Resources - Chapter 6 Supplement

Creative Client Education Techniques based on Multiple Intelligences

Journal/Diary Keeping: clients record their thoughts, feelings, ideas and progress
Creative Writing: encourage clients to write original pieces (e.g., essays, poetry) about themselves, their condition or their goals
Storytelling/Story Creation: clients make up and tell stories about their background, health or goals
Formal Speaking: hold open houses and give presentations on wellness topics where clients can attend
Humor/Jokes: create puns, limericks, and jokes about muscles, stretches or post-session assignments
Verbal Debate: present both sides of an issue in a convincing manner
Vocabulary: teach clients new words by using them accurately in regular communication
Reading: supply clients with written materials on a concept, idea, product, treatment or process

Abstract Symbols/Formulas: design a meaningful summary notation system for different processes or knowledge content (e.g., chart notes)
Forcing Relationships: create meaningful connections between non-congruent ideas
Graphic/Cognitive Organizers: work with logical thought maps such as webs, Venn diagrams, classification matrices and ranking ladders
Logic/Pattern Games: provide clients ith puzzles that challenge them to find a hidden rationale or pattern
Number Sequences/Patterns: provide numerical facts and current statistics on a topic
Outlining: present explanations in a point-by-point logical manner
Problem Solving: enlist clients in brainstorming using specified steps, operations, processes, formulas and equations
Syllogisms: make if..., then...logical deductions about a topic

Cooperative Learning Strategies: using structured teamwork (e.g., demonstrating to clients how to do stretches with partners)
Empathy Practices: encourage clients to explore and express understanding from someone else's physical standpoint
Giving Feedback: allow clients to give honest, sensitive input on their opinions, concerns, conditions, and progress
Group Projects: organize workshops or projects where your clients can investigate topics with others in teams
Person-to-Person Communication: present new ideas with a focus on how people relate and how to improve their relating

Altered States of Consciousness Practices: assist clients in learning to shift their mood or awareness into an optimal state
Emotional Processing: encourage clients to explore on their own or with a counselor the affective dimensions of the hands-on work
Focusing/Concentration Skills: help clients learn to focus on a single idea or task
Higher-Order Reasoning: ask clients questions that require them to synthesize, integrate and apply what you've said and they've experienced
Metacognition Techniques: clients think about their thinking (i.e., tracing the various processes and steps used)
Mindfulness Practices: create exercises that help clients pay conscious attention to their life experiences (the opposite of mindlessness or "living on automatic pilot")
Silent Reflection Methods: clients work with reflection tools such as journals, thinking logs, diaries

Active Imagination: clients find connections between visual patterns (e.g., charts, diagrams) and prior experiences or knowledge
Color/Texture Schemes: associate colors and textures with various concepts, concerns or processes (e.g., show charts where the nervous system is in one color and the vascular system in another color)
Drawing: provide clients with body diagrams and colored pencils so they can illustrate their problem areas
Guided Imagery/Visualizing: create mental pictures or images of a concept, idea or process (e.g., how muscles expand and contract, what they will look like and how they will feel when they've reached their treatment goals) for your clients. You can also encourage clients to write their own visualization scripts, record them and listen to them regularly
Pictoral Representations: refer to posters, charts and handouts when teaching clients
Mind Mapping: create visual webs of written information (e.g., adapt treatment plans to a non-linear format)
Collage: clients design a collection of pictures to show various aspects or dimensions of a concept, idea or process
Painting: encourage clients to use paints or markers to express understanding of concepts, ideas or processes (e.g., mural creation)
Sculpting: clients create clay models to demonstrate understanding of concepts, ideas or processes

Body Language/Gestures: embody meaning, interpretation, or understanding of an idea in physical movement
Enactment: clients create a mini-drama that shows the dynamic interplay of various concepts, ideas or processes
Movement: encourage clients to breathe fully into the areas that are being worked on and to tune into the subtle muscle movements
Folk/Creative Dance: clients choreograph a dance that demonstrates a concept, idea or process
Inventing: clients make or build something that demonstrates a concept, idea, or process (e.g., a model to show how something works)
Physical Exercise/Martial Arts: create physical routines for your clients to perform. Have clients immediately do each routine (e.g., stretches) after you've demonstrated the proper method

Environmental Sounds: incorporate natural sounds (e.g., an indoor fountain, music of rainstorms or birds chirping)
Instrumental Sounds: encourage clients to employ musical instruments to produce sounds that represent specific conditions (e.g., the tension in a muscle, head pain)
Music Composition/Creation: clients compose and create music to communicate understanding of a concept, idea or process (e.g., the flow of lymphatic fluid)
Rhythmic Patterns: produce rhythms and beats to show the various aspects of a concept, idea or process
Singing/Humming: you and/or clients create songs about a topic (or condition or goal) or find existing songs that complement a topic. Consider Weird Al Yankovich for inspiration
Vocal Sounds/Tones: encourage clients to express sounds with their vocal cords to release pain or increase movement in a blocked area

Archetypal Pattern Recognition: relate the repeating, standard patterns and designs of nature that manifest themselves throughout the universe to your clients' conditions
Caring for Plants/Animals: encourage clients to engage in projects that involve caring for and/or training animals, insects, other organisms and/or growing natural things
Conservation Practices: use recycled paper and other recycled products whenever possible
Nature Encounters: work outside (if possible) and bring nature into your office via videos, music, objects, animals and plants
Nature World Simulations: have small live plants or show clients pictures of plants used in your oil and lotion formulas
Sensory Stimulation Exercises: expose clients' senses to nature's sounds, smells, tastes, touches and sights (e.g., have essential oil samples that clients can whiff)