Health Professionals

Welcome to the Health Professionals area of The Healing Mind website. From here you'll have access to our current research reviews, our most frequently asked questions about mind/body healing, and our community of over 300 health professionals with expert knowledge in relaxation, guided imagery, hypnosis, meditation and other approaches to mind/body health. As you explore our site, you'll see that we have assembled an impressive group of leading authorities in mind/body medicine and healing, and are making their expertise available to you and your patients in usable and practical formats. Along with free research reviews, topical audio blogs, and other current information about mind/body healing, you'll also find dozens of products and programs addressing a wide range of health challenges and illnesses.

As health professionals, we know that stress is a significant factor in the majority of health problems we see in our patients. Even if stress hasn't caused the problem directly, it can often amplify or complicate a health issue, and of course health problems are stressful in themselves.

Doctors and other health professionals have been telling patients for years to relax, but many of us can't take the time -- or don't have the expertise -- to actually teach people relaxation and self-regulatory skills. The Healing Mind was created in order to provide high quality, evidence-based materials that make it easy to learn how to reduce stress, relax the body and mind, and use the power of mind/body connection to move towards better health.

With your encouragement, patients can learn to help themselves, using simple yet powerful mind/body skills. These skills are complementary and compatible with any approach to medicine -- offering you and your patients a chance to collaborate in their treatment. While you practice your medicine from the outside in, they can practice self-healing from the inside out. This helps get patients involved in their own health care in a more active way and gives you and your patients the best chance of having a desired outcome. It also provides a chance to remind patients about the importance of stress management and the influential role of emotions and behaviors on health.

Using enjoyable, helpful -- and often transformational--mind/body techniques such as relaxation and guided imagery can allow you be more of the kind of professional you want to be, empowering patients with practical and effective tools they can use on their own for increased health and wellness.

At The Healing Mind, we are vitally interested in helping you help your patients. Please let us know about your successes, your questions, and how we can help you more effectively. Let us know what other programs we might create to address issues of importance to you, and please come back frequently for current information about what's developing in mind/body medicine and healing.