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Article Excerpt
Handbook of Culture, Therapy and Healing
EDITORS: Uwe P. Gielen, Jefferson M. Fish, and Juris G. Draguns
PUBLISHER: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004
ISBN: 0-8058-4924-6, 456 pages, $99.95
According to the book Handbook of Culture, Therapy and Healing the field of psychotherapy was born in the 19th century as a result of the Western practice of separating the mind, body, and spirit into distinct and separate entities. As a result, not only are the mind, body, and spirit separated, but the way in which we approach healing of each of these entities is separated as well. Western medicine has taken this separation to the extreme, with health care specialization even targeting specific body systems or diseases (e.g., cardiology or oncology). Many non-Western cultures approach healing completely differently, both considering the body holistically and also recognizing interactions among mind, body, and spirit. As society becomes more globalized...
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