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Clinics and Centers
Center for Mind Body Medicine
http://www.cmbm.org/index.html
The center is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to reviving the
spirit and transforming the practice of medicine through a compassionate, openminded
model of healthcare.
Duke Health—Heart Center
http://dukehealth.org/heart_center/new_clinical_trials.asp
See, in particular, the Behavioral Medicine Program.
Below are subcategories of organizations concerned with one aspect of mind–
body therapies.
Consciousness, Subtle Energies, and Human Potential
Academy for Guided Imagery
http://www.interactiveimagery.com
This technique uses the imagination and the power of the mind for healing,
growth, and improved physiological functioning. A practitioners listing is
available.
Association for Humanistic Psychology
http://www.ahpweb.org/
Committed to holistic and interdisciplinary research and practices that lead to
understanding, developing, and nurturing human potential.
Institute of Noetic Sciences
http://www.noetic.org/index.asp
The institute was founded on the vision of Apollo14 astronaut, Edgar Mitchell,
to investigate consciousness and human potential through rigorous science.
International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine
http://www.issseem.org
ISSSEEM studies subtle energies known in traditional systems of medicine as
chi, ki, prana, etc. Many CAM therapies are based on the concept of the flow of
subtle energies through the physical body leading to changes that cannot easily
be measured by conventional methodology.
Hypnotherapy
Anxiety, pain, and stress may be relieved through hypnotic trance as part of a
treatment for many conditions. Hypnotherapists may be MDs or specifically
trained therapists.