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Holistic Healing: Theories, Practices

and Social Change

Index and Contributors

Kathy Absolon, MSW, PhD: I am Anishinaabe kwe from Flying Post First Nation (on my mother’s side) and British ancestry on my father’s side. I acknowledge that my Anishinaabe knowledge has been informed by the teachings from Herb Nabigon-ban, Edna Manitowabi, Eddie Benton-Benai, Jim Dumont, and Banakonda Kennedy-Kish Bell (to name a few). The spirit of the land, Shkagamik-kwe (Mother Earth), informs my wholistic teaching, research, and practice. I am an Associate Professor in the Indigenous Field of Study MSW Program and Director of the Centre for Indigegogy at Wilfrid Laurier University.

(Click Contributors for Details about Them)

Section I: An Overview of Holistic Healing

Chapter 1: Holistic Healing: A Growing Transformative Field,

Peter Dunn

Chapter 2: Indigenous/Anishinaabek Wholistic Healing,

Kathy Absolon, with Jo-Anne Absolon and Lana Brasher

Chapter 3: Traditional Holistic Healing Practices from Around the World,

Roy Moodley and Huma Shireen

Chapter 4: Western Holistic Counselling,

Doreen Maller, Jason Butler, Gary Hoeber, and Shari Derksen

Section II: Approaches to Healing

Chapter 5: Contemplative Practices,

Timothy Gordon

Chapter 6: Bodywork: Reconnecting Body, Mind, Emotions, and Spirit,

Linda Turner

Chapter 7: A Peek into the World of Energy Medicine,

Roxana Roshon

Chapter 8: Expressive Arts: Instruments for Individual and Community Change,

Nancy Riedel Bowers and Olena Helen Darewych

Chapter 9: Transpersonal Healing,

Harris Friedman

Chapter 10: Ecopsychology: Theory, Practice, and Reciprocity in Healing with Nature,

Michelle Brans

Chapter 11: Holistic Health and Nutrition

11.1 Ayurveda Health,

Neelam Toprani

11.2 Indigenous Wholistic Well Being and Healing,

Banakonda Kennedy-Kish Bell

11.3 Naturopathy, Homeopathy, and Natural Medicine,

Iva Lloyd

11.4 Traditional Chinese Medicine,

Dylan Kirk and Enwei Li

Chapter 12: Global, National, and Community Healing,

Nathan Funk and Jennifer Ball

Section III: Transformation, Integration, and Conclusions

Chapter 13: Holistic Interventions for Dealing with Human Service Worker Stress and Burnout,

Meg Jordan

Chapter 14: Examples of Innovative Individual, Organizational, and National Holistic Healing

14.1 Body as Home: A Critical Somatic Approach to Working with Homeless Youth,

Rae Johnson

14.2 Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services,

Sandra Montour and Julia Bomberry

14.3 Wellwood,

K. Jane George and Norma Frankoff

14.4 Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Healing,

Brian Rice

Chapter 15: Transforming University Education,

Neal Klein and Jan Wall

Chapter 16: Integration and Conclusions,

Peter A. Dunn

For More Details About our Book or to Purchase it, Click:

https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/holistic-healing

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