Holistic Health Practitioner
Holistic health practitioners offer an increasingly respected and centuries-old alternative type of healthcare that emphasizes total wellness of mind, body, emotions and spirit. They treat people not as collections of parts and diseases, but as whole individuals. Most holistic health practitioners have knowledge in some or all of the following areas: anatomy and physiology; human energy healing systems; nutrition and body chemistry; stress management and relaxation techniques; therapeutic touch and bodywork; spirituality in healing; natural remedies such as herbs, essential oils and homeopathic preparations.