article examine the practice of couple therapy and discuss the potential for combining Reiki, a biofield touch therapy, with traditional psychotherapy and therapy modalities in order to enhance the couples’ therapeutic experience and outcomes.…”

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Couple Therapy and Reiki

Stockham-Ronollo

Poulsen

2012

The Family Journal

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Traditional psychotherapy currently tends to advocate for the exclusion of physical touch in the therapeutic context, as an attempt to address the issue of physical and emotional safety for the client and mitigate ethical and legal concerns. However, throughout human history touch has been an important factor in physical, psychological, and emotional healing processes. The authors of this article examine the current implementation of couple therapy modalities and discuss the benefits that Reiki, a biofield touch therapy, could offer in conjunction with traditional couple therapy.

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