SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
It’s a wide world, and numerous sources exist for specialized information on the health conditions and CAM therapies addressed in Your Emotional Type. As a service to readers who would like to know more, the following pages list nearly 350 pertinent organizations, including professional associations, research societies, educational foundations, advocacy groups, patient forums, and compilations of service providers.
The headings are not by boundary type but by subject matter as conventionally understood. Thus, you may find conditions listed together that we have suggested are of a different boundary type—chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, for instance, or irritable bowel syndrome and ulcer. This is not done to confuse matters but because organizations are often grouped together that way when an Internet search is undertaken.
You’ll find organizations and other resources located in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, where we expect most of our readers are located. In some cases, European groups are listed.
Please note:
The resources listed are not intended to replace the advice or care of a medical doctor. The authors of Your Emotional Type have attempted to provide listings that are highly relevant and informative, but we (along with the book’s publisher) disclaim responsibility for any liability, loss, or risk, personal or otherwise, that may be incurred as a consequence of applying the information presented by any of the websites listed.
The headings are alphabetical as follows:
Allergy/Asthma
Alternative Medicine—General
AltMed—Ayurvedic
AltMed—Chiropractic
AltMed—Naturopathic
AltMed—Orthopaedic
AltMed—Osteopathic
Anxiety/Depression
Asian Therapies (Acupuncture, Acupressure, T’ai Chi, Qigong)
Biofeedback
Bodymind Connectedness
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Pain/Phantom Pain
Fibromyalgia/Rheumatoid Arthritis
Guided Imagery
Highly Sensitive (Very Thin Boundary) People
Hypertension
Hypnotherapy
Immune Disorders/Environmental Health
Irritable Bowel Syndrome/Ulcer
Meditation/Stress Reduction/Yoga
Migraine
Personality Research
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Psoriasis/Eczema
Somatic and Energy Therapies
Women’s Health
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
National Society for Research into Allergy (UK)
World Allergy Organization
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE—GENERAL
Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Healthcare
Alternative Medicine Foundation
American Association of Integrative Medicine
American Board of Holistic Medicine
American Holistic Health Association
American Holistic Medical Association
American Holistic Nurses Association
Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine (University of Arizona)
http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu
British Complementary Medicine Association
British Holistic Medical Association
Canadian Holistic Nurses Association
Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine
Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research
Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research
Center for Integrative Medicine (University of Maryland)
Center for Integrative Medicine (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
http://integrativemedicine.upmc.com
Center for Spirituality and Healing (University of Minnesota)
Complementary Therapists Association (UK and Ireland)
Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine
Continuum Center for Health and Healing (Beth Israel Medical Center)
Council for Healing
Duke Integrative Medicine (Duke University)
www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org
Federation of Holistic Therapists (UK)
Foundation for Alternative and Integrative Medicine
George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health
Health Action Network Society (CAN)
Institute for Complementary and Natural Medicine (UK)
International Association of Healthcare Practitioners
International Society for Complementary Medicine Research
Mayo Clinic Integrative Medicine
www.mayoclinic.org/general-internalmedicine-rst/cimc.html
Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine (Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (National Institutes of Health)
Natural Health Practitioners of Canada
Natural Healers (compendium of natural healing and massage schools)
Network of Researchers in the Public Health of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (University of California—San Francisco)
Osher Research Center (Harvard Medical School)
PedCam (Pediatric CAM Research and Education Network)
Research Council for Complementary Medicine (UK)
Samueli Institute
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
www.scripps.org/services/integrative-medicine
UCLA Collaborative Centers for Integrative Medicine
University of Michigan Integrative Medicine
Ayurvedic Practitioners Assoc. (UK)
National Ayurvedic Medical Association
ALT MED—CHIROPRACTIC
American Chiropractic Association
Association of Chiropractic Colleges
Canadian Chiropractic Association
Council on Chiropractic Education
Councils on Chiropractic Education International
Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research
International Chiropractors Assoc.
