What is Holistic Health and Holistic Psychology?

The Old, Traditional Psychology	The New, Holistic Psychology
PURPOSE: To adjust individuals to fit them into a culture, system or technique.	PURPOSE: To actualize the real self by empowering individuals to be true to the authentic self.
Psychotherapy model is used.	Transformation model is used.
Unhealthiness is defined by judgmental beliefs. Labels, with a white male bias, are used to define people and keep them sick.	Unhealthiness is defined by lack of vital energy flowing through the cells, body and mind. This can be changed.
The goal is to control behavior, thoughts and emotions.	The goal is to find and use natural strengths.
Technique-based.	Process-based.
Verbal approach, talk therapy.	Energy approach, nonverbal, experiential.
Talks about problems, blocks, chemistry and symptoms.	Directly affects the unhealthy energy in the mind-body so it moves toward holistic health.
No awareness of energy.	Awareness of energy is used to empower people.
Brain is dominate and all- knowing.	Body and spirit are equal to the brain.
Thinking is dominant.	Feeling is equal to thinking.
Outside authorities have answers.	Inner knowing has solutions.
Unequal relationships maintain low self esteem.	Equal relationships used to empower all people.
Certain lifestyles, gender and professions are more valuable than others.	Values all people equally.
Committed to specific, invested groups. Values certain cultures and genders more than others.	Committed to global well-being. Values all cultures, lifestyles and genders equally.

Copyright, 1999, Doris Jeanette, Psy.D, Center for New Psychology

Dr. Jeanette is confident people in the future will embrace the new, holistic psychology.  This means people will discover that they can achieve holistic health based on facts instead of biased belief systems.

You can use this holistic psychology definition to evaluate any holistic psychologist, holistic psychology school, holistic health practitioner and holistic health school.

This holistic psychology definition will help you find the genuine, caring, qualified professional you need to heal your mind, body and emotions.

To qualify as a holistic approach, the practitioner must respect, honor and address your mind-body-spirit system as a whole.

In addition, a holistic health approach must solve problems at their source instead of just treating your symptoms. 

Many people call themselves holistic health professionals and holistic psychologists.

Unfortunately, many of them are doing the same old things in the same old way.

They may use the same words that holistic health professionals do such as energy, freedom, healing, transformation. However, they may not be offering you a holistic psychology approach that is empowering you.

If someone is offering you a technique or the answer, this is just like traditional psychology and traditional medicine. Therefore, they are not offering you alternative medicine or holistic psychology.

Any approach that works only with symptoms cannot be considered holistic.

If you are looking for effective products and services in the new, holistic psychology approach, you will find them at drjeanette.com

If you are a professional or student, use this holistic psychology definition to measure whether a holistic health school or holistic psychology program is offering you what you really want.

A holistic psychology school program that teaches you diagnostic labels, abnormal psychology and sexist theories is not part of the future, holistic psychology.

If you are a professional or student looking to add holistic psychology to your resume, the Center for New Psychology offers two educational options.

1.  You can become Certified in Holistic Psychology through the Center for New Psychology.

2. You can join Dr. Jeanette's Holistic Psychology Mentoring Program.

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What is holistic psychology, holistic health? Here is a reliable, well-thought out definition of holistic psychology provided by a holistic psychologist, Dr. Doris Jeanette. She has been a licensed psychologist for 36 years working directly with clients. 

Dr. Jeanette has been practicing alternative therapies throughout her long career. She developed this holistic psychology definition based on fine-tuning her own new psychology approach and applying it to the holistic health approaches others have developed.