Author: Edwards SD, Edwards DJ.
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, Durban, South Africa.
Conference/Journal: J Altern Complement Med.
Date published: 2010 Feb
Other:
Volume ID: 16 , Issue ID: 2 , Pages: 219-22 , Word Count: 97
BACKGROUND: Energy healing is a popular contemporary term for forms of healing that facilitate a natural healing process through harmonizing, rebalancing, and releasing energy flow disturbed or blocked by disease and illness. Biographical evidence indicates that Freud used physical, suggestive, and radiant forms of energy healing, and that his personal life, metapsychology, and psychoanalysis were founded on dynamic, energetic experiences and conceptualizations. CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of Freud\'s life and work leads to the conclusion that in experience, theory, and practice, Freud typified the traditional role of therapist and was a pioneer in modern forms of energy healing.