Healthy Options 2/06/08

Producer/host: Cynthia Swan

Guest: Terry Lee Cookson, ND, L.Ac., Naturopathic Physician, Licensed Acupuncturist, Certified Chinese Herbalist

Topic: Basic Guidelines for Optimal Health

Importance of food as medicine; Simple techniques to promote your health, like castor oil packs; Why we need to belly breath and other helpful hints

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FMI:  Dr. Cookson’s office, TLC Natural Healthcare (in Augusta, Maine): 207-557-2557

Healthy Options 12/05/07

Producer/host: Rhonda Feiman

Topic: Medical Ethics

Guest: Deborah Estelle, Licensed Acupuncturist, Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work

What is a safe and healthy practitioner and client relationship?   What are the responsibilities a practitioner has to ensure a safe and healthy interaction with a client?  What are the responsibilities of the client to maintain a good practitioner client relationship?  What to do if something goes wrong– doesn’t feel safe, from both the practitioner and client point of view?

Healthy Options 9/05/07

Producer/host: Rhonda Feiman, Dr. of Asian Medicine

Topic: Alternative treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Guest: Cheryl Jacques, a non-traditional counselor combining intuitive spiritual techniques with Shamanism in the Inca tradition and emotive therapy.  Cheryl has over 30 years of experience and has been in private practice in Minneapolis, MN where she works with individuals and couples.

Healthy Options 6/06/07

Producer/host: Rhonda Feiman – L.A.C., Doctor of Asian Medicine

Topic: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Identification and Treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Processing (EMDR)

Guests: Dr. Jerold Hambright, Staff Psychologist at Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Maine; Lisa Kushner, Clinical Social Worker and EMDR practitioner, Belfast, Maine

For more information about the Togus PTSD program contact Dr. Shantal Mihn, 207-623-8411, ext. 5405