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Make your journey shorter
with Deborah Barr as your health and happiness partner and
guide!
As a professional Holistic Counselor/Coach, Deborah will shorten
your curve to greater health and happiness. From just a few
sessions you get new optimism, confidence, and a "can do"
attitude that helps you take the necessary recommended actions
to create a healthy, fit body and mind, and a life you truly
love.
When you don't invest in yourself, it just makes your journey to
good health and happiness so much longer, more expensive, and
harder.
Partnering with Deborah as your counselor/coach will help you
get quicker results.
What
is Holistic Health Counseling?
Health problems are out of control do to the prevalence of
health undermining factors common in our modern world. Most
health conditions can be successfully treated with a rational
approach to nutrition, herbs, stress elimination, and life-style
modification in some cases. Attitudinal healing can help
eliminate the causes of problems from a mental, emotional and
spiritual perspective.
Holistic has recently gained great popularity. However, it is
greatly misunderstood, in part because it is used loosely by
many who have no training/experience in this modality.
Holistic means that everything is interrelated; you cannot
separate the parts of you. Every choice you make affects your
body, mind, emotions, spirit, finances, relationships, life’s
work, and everything else in your life. Holistic is an approach
that unifies all the parts of you and your personal environment.
Deborah’s Whole Health approach works with complete
systems rather than dissection into parts. She treats mind,
emotions, body, and spirit as a single system, each influencing
the other, and impacting all aspects of your life.
All
of your choices Matter-what
you choose to eat, think, feel, and believe; how you relate to
others; your life's work; and the rhythm of your life all impact
your well-being. If some aspect of your health or life is not
working as well as you would like, you have many options.
Incorporating therapeutic foods will benefit not only your body,
but also your mind, emotions, and spirit. Perhaps you're more
drawn to spiritual work such as meditation or attitudinal
healing which will positively impact every aspect of your health
and life. Or perhaps some coaching on work-life balance can
bring you back to equilibrium. It doesn't matter where
you begin. Now is the best time to make new choices to create a
healthy, fit body, and a life you love.
Problems are an invitation to change. There are practical
solutions to all the difficulties that you are facing, whether
they are health, relationship, money, or lifestyle issues. You
have far more control over your health and life than you
realize. Your body and life are shaped by a variety of factors,
internal and external. Deborah’s Whole Health approach
has helped thousands of people create healthy fit bodies and
minds, emotional harmony, and lives they love. If you're looking
for the "quick-fix" or "magic bullet" approach, you will never
achieve lasting results. This is not to say you won’t experience
results quickly. This depends on the severity of your problems,
how long you’ve had them, and your current choices.
The
foundation of Deborah’s philosophy is Holistic and based on 25
years professional training and clinical experience in
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nutritional Therapy, Holistic
Health, Attitudinal Healing, and Spiritual modalities. Click
here for complete bio.
Counseling focuses on achieving vital health, energy, joy, peace
and reaching life goals. Sessions take place in a supportive
environment, and programs are tailored to meet your personal
needs and goals. Learning to use natural remedies can prevent
the expense of repeated visits to the doctor, protect you from
the toxins of the modern day world, and prevent dependence on
multiple drug therapy and surgery. Learn to integrate natural
remedies into your life in a step-by-step approach for
prevention and treatment. Call 412.361.8600 or send an
email to
deborah@wholehealthresources.com
to schedule.
Sessions
may include:
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Nutritional
Therapy
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Herbal Medicine
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Attitudinal
Healing Facilitation
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Personal
& Lifestyle Coaching
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Shiatsu
Massage Therapy
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Yogatherapy
and Corrective Exercises
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Guided Imagery & Meditation
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Natural
Weight Loss
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Spiritual
Development
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Personal
& Corporate Wellness Coaching
Who benefits from counseling?
Deborah works with clients of all ages who are seeking safe,
non-invasive, effective Holistic solutions for their health
conditions. Some of the conditions she has successfully worked
with include: cancer, heart disease, thyroid issues, menopause,
PMS, and other female problems, depression and other emotional
problems, allergies, asthma, chronic fatigue, digestive
problems, aids, hepatitis, nervous system disorders,
infertility, hormonal problems, skin problems, diabetes &
hypoglycemia, immune deficiencies, pain, weight problems, and
other chronic, acute and degenerative illnesses. Her youngest
client has been 9 months and oldest, 95.
Many
clients use her services to create a plan for gaining and
maintaining balanced health and emotional harmony. Others, who
are in good health, want a plan for prevention and aging without
disease. Still others want to place the emphasis on
mental/emotional balance and spiritual centering in order to
resolve lifestyle problems such as relationships, work-life
balance, finances, stress, career issues, and other
disharmonies.
