A Center for Attitudinal Healing has been opened at Castle Medical Center as part of its Wellness & Lifestyle Medicine Center. Castle center focuses
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"Attitudinal healing incorporates universal principles that are non-sectarian and represent a practical spirituality that can be applied to life's issues," says John Westerdahl, director of wellness and lifestyle medicine at Castle Medical Center.
The new center, one of more than 150 in 30 countries, will offer support groups for people wishing to learn and apply principles of attitudinal healing in their lives.
The support groups are designed to help deal with such challenges as illness or loss, and are based on the concept that nonjudgmental listening and sharing are powerful healing forces.
Castle's trained volunteer facilitators lead the support groups.
Dr. Gerald Jampolsky, Kauai resident and authority in psychiatry, developed the concept of attitudinal healing and founded the first center in Sausalito, Calif.
It's based on the belief that a person's own thoughts, feelings and attitudes lead to conflict and distress rather than other people or external conditions.
The Attitudinal Healing support groups are offered free by Castle as a community service.
Each group will be limited in size, so preregistration is required.
For more information, call 263-5400.