Introduction

This book assumes that it is no longer tenable to work in healthcare without considering the person as a whole being constituted by a rich weaving of mind, body, culture, family, spirit and ecology. The MindBody approach embraces this ''whole.'' But how does it transform clinical practice and training for the clinician and treatment for the patient/client?

Practitioners and Perspectives

The book collects together the experiences from a diverse range of clinical practitioners (including psychotherapy, specialist medicine, general practice, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, nursing, and complementary and alternative medicine practitioners) who have deliberately chosen to integrate a MindBody philosophy and skill set in their clinical practices. All reflect deeply on their unique journeys in transforming their clinical encounters.

Historical Context

Most have been trained in the dominant Western framework and have inherited the classical dualistic approach which typically keeps mind and body apart.