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  • An innovative educational approach called eidetic biofeedback, combining non-verbal communication and creativity training, addresses psychosomatic illnesses in family practice.
  • This holistic methodology emphasizes the connection between mind, body, and environment, empowering individuals to take responsibility for their health.
  • In a study involving 200 patients, 60% experienced significant improvements in their mental well-being and vitality, leading to reduced symptoms and lower reliance on clinical services.

Article Abstract

An innovative educational approach to psychosomatic illness in family practice has been developed. It is a synthesis of experiential methods of non-verbal communication and creativity training developed from psychotronic applications of biofeedback, humanistic psychology and eidetics. The methodology, called eidetic biofeedback, operates on non-traditional models of human potential and involves a holistic approach to the mind-body/environment relationship. The methods work by transferring the responsibility for health back to the awareness of the individual.Of 200 office practice patients, 60 percent achieved major changes in personality integration and vitality. This was reflected in cessation of the presenting complaint, without symptom substitution and diminished demand for clinical services.

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