If
you'd like to experience better health, more joy,
abundance, passion and fulfillment from life, and effective ways
to reverse the many challenges of modern day living,
Deborah’s Whole Person approach will benefit you.
Deborah creates custom programs based on all health conditions,
constitutional strengths and weaknesses, lifestyle, age,
activity level, and personal health and lifestyle goals. There
is no one-size-fits all solution for everyone to achieve the
results they desire. Strategies for radiant health must be
customized based on the above factors if you want to achieve
permanent results. Deborah is one of the most qualified and
experienced in the field of Holistic Healing and Nutritional
Therapy in the country.
Why
You’ll Benefit by Working with Deborah Barr
In
recent years, Holistic Health has gained much popularity with a
substantial increase in practitioners, many of whom have little
or no professional training or clinical experience. Often this
results in inadequate, ineffective, even harmful counseling
advice for clients.
Deborah’s extensive professional training in Nutritional
Therapy, Herbal Medicine, Shiatsu Massage Therapy, Physiognomy
(Oriental Diagnosis), Spiritual Psychotherapy, Energy Medicine,
Yoga, Meditation, and Spiritual Development have led to her
unique brand of Whole Health Coaching. Her expertise in
numerous disciplines has given her a high client success rate
for healthy, fit bodies and minds; balanced, nourishing lives;
and inner peace with her unique whole person approach.
Deborah is a trained facilitator in Attitudinal Healing
(spiritual psychotherapy) which is a therapy used to uncover the
mental/emotional and spiritual causes of your problems; how you
may sabotage your efforts; and conflicting intentions that
oppose your well-being. Through Attitudinal healing your will
learn to listen to your body and life in new ways to discover
the hidden messages behind your problems. She also has many
years of training in Shiatsu Therapy, a therapeutic
massage which is based on the same energetic principles as
acupuncture and uses hands instead of needles. Yogatherapy,
Meditation, Guided Visualization and Spiritual Development are
other areas of her expertise.
Deborah strives to correct imbalances and disharmonies in the
body, mind, emotions, and lifestyle by eliminating the causes;
healing existing degenerations, and regenerating and building
the health of the entire system. This is the only way to
achieve lasting results.
Click here for
complete bio.
Holistic Health Counseling offers you the ability to
substantially improve your health and happiness in safe,
non-invasive ways. With professional guidance and support the
process can be made easier. Deborah's programs for health are
individualized and take on the direction that is mutually agreed
upon by counselor and client.
Click here to schedule an Introductory Assessment Consultation,
or all 412.361.8600 or send an email to
deborah@wholehealthresources.com
What
results can I expect?
Deborah's extensive training and clinical experience in many
modalities has led to her unique brand of Whole Health
counseling. Her expertise in numerous disciplines has given her
a high client success rate for healthy, fit bodies and minds;
emotional harmony; balanced, nourishing lives; and inner peace
with her unique whole person approach.
Clients have consistently achieved health improvements,
increased energy and endurance, desired weight loss, effective
stress reduction, improved mental clarity, greater flexibility,
improved digestion and elimination, deeper sleep and more
joyful, fulfilling lives. Our professional guidance and support
will help you overcome poor health, emotional imbalances, and
lifestyle problems, but also negative habits and concepts that
limit your health, vitality, happiness, and a life that flows.
What is the first step?
Schedule a 30-minute Holistic Consultation/Assessment
-- an excellent opportunity to discuss your challenges and
goals, and have your questions answered regarding services. A
few tips and a recommended program will be given. Session can
be done by phone or Pittsburgh office.
Click here to
schedule.
Comprehensive 2 -hour Consultation
-- You will receive a customized booklet of detailed
recommendations for your specific condition and challenges.
Follow-up sessions are usually necessary, and the amount of
sessions is determined by the severity of your problems. If
this session is done by phone, it is broken into two one-hour
sessions.
50%
of Deborah’s clients are long distance and this works well via
phone and email
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Counseling Services
Holistic Health & Lifestyle Coaching
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by phone and email or at Pittsburgh Office
With
Deborah Barr as your own personal coach, you will:
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Resolve Health Issues
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Understand and eliminate the causes of your problems
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Break
through barriers and overcome fears
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Create energy, vitality, emotional harmony
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Replace
unhealthy/unproductive habits
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Attract
new opportunities
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Create
a Balanced, Nourishing life you love
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Make
transitions more easily
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Be
accountable to your goals
You will be guided to appropriate use of foods for your unique
condition and constitution. Often herbs and supplements, lifestyle factors,
specific exercise modalities that are pertinent to your condition
are recommended. Effective recommendations for reversing
stress and lifestyle problems are part of the process. For
true healing to occur, the root cause of the problems must be
treated.