World Federation of Chiropractic
ALT MED—NATUROPATHIC
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges
Association of Physical and Natural Therapists (UK)
Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors
Council on Naturopathic Medical Education
Naturopathic Physicians Research Institute
ALT MED—ORTHOPAEDIC
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine
British Orthopaedic Association
British Orthopaedic Research Society
Canadian Orthopaedic Association
Society of Orthopaedic Medicine
ALT MED—OSTEOPATHIC
American Academy of Osteopathy
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
American Osteopathic Association
British Osteopathic Association
Canadian Osteopathic Association
ANXIETY/DEPRESSION
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada
Brain and Behavior Research Fund
Canadian Mental Health Association
Mental Health America
Stress and Anxiety Research Society
ASIAN THERAPIES (ACUPUNCTURE, ACUPRESSURE, T’AI CHI, QIGONG)
Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute
American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
American Association of Oriental Medicine
American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia
American Tai Chi and Qigong Association
British Acupuncture Council
British Medical Acupuncture Society
Canadian Association of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada
Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
International Qigong Alliance
Jin Shin Do Foundation for Bodymind Acupressure
National Qigong Association
Qigong Association of America
Qigong Institute
Society for Acupuncture Research
BIOFEEDBACK
Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
Biofeedback Foundation of Europe
BODYMIND CONNECTEDNESS
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
American Psychosomatic Society
Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease
Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine
Canadian Institute of Stress
Center for Mind-Body Research (Johns Hopkins University)
www.jhsph.edu/mindbodyresearch
Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
www.umassmed.edu/Content.aspx?id=41252
Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology (University of California—Los Angeles)
Institute of HeartMath
International College of Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society
Royal College of Medicine—Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section
www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/sech_p.php
Society for Psychophysiological Research
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction) Association of America
Chronic Syndrome Support Assoc.
International Assoc. for CFS/ME
National CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction) Foundation
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Association
CHRONIC PAIN/PHANTOM PAIN
American Academy of Pain Management
American Academy of Pain Medicine
American Chronic Pain Association
American Pain Foundation
American Pain Society
Canadian Pain Society
Chronic Pain Association of Canada
Chronic Pain Research Alliance
http://overlappingconditions.org
International Association for the Study of Pain
Jaw Joints and Allied Musculo-Skeletal Disorders Foundation
National Chronic Pain Outreach Association
Phantom Pain Syndrome Association
http://phantompainsyndrome.org
TMJ (Temperomandibular Joint) Association
UCLA Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women’s Health
www.cns.med.ucla.edu/index-womenshealth.htm
FIBROMYALGIA/RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
American College of Rheumatology
American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association
Arthritis National Research Foundation
British Society for Rheumatology
Chronic Syndrome Support Association
Fibromyalgia Coalition International
Fibromyalgia Network
The FMS Community
International Myopain Society
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Association
National Fibromyalgia Association
National Fibromyalgia Partnership
National Fibromyalgia Research Association
National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (UK)
Overlapping Conditions Alliance
http://overlappingconditions.org
UK Fibromyalgia
GUIDED IMAGERY
Academy for Guided Imagery
Imagery International
http://imageryinternational.org
HIGHLY SENSITIVE (VERY THIN BOUNDARY) PEOPLE
The Highly Sensitive Person
Highly Sensitive Person Connections
HYPERTENSION
American Heart Association—High Blood Pressure
American Society of Hypertension
European Society of Hypertension
Hypertension Canada
Hypertension Education Foundation
www.hypertensionfoundation.org
International Pediatric Hypertension Association
International Society of Hypertension
International Society on Hypertension in Blacks
National Alliance to Reach Blood Pressure Goals
National Hypertension Association
World Hypertension League
www.worldhypertensionleague.org
HYPNOTHERAPY
American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists
American Hypnosis Association
American Psychotherapy and Medical Hypnosis Association
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Association of Registered Clinical Hypnotherapists (CAN)
British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis
British Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Canadian Federation of Clinical Hypnosis
European Society of Hypnosis
Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy (UK)
Hypnotherapy Association (UK)
www.thehypnotherapyassociation.co.uk
Hypnotherapy Society (UK)
IBSHypnosis.com
International Association of Hypnoanalysts (UK)
International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association
International Society of Hypnosis
National Council for Hypnotherapy (UK)
Royal College of Medicine—Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine Section
www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/sech_p.php
Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
Society of Psychological Hypnosis (Division 30 of the American Psychological Association)
http://psychologicalhypnosis.com
IMMUNE DISORDERS/ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
American Academy of Environmental Medicine
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
American Environmental Health Foundation
Canadian Immunodeficiencies Patient Organization
Immune Deficiency Foundation
Immune Tolerance Network
International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology
Primary Immunodeficiency Network (UK)
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME/ULCER
American College of Gastroenterology
American Gastroenterological Association
American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society
British Society of Gastroenterology
Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada
Digestive Disorders Foundation (UK)
European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
The Gut Trust (Formerly IBS Network—UK)
IBSHypnosis.com
IBS Self Help and Support Group
International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Association
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Self Help and Support Group
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
Overlapping Conditions Alliance
http://overlappingconditions.org
UCLA Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women’s Health
www.cns.med.ucla.edu/index-womenshealth.htm
UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders (University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill)
www.med.unc.edu/medicine/fgidc
United European Gastroenterology Federation
MEDITATION/STRESS REDUCTION/YOGA
Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine
British Meditation Society
www.britishmeditationsociety.org
Center for Mindfulness (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
www.umassmed.edu/cfm/stress/index.aspx
International Association of Yoga Therapists
Meditation Society of America
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (directory of programs worldwide)
http://w3.umassmed.edu/MBSR/public/searchmember.aspx
Vipassana Dhura Meditation Society
MIGRAINE
American Headache Society
www.americanheadachesociety.org
Committee for Headache Education
Headache Network Canada
MAGNUM, the Migraine Awareness Group
Migraine Action (UK)
The Migraine Trust (UK)
National Headache Foundation
World Headache Alliance
PERSONALITY RESEARCH
Assoc. for Humanistic Psychology
Association for Humanistic Psychology in Britain
Assoc. for Research in Personality
European Association of Personality Psychology
European Association of Psychological Assessment
International Society for the Study of Individual Differences
International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders
Society for Humanistic Psychology (Division 32 of the American Psychological Association)
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Society for Personality Assessment
UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
American Trauma Society
Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists
European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
International Trauma Healing Institute
National Center for PTSD
National Neurotrauma Society
PTSD Alliance
Sidran Institute
Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute
Traumatic Incident Reduction Association
Traumatic Stress Group (CAN)
PSORIASIS/ECZEMA
International Federation of Psoriasis Associations
National Eczema Association
National Eczema Society (UK)
National Psoriasis Foundation
Psoriasis Association (UK)
www.psoriasis-association.org.uk
Psoriasis Help Organization (UK)
Psoriasis International Network
http://psoriasis-international.org
Psoriasis Society of Canada
SOMATIC AND ENERGY THERAPIES
American Massage Therapy Assoc.
American Polarity Therapy Assoc.
American Society for the Alexander Technique
Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals
Association for the Advancement of Meridian Energy Techniques
Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology
Association for Holotropic Breathwork International
www.grof-holotropic-breathwork.net
Association for Meridian Energy Therapies
Association of Holistic Biodynamic Massage Therapists (UK)
Association of Reflexologists (UK)
Authentic Movement Institute
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America
Body-Mind Centering Association
Bodynamic Institute USA
Bowen Therapy/Bowen Technique
Bowenwork Academy USA
British Reflexology Association
Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre (UK)
Canadian Association for Integrative and Energy Therapies
Canadian Massage and Acupressure Therapists Association
Canadian Reiki Association
Chiron Association for Body Psychotherapists (UK)
Craniosacral Therapy Association of the UK
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Founding Masters
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Institute
EMDR Canada
EMDR Europe
EMDR International Association
Energy Kinesiology Association
Energy Therapy Net
European Association for Body Psychotherapy
European Rolfing Association
Federation of Holistic Therapists (UK)
Feldenkrais Educational Foundation of North America
Feldenkrais Guild of North America
Feldenkrais Guild (UK)
Feldenkrais Movement Institute
Focusing Institute
General Council for Massage Therapies (UK)
Guild for Structural Integration
Hakomi Institute
Healing Touch International
Healing Touch Professional Assoc.
www.htprofessionalassociation.com
Healing Touch Program
Hellerwork Structural Integration
International Association of Reiki Professionals
International Breathwork Foundation
International Breathwork Training Alliance
International Council of Reflexologists
International Federation of Reflexologists
International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis
International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association
Massage Therapy Canada
Massage Therapy UK
National Association of Massage and Manipulative Therapists (UK)
National Association of Massage Therapists
National Association of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists
Nurse Healers Professional Associates International
Reflexology Association of America
Reflexology Association of Canada
Reiki Alliance
Reiki Association (UK)
Rosen Institute
Rosen Method Professional Association
Rubenfeld Synergy Method
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
www.sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org
Shiatsu Society (UK)
Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (UK)
Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute
Touch Research Institute
www6.miami.edu/touch-research
TragerCanada
www.trager/ca
Trager International
Trager UK
UK Polarity Therapy Association
United States Association for Body Psychotherapy
United States Trager Association
Upledger Institute
World Reiki Association
Zero Balancing Association UK
Zero Balancing Health Association
WOMEN’S HEALTH
Center for Women’s Health
Centres of Excellence for Women’s Health (CAN)
www.cewh-cesf.ca/en/index.shtml
National Assoc. for Women’s Health
National Women’s Health Network
National Women’s Health Resource Center
Office of Research on Women’s Health (National Institutes of Health)
Office on Women’s Health (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Organization for the Study of Sex Differences
Society for Women’s Health Research
UCLA Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women’s Health
www.cns.med.ucla.edu/indexwomenshealth.htm
Women’s Health America
Women’s Health Matters (CAN)