OVERVIEW

Alternative Therapies Course is organized by The American Institute of Health Care Professionals (AIHCP), Inc..

Course Information:
This course presents participants with alternative care modalities that are most useful in a comprehensive stress management program. Participants will study a wide arrange of alternative supplements, including vitamins, minerals, herbs and nutrition and food, which have a calming effect on the mind-body-spirit. Comprehensive information is provided related to supplements including how they act on the brain, nervous system and other physiological effects on the body. Common side effects are presented along with dosing recommendations. Principles of natural care modalities are discussed, including emotions, self-esteem and other related issues which create anxiety and stress. Aromatherapy and principles of chinese medicine are also presented. Students study many types of natural healing methods, including rapid induction techniques for precipitating a relaxation response and induce mental states of "calm." Theories of "anxiety" are re-reviewed in the context of mind-body-spirit health care. Course Code: SM 570. Contact hours of education = 25.

This course is particularly designed for those who would like to apply for Certification as a Certified Stress Management Consultant by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc,.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
• Discuss several theories of "anxiety" development.
• Distinguish difference in anxiety experiences by gender.
• Define and discuss "generalized anxiety disorder.
• Discuss the concept of "worry" and differentiate it from "anxiety."
• Define and discuss eight types of anxiety disorders.
• Define and discuss "childhood anxiety."
• Discuss issues of depression concomitant with anxiety.
• Understand and review how the stress response correlates with states of anxiety.
• Discuss the concept of the herbal remedy revolution.
• Discuss the use of herbs as front-line treatment for anxiety.
• Define and discuss the most common herbs that producing calming effects.
• Define and discuss herbs and other supplements that act as stress adaptogens.
• Define and discuss herbs that work to relieve depression and concomitant anxiety.
• Define and discuss herbal antidotes for aging.
• Discuss the most common herbs used in Chinese medicine and the role they play in calming anxiety.
• Define and discuss how herbal scents and their use in aromatherapy can be used in a stress management program to reduce anxiety and elicit calm.
• Define and discuss the six principles of natural self-healing.
• Discuss the concept of anti-stress nutrition and provides examples of use in a stress management program.
• Understand issues related to toxic chemicals in foods and how to avoid them.
• Understand the concept of "emotions" and the role they play in wellness and in disease states.
• Compare and contrast issues related to "anger" and "anxiousness."
• Discuss issues of "lose" and "change" and their role in anxiety disorders.
• Define and discuss the concept of "spiritual" crisis.
• Discuss methodologies that may be used to provide rapid "calmness" in states of anxiety.
• Compare and contrast Type A and Type B personalities related to stress and anxiety.
• Define and discuss "eustress."
• Discuss the use of affirmations and visualizations in modalities for inducing calm.
• Define the "trance" state and its body-mind-spirit involvement.
• Discuss the use of reflexology in inducing a counter effect to stress and anxiety.
• Define and discuss the use of "biofeedback" in a stress management program.

Course Content:
• Anxiety and its disorders
• Anxiety and worry
• Anxiety and depression
• Generalized anxiety disorders
• Clinical depression
• Childhood anxiety and depression
• Causes of anxiety and proper diagnosis
• Exaggerated stress response
• The herbal medicine revolution
• Herbs for anxiety, insomnia and stress management
• Healing anxiety
• Anti stress herbs
• Herbs used in Chinese medicine
• Herbs used in Ayurvedic Medicine
• Herbal scents and aromatherapy
• Natural modalities for self-healing
• Personal power concepts
• Anger vs. anxiousness
• Healing anxieties of loss and change
• Spiritual Crisis
• Anxiety self-help groups
• Personality types and anxiety
• Eye movement desensitization
• Spiritual influences on mental health
• Eustress
• Affirmations and visualizations
• The trance state
• Reflexology as a modality in reducing anxiety
• Use of biofeedback and music to induce calm
• Rapid strategies and interventions to induce calm and relieve anxiety