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#1 4/16/2010 Psychology and Health Care Reform (Lewis Mehl-Madrona) A lunch meeting with Dr. Martin Johnson, a Honolulu psychologist, taught me much about how mental health coverage will change under health care reform. Insurance companies will have to provide mental health coverage on par with their coverage of medical conditions. But, who will be credentialed to provide these services? remains a question. Credentialing could limit access to services by limiting the numbers of providers.1 1 Comment Count
#2 4/9/2010 Crossroads (Lewis Mehl-Madrona) This weekend I attended a conference called Crossroads in Topanga Canyon, California. We met together to think about bringing healing circles and talking circles to ever corner and intersection in America. We experienced a healing circle together, which inspired us to think more about what it would mean for health care if all of us to belonged to one. Health care costs will only soar unless people begin to take ca1 1 Comment Count
#3 3/21/2010 Insurance Should Pay For Healing, Not Treating (Lewis Mehl-Madrona) Numerous studies have shown that 80% of primary care visits to health care practitioners involve the ordinary suffering of daily life and not diseases that need treatment, yet we throw pills and potions at these woes as if that is their solution.
#4 3/4/2010 A Starter Conversation for Problems with Alcohol. (Ash Rehn) When faced with an alcohol problem many people describe themselves as sick, diseased or alcoholic. This article offers an alternative way of thinking about problem drinking by considering the power of alcohol and the opportunity to change the relationship one has with alcohol.
#5 3/4/2010 How does Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine Treat the Swine Flu: 3 Reasons to consider how it can! (Kathie Albertson) Swine flu is a strong virus. Traditional Chinese Medicine( which includes acupuncture and Chinese herbs fights virus!! Read how it helps!
#6 11/30/2009 Animals Think--But Monty Wishes More People Would (Grant Lawrence) I have been counseling my progressive pug, Monty, but he displays resistance.

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