What's the Point of History?
Histories taught in bodywork courses need to consult professional historians to become broader and provide context and understanding, not just fact files.
Sasha Chaitow, PhD
With 20 years in teaching and more than a decade in journalism and academic publishing, Sasha Chaitow, PhD, is series editor for Elsevier's Leon Chaitow Library of Bodywork and Movement Therapies and former managing editor of the Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies. Based between the UK and Greece, she teaches research literacy and science reporting at the University of Patras, Greece. She is also a professional artist, gallerist, and educator who exhibits and teaches internationally.
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
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Solving the Biopsychosocial Problem
As manual therapy professions continue to grow, the biopsychosocial (BPS) healthcare model has been embraced particularly by practitioners of a holistic mindset, because of its potential for a more nuanced and compassionate whole-person approach. Yet, 50 years after its emergence, it has not seen the success some may have hoped for.
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Narrative Medicine in Practice
This is the third installment in a series of four articles on narrative-based medicine, a protocol for building the therapeutic alliance that rests on holistic principles and addresses shortcomings in evidence-based medicine and biopsychosocial models of practice.
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How Do You Feel Inside?
The last installment in a four-part series, this article explores the ethics and aspects of holistic "narrative medicine."
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What Exactly Is Evidence? . . . And What Do We Do With It?
Promoting evidence-informed medicine within manual therapy professions may be a key way to walk in step with the medical community.
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Autistic Clients
Many autistic people do not see autism as a condition to be cured, but as an aspect of identity. Integrative health care and massage specifically have shown promising evidence of reducing autistic anx