Energy Therapies and Diabetes Mellitus
- Diana W. Guthrie, PhD, FAAN, CDE and
- Maureen Gamble, BSN, MA, CHTP/I, CCAP, RM
Abstract
In Brief
People with diabetes require multiple interventions to reach their glycemic goals. Energy therapies have been a useful aid in improving health and well-being. Clinical interventions involve energy exchange in some form. This article focuses on energy therapies that involve the presence of a therapist, whether local or long distance, to support and aid in the healing process. The literature on diabetes and healing therapies is sparse, but there is potential for energy therapy to assist individuals with diabetes in reaching goals for normoglycemia and high quality of life.
Footnotes
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Diana W. Guthrie, PhD, FAAN, CDE, is a diabetes nurse practitioner and behavioral therapist at MidAmerica Diabetes Associates, a professor emeritus in the departments of pediatrics and psychiatry at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, and an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas School of Nursing in Wichita, Kans. She is an associate editor of Diabetes Spectrum. Maureen Gamble, BSN, MA, CHTP/I, CCAP, RM, is a private practice energy therapist and aromatherapist and a lecturer for the computer services, nursing, and physician assistant programs at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kans.
- American Diabetes Association
