Alternative
Medicine.
Incest AWARE approaches healing from incest abuse as an exploratory process. Different healing tools will work for some and not others. Many will have access to recovery resources, while others may not. Alternative medicine offers a number of healing approaches that incest survivors may find beneficial in their healing journeys.
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Please, note that Incest AWARE is not a medical website and does not offer medical advice. Please, reach out to the practitioners below to learn if they're the right fit for you. You can find other recovery services offered by the Incest AWARE Alliance below.
Ayurveda for Sexual Trauma Healing
Sexual trauma creates an imbalance in the mind/body system. Ayurveda is a system that helps restore that balance through the intake of specific foods, spices, thoughts, behaviors, and healthy habits. Sattvavajaya Chikitsa (Ayurveda Psychotherapy) is designed to create mental and emotional balance. Since the root of most diseases begins in the mind (how we relate with our experiences), Ayurveda emphasizes the importance of digesting Adverse Life experiences /trauma. Panchakarma therapies for cleansing, maintaining & restoring the system to a balanced state are also recommended at times, depending on the case.
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Jeannine L. Rashidi, AD
She/her/hers
​Meet Jeannine, a trailblazer in trauma healing. Overcoming personal adversities, she’s walked the fire of sexual, physical, mental & emotional abuse, and early motherhood. Today, as a Doctor of Ayurveda and founder of ‘Goodbye Tension’, she's spent the past 2 decades helping others navigate physical, mental, emotional, and digestive relief. Drawing on her 25-year battle with PTSD, Jeannine's candid recount of her healing journey stirs emotions, encourages self-reflection, and guides others out of the shadows of their trauma. Now a proud grandmother of five, Jeannine's mission expands to generational healing, underscoring her belief:
healed people heal people. She's not just a survivor but an igniter of change.
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Jeannine offers incest recovery and prevention by offering individual or group sessions for healing using The EDHIR® Process which aligns with the principles of Ayurveda Psychotherapy and Psychiatry known as Sattvavajaychikitsa. Her services include:
Heart & Mind Integration:
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- Shifting out of being stuck in areas of life
- Learning to live in the present moment
- Manifesting
- Conflict resolution
- Physical, mental & emotional healing
- Relieving anxiety, depression and all forms of stress
- Trauma Ayurveda
Full Health assessments and Plans:
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-Assessing your natural balanced state
-Assessing what is out of balance
-Plan for creating a balanced system
-Herbs & formulation suggestions
-Counseling to balance the Mind, Heart(emotions),
Body Integrative Bodywork:
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-In person or online designed to relieve physical, mental, emotional and digestive tension Webinars/Workshops using The EDHIR® Process.
-Empowering those ready to change how they relate to their past experiences
-Digesting Adverse Life Experiences & Trauma Doctor of Ayurveda specializing in SattvavajayChitsa (Ayurveda Psychotherapy/Psychiatrty)
TCM & Acupuncture for
Sexual Trauma Healing
Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture help with trauma processing, integration of the trauma memory and energy into the memory bank of the body, decreasing the somatic and mental flashbacks of memories, and helps improve the window of tolerance within our nervous systems. TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) & Acupuncture can help decrease the symptoms of PTSD, Post traumatic stress disorder, and C-PTSD, Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, such as night terrors, insomnia, day flashbacks, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, chronic pain, digestive imbalances stemming from trauma experience triggers, and more.
TCM & Acupuncture is an integrative, holistic, system of medicine encompassing the entire person. The goal is to rebalance the internal environment of the person to match their outside environment to create more harmony, peace, and windows of safety, grounding, and more expansiveness. TCM & Acupuncture can help with decreasing and manage the effects of sexual trauma, especially Intrafamilal Child Sexual Abuse.
With ICSA and sexual trauma, the effects can spread to the areas of libido, sexual development, pelvic floor physical pain/dysfunction, period/cycle imbalances, fertility challenges, and feeling of safety and boundary setting in romantic, or partner relationships. There are different styles of Acupuncture to address these linger effects of sexual abuse and improve symptoms and imbalances. Some styles include Pelvic Floor Dry Needling, Orthopedic Acupuncture, Fertility Acupuncture, Women’s Health Acupuncture, and Trauma Informed Care Acupuncture. Most providers, Licensed Acupuncturist, are trained in multiple approaches to provide a well rounded outcome for improvement in quality of life.
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