FOY Wellness and Recovery offers Energy Healing as a complementary holistic practice within our PHP and IOP programming, alongside evidence-based clinical therapy.
What Is Energy Healing?
Energy Healing refers to a category of complementary practices, most commonly Reiki and related touch or presence-based techniques, rooted in the idea that gentle, focused attention can support relaxation and a subjective sense of calm. These practices draw on various holistic and cultural traditions dating back generations. It’s important to be transparent here: Energy Healing is not a licensed medical or mental health treatment, and its proposed mechanisms are not established through the same body of controlled clinical research as psychotherapy or evidence-based medicine.
How Energy Healing Is Used at FOY
At FOY, Energy Healing is offered strictly as an optional, complementary relaxation practice, never as treatment for any diagnosed mental health or substance use condition. Sessions are typically offered in a quiet, calm setting, led by a practitioner trained in the specific modality being offered.
What Clients Report Experiencing
Clients who choose to participate commonly describe a subjective sense of calm, relaxation, and reduced physical tension during and after sessions. These are self-reported, subjective experiences rather than clinically measured outcomes, and individual experiences vary considerably.
Who Might Consider Energy Healing
Clients who are drawn to a calm, low-intensity complementary practice as part of a broader wellness routine may choose to participate. Participation is entirely voluntary and is never presented as a substitute for clinical treatment of any diagnosed condition.
Energy Healing vs. Sound Healing and Meditation
Energy Healing, Sound Healing, and Meditation are all offered at FOY as low-intensity, relaxation-oriented complementary practices, but differ in format. Energy Healing typically involves individual, hands-on or near-body practitioner sessions; Sound Healing is a passive, sound-based group experience; Meditation is an active, attention-based practice a client can eventually do independently.
FAQs
Is Energy Healing a form of medical or mental health treatment?
No. Energy Healing is offered at FOY as a complementary relaxation practice alongside licensed clinical care, not as treatment for any diagnosed condition.
Will Energy Healing replace my therapy sessions?
No. It is an optional, supplementary offering alongside your individualized clinical treatment plan, never a replacement for it.
Is there scientific evidence that Energy Healing works?
Energy Healing’s proposed mechanisms are not established through controlled clinical research in the way psychotherapy or medical treatment is. FOY offers it as a complementary relaxation option, and is direct about that distinction with clients.
Can I opt out of Energy Healing sessions?
Yes. All holistic offerings, including Energy Healing, are entirely optional at FOY.
Is touch required during an Energy Healing session?
This depends on the specific technique used; clients determine their own comfort level, and sessions can be adjusted or conducted without direct touch if preferred.
Is Energy Healing appropriate for clients with trauma histories?
Clients with trauma histories should discuss comfort with touch-based practices with their clinical team before participating, and can always opt for non-touch alternatives or decline participation.
Does insurance cover Energy Healing specifically?
Energy Healing is included as part of FOY’s broader PHP and IOP holistic programming rather than billed as a separate service. Contact our admissions team about your specific plan.
How is Energy Healing different from a religious or spiritual practice?
FOY presents Energy Healing as a secular, optional relaxation offering rather than a religious practice, and clients are free to engage with it purely as a relaxation technique without any specific belief system required.
Why does FOY offer a practice without strong clinical evidence?
FOY believes clients benefit from a range of complementary relaxation options alongside rigorous clinical care, and is deliberately transparent that offerings like Energy Healing are complementary wellness practices, not substitutes for evidence-based treatment.
Take the First Step
Call FOY Wellness and Recovery at (805) 659-8429 or visit foywellnessandrecovery.com/contact for a free confidential assessment. We are in-network with Blue Shield, Cigna, and TRICARE through TriWest, and accept most other major PPO plans, including Anthem, Aetna, Multiplan, HMC HealthWorks, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, on an out-of-network basis.