Clinical Anthropology Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2001 John Rush PhD ND

Social Stress and Emotional Health:
Applications of Clinical Anthropology

by Dr. John A. Rush

What is counseling and therapy?  How are individuals "cured?"  What are the techniques involved?  How do marriages get back on track?  What are the similarities between therapy in our culture and others?  What are High Risk Messages, and where do they come from?   What does ritual termination and social reintegration (for the most part lacking in Western psychology and psychiatry) have to do with the healing process, and why are they so necessary? What is the single most important element in any therapeutic setting?
     Emotional problems often interfere with physical healing and there are few works that specifically address this issue with an easy to understand model (or process) and techniques.  In this easy to understand and elegantly presented work, and using an Anthropological model, Dr. Rush leads the reader through the processes and procedures for dealing with emotional problems and conflict in one's self, family, work place (including government agencies), anywhere!
    In this work Dr. Rush avoids the unproven assumptions in depth psychology and concentrates on how and why we stress our selves with specific types of information and then reveals how you can "immunize" yourself.  His approach is easy to understand and, unlike most models of cause in Western psychology and psychiatry, verifiable. With this information and techniques you can truly take control of your life and help people take control of theirs. This is one of the most important book you will read!

CHAPTERS

1.What is Counseling?
    Western Approaches to Therapy: Art or Science?
    The Basic Elements of All Counseling/Therapy
    Counseling/Therapy: A Matter of Information Processing
    Healing with Words
2.  The Different Schools of Counseling/Therapy
    Philosophical Considerations
    Healing in Other Cultures
3.  A Model for Successful Counseling
    Becoming Who We Are
    High Risk Messages
    Individual and Group Stress
    Long Term Effects of High Risk Messages
4. Family Dynamics: Rules, Roles and the "Dysfunctional" Family
    Males and Females
The Development of the Family Unit: A Creation Myth
    Male and Female Sexual Agendas
5. Special Issues and Therapies
    Nutrition and Behavior
    Drug Abuse
    AIDS/HIV
    Dealing with Diverse Cultural Groups
    Conflict Mediation
6.  Hypnosis, Light Therapy, and Balancing Electromagnetic Fields
7.  Creating a Future and Process in Social Reintegration
8.  Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Figures
215 pages

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