Story #4 - Interview with Ivan Staroversky
Last month I interviewed Ivan Staroversky about psychosomatic medicine. Ivan is a member of the American Psychological Association, an Neuro-Linguistic Programming Trainer, and an alternative health care consultant based in Toronto Canada. Ivan has his own story over-coming the Mumps virus and now uses innovative methods to help people deal with their illness and get well again. For more information, check out Ivan’s website at www.staroversky.com. The text of the interview follows (click “Read More” below). To watch the video of the interview, click “Read More” and scroll down or visit our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/healingfrominsidewww.staroversky.com. The text of the interview follows (click “Read More” below). To watch the video of the interview, click “Read More” and scroll down or visit our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/healingfrominside
WS: What’s the difference between somatic and psychosomatic medicine?
IS: Somatic medicine involves the cells of the body and is based on physical and biological aspects of the problem. The somatic approach is the traditional approach of western medicine and it usually deals with the symptoms of the problem. For example, a person comes to see a doctor and describes his/her symptoms. The doctor writes a drug prescription to get rid of the symptoms.
Psychosomatic means that a physical condition is caused or greatly influenced by psychological factors.
