Integrative Rehabilitation Practice (Paperback)

This edited collection is the first complete guide for rehabilitation professionals seeking to engage a whole-person, biopsychosocial, and mind-body medicine integrated approach to care. Drawing on the foundations of integrative medicine, Integrative Rehabilitation Practice (IRP) goes beyond the treatment of symptoms to explore multiple levels, roots, and possible contributing factors to individual's health experience. IRP acknowledges the complex inseparability of biological, behavioral, psychosocial, spiritual, and environmental influences.
The book covers both the theoretical foundations of IRP and applications to practice in the fields of physical therapy, occupational therapy, yoga therapy, speech and language therapy, and many other professions.
Featuring contributions from Matthew J. Taylor, Marlysa Sullivan, Andra DeVoght and other professionals, case studies, storytelling, and reflective exercises, this cross-disciplinary clinical training guide is essential reading for all rehabilitation professionals, as well as others interested in advancing whole-person care.

Matt Erb, PT is a physiotherapist; Faculty and Clinical Supervisor for The Center for Mind-Body Medicine; instructor for University of Arizona, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, and also teaches for the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine. Matt has a clinical practice with Simons Physical Therapy and is Founder of Embody Your Mind, focused on writing, teaching, and consulting.
Arlene A. Schmid, PhD, OTR, FAOTA has been an occupational therapist for over 20 years and is a Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University. Arlene develops and tests yoga interventions for people with disabilities and has nearly 100 publications, most of which disseminate yoga research.