Virginia
Whitney, LMSW
Virginia holds a
Master's
Degree in Clinical Social Work from Syracuse University. She
joined The BodyMind Center in 2007 with a specialty in assisting
patients to attain a healthier balance in their lives. This is
often referred to as Life & Wellness Coaching. Focus is on
six key
areas in the patient's life. The resulting balance provides
a very personalized wellness for the patient with a renewed sense of
energy, optimal health & happiness, & an enhanced BodyMind
connection.
Email: myrnawhit@yahoo.com
Services offered
Life and
Wellness Coaching deal with relatively healthy
people who want to improve their lives in specific ways, such as
changing careers, finding a healthy relationship, taking their
business
to a new level, losing weight or deepening their self-understanding,
for
example. They deal with stress management as well as time management,
goal setting and other key areas of change to help their clients lead
more balanced lives that better reflect clients’ personal values and
priorities. It differs from therapy in that the focus is more on the
present and future than the past, more on goals and behaviors than
emotions and emotional patterns, and there is a more equal balance of
power between the coach and client than between the typical therapist
and client.
Emotional
Freedom Technique (EFT)
is
based on the discovery that imbalances in the body's energy system
have
profound effects on ones personal psychology. Emotional Freedom
Technique is a simple, innovative, therapeutic tool that can be used
as
a solution for many different problems. By learning this
revolutionary
technique, the underlying causes of negative emotions can finally be
targeted and treated. Although EFT is an easy to learn tool, as with
any natural therapy, it is not a replacement for correct medical
supervision and should be used in conjunction with proper medical
treatment. EFT is a gentle, non-evasive form of emotional acupressure
using energy meridians. Tapping or rubbing specific points on the
upper
body releases the stuck energy that holds emotions in place. EFT is
sometimes called “acupuncture without needles” and generates its
results
by balancing the body’s energy meridians while the client “tunes in”
to
the problem in a gentle, conversational manner. In this way an
important link is established between mind and body.