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Opportunity
The emerging growth of mind/body medicine into health care has empowered women to discover the positive benefits of good lifestyle habits. At the heart of this development, is psychologist, researcher, speaker, and author, Alice Domar, Ph.D. Dr. Domar is the head of Harvard's Mind/Body Center for Women's Health at the Mind/Body Medical Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where the mission is to conduct research on mind/body interventions for health concerns specific to women.
Dr. Domar's applied techniques, methodologies, research and group programs have aided in establishing a new model of self/health-care, the benefits of which are helping women counteract the harmful effects of stress, improving their physical, psychological and behavioral health. The premise of her self-care programs is a product of her in depth work as a Harvard psychologist, where she is acknowledged for her cutting-edge study of integrative mind/body medicine and stress management for women. These comprehensive programs, which cover a range of mind/body therapies, address the need for women to challenge themselves to self-nurture and utilize their innate and remarkable healing and regenerative powers. While traditional medicine, proper nutrition and exercise are needed to maintain health or recover from illness, it is the healing power of the mind that is at the center of women's health.
Dr. Domar addresses and lectures to health care practitioners, corporations, health conferences, hospitals, women's groups and other organizations.
Programs/Topics
- Stress Management
In this program, Dr. Domar teaches practical methods to improve lifestyle habits. She offers numerous skills to reduce stress in daily life, including how to recognize the warning signs. She also explores a variety of healing techniques and mind/body wellness practices including how to use the relaxation response.
- The Work/ Life Balance
For women who juggle the roles of caregiver, breadwinner and nurturer, Dr. Domar offers a guide to a restructured life through practical, easy-to-learn ways of nurturing mind, body and spirit. This program demonstrates how to shift the emphasis from self-sacrifice to self-care paving the way to a happy and healthy work/life balance.
- Women's Health: The Application of Mind/Body Medicine
Features wellness care for women and its impact on a variety of health conditions from PMS, menopause, infertility, gynecological cancers as well as a host of stress related and psychological disorders. Using a system of eight core lifestyle practices,. This system includes: Relaxation Techniques, Mini- Relaxation Techniques, Proper Diet and Nutrition, Moderate Exercise, Cognitive Restructuring, Emotional Expression, Social Support and Self-Nurturance
Bio:
Alice Domar, Ph.D., is the Director of the Mind/Body Center for Women's Health at the, Mind/Body Medical Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Director, Women's Health Programs, Division of Behavioral Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dr. Domar is author of: Healing Mind, Healthy Woman: Using the Mind/Body Connection to Manage Stress and Take Control of Your Life (Dell, 1997), Self-Nurture: Learning to Care for Yourself as Effectively as You Care for Everyone Else (Penguin, 2001) and is Co-Author of: Six Steps to Increased Fertility (Simon and Schuster, 2000)
Dr. Domar has appeared on: The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Dateline, CNN, CBS Evening News, and NBC Evening News, and featured in numerous publications including; People, Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Family Circle, O, Self, Shape, Fitness, and Parents.
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