New Elective Course
Title: Essentials of Mind-Body Medicine
Description: Through lecture, discussion, experiential exercises and processes, and case studies students will explore the basic assumption that illness and symptoms may have a message and that understanding and discovering their meaning can be the “key” that opens the door to healing and recovery. The essence of mind-body medicine is to stop, look inside, and listen to the healing from within. In a discussion of the mind/body connection and the role of attitude, beliefs, stresses and emotions and through the therapeutic use of guided imagery , mindfulness meditation and mind-body counseling techniques students will live the question “Where’s the Healing?” Students will explore how to integrate this approach with other naturopathic modalities as supports on the healing journey. How can we guide our patients to be more fully involved and to participate and engage more consciously in their getting well?
Learning Objectives:
- To deepen the understanding of the clinical significance of the mind-body connection and mind-body medicine perspectives and therapies.
- To experience and appreciate the healing power and therapeutic potential of mindfulness meditation, guided imagery and unconditional presence.
- To explore and discuss how to integrate mind-body perspectives and therapeutics into the practice of naturopathic medicine and naturopathic modalities.
- To appreciate that how we are with our patients may be as important as what we do, and who we are may be as important as what we know. The power of the healing relationship.
Instructor: Dr. Paul Epstein, N.D. Paul is a naturopathic physician, mind-body therapist, meditation teacher, and yoga teacher. He specializes in treating the whole person through integrative mind-body medicine, psychotherapy and counseling, and the clinical and therapeutic application of mindfulness, unconditional presence, and Buddhist perspectives in health and healing. A cofounder and co-director of the Israel Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Paul’s training over the past 30 years includes intensive studies in yoga, Buddhist meditation, stress reduction, clinical guided imagery, Buddhist psychology, and internal family systems therapy, and their application and integration in Naturopathic Medicine and health care for over 20 years. A graduate and clinical resident of NCNM, he specializes in mind-body medicine and treating the whole person in the context of relationship centered care.
He teaches workshops and trainings in mindful healing worldwide and maintains a private practice in Manhattan and Westport, Connecticut.
