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Gerson Therapy is a nutrition-based, holistic therapy which has seen much controversy since it was first developed in the late 1920s.
Gestalt therapy is a psychotherapy which, unlike many other forms of psychotherapy, concentrates on the present moment rather than events which have happened in the past. It has an emphasis on personal responsibility and examines how the client experiences, and therefore copes or changes, their current environment.
Grief therapy is not to be confused with ‘grief counselling’ as the two are in fact different. Where grief counselling is used for the more common, or uncomplicated, feelings of grief which arise from loss, grief therapy deals with far more complicated reactions and uses clinical tools.
Group therapy is a term which can be used to cover a whole host of different therapies, though is generally regarded as a type of psychotherapy where one or more therapists will treat a small group of clients rather than just individuals.
Gua Sha is an ancient medical treatment which is still commonly used today by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and also as a ‘folk’ technique across China, Vietnam and other Asian countries.
Guided imagery therapy is an alternative medicine relaxation technique, much like meditation, which can be used by everybody, not just trained therapists.
Gyrotonic therapy encompasses use of the Gyrotonic Expansion System (GXS) and Gyrokinesis, and is an exercise system which was created by Juliu Horvath. It is a system which has been compared to Pilates but is said to offer far more opportunity for bending the limbs than Pilates does.