Alternative Psychotherapies Alternative Psychotherapies Evaluating Unconventional Mental Health Treatments Jean Mercer ROWMAN&LITTLEFIELD Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•London PublishedbyRowman&Littlefield AwhollyownedsubsidiaryofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com 16CarlisleStreet,LondonW1D3BT,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2014byRowman&Littlefield Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Mercer,Jean,author. Alternativepsychotherapies:evaluatingunconventionalmentalhealthtreatments/JeanMercer. p.;cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-4422-3491-8(cloth:alk.paper)--ISBN978-1-4422-3492-5(electronic) I.Title. [DNLM:1.Psychotherapy--methods.2.ComplementaryTherapies.3.MentalDisorders--therapy. WM420] RC480.5 616.89'14--dc23 2014020912 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica ForJackandTeagan Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 IntroducingtheIssueofAlternativePsychotherapies 1 2 RegressionTherapies:BacktoBabyhood 23 3 RepressionandRememberinginAlternativePsychotherapies 43 4 EnergyTherapies 65 5 Bodywork,PassiveandActive 83 6 AllAboutAttachment 107 7 UnderstandingandTreatingAutism 129 8 SpecialEducationandTreatmentsforDevelopmentalDisabilities 153 9 Conclusion:RegulatingAlternativePsychotherapies 175 References 199 Index 219 AbouttheAuthor 227 vii
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