Nutritional Therapy
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The
idea of a perfect diet for everyone does not
exist and trying to find one will leave you
frustrated and unhealthy.
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to learn what's right for
you.
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Personalized Nutrition & Holistic
Therapies for:
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Regeneration from acute,
chronic, & degenerative disease
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Offsetting the
effects of pharmaceuticals and medical treatments
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Maintenance and disease
prevention
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Cleansing and Detoxification
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Overweight and Underweight
Conditions
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Healthy Vegan
Nutrition
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Emotional Harmony
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Aging with vitality and good
health
There is no one way of eating that is works to bring everyone
good health. There is not and never can be a universal standard
for what constitutes good food. Not everyone benefits equally
from foods that contain the same measure of nutrients. The
appropriateness of foods cannot be determined without knowledge
of the constitution and condition of the person.
The
scientific way of evaluating appropriate foods is solely by the
presence of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and
minerals. Foods containing similar quantities of nutrients are
considered equivalent in biological value. In addition, people
are assumed to be the same physiologically, so choice of foods
is simply a matter of preference within scientific quantitative
guidelines. As evidenced by the rapid increase in disease in
children and adults, scientific nutrition is ineffective.
In
Traditional Chinese Holistic Medicine, many factors about each
client determine the most beneficial foods, supplements,
exercise, and lifestyle practices. Foods are recommended based
on their correspondence with individual patterns, modified by
the season, the climate, and all health conditions.
Some
people have dry conditions and need moistening foods; others are
too damp (mucus, edema, bloating) and needs foods to dry their
condition; people with congestion need decongesting foods;
people who are depleted need replenishing foods; those with hot
conditions need cooling foods; and those with cold conditions
need warming foods.
There are many popular books on nutrition with each offering the
perfect diet for everyone, regardless of one's unique
condition. Some popular plans advocate high fiber, low fat,
salt and sugar; others insist on only uncooked organic fruits
and vegetables; others promote high protein and exclude fiber;
while others advocate primarily cooked grains and vegetables.
Each of these has merit. They all help some people some of the
time; however, each one is limited by a narrow and fixed way of
thinking. Their ideologies and methods differ; however, their
principle is the same: everyone should eat according to the
same rules.
In
mainstream Western medicine and in the alternative health
movement, nutritional recommendations are applied in a
standardized, uniform way without any regard for individual
differences.
It
is well worth your investment to have a consultation to
determine which foods, supplements, lifestyle practices and home
remedies are appropriate for you. The right foods
for you will leave you satisfied, and reverse many health
issues.
Click here
or call 412.361.8600 to schedule a
session.
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Whether your issues are health, career, weight,
relationships, or finances, let us help you welcome an exhilarating,
healthful, abundant, and loving life through this empowering,
holistic, life-changing approach to self-development.
Coaching can be done in person in my Pittsburgh office or
via phone or email from anywhere in the world. See
the coaching section for more information on Deborah's unique wellness coaching
services. After scheduling your appointment, you will
be sent an intake questionnaire which must be returned prior
to your session. If the session is done in our
Pittsburgh office, the session is two hours. You will
be given a detailed booklet of guidelines and
recommendations. This is personalized for your
uniqueness. For phone and email sessions: After
reviewing your intake questionnaire, your personalized
booklet will be prepared and sent to you. We will then spend
1 - 1.5 hours on the phone going over the information.
Follow-up
consultations are often necessary to evaluate the suitability,
to adjust your program and evaluate progress. Many
problems took years to develop and it is not practical to think
they will all be resolved after one session. A
step-by-step approach ensures quicker and better results.
Payment can be made with MasterCard, Visa or Debit cards, or by
mailing a check prior to your appointment.
Call 412.361.8600 or send an email to
deborah@wholehealthresources.com to schedule.
Holistic Weight Loss
Weight
issues are health issues and are often multi-dimensional.
Willpower, sacrifice, deprivation and drugs are NOT part of
good health. Long term success in losing weight requires addressing
the physical, mental/emotional and spiritual causes.
This
program, created by Deborah Barr, will address:
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Customized recommendations
for weight loss and balanced health
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Re-establish
and balance metabolism
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Emotional
and stress-related eating
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How
our minds can sabotage our efforts
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Core
beliefs that keep one overweight
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Binges,
cravings, discharge and addictions
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Removing
mental/emotional blocks
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Recognizing and reversing conflicting intentions
Visit
the weight condition section
for more information on natural weight loss.
Energy Healing
Herbal Consultation
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In person, or by phone and email
Get well with a personalized herbal formula whether you're
looking for tonic herbs for prevention or herbal remedies for
specific physical or emotional health problems.
Recommendations may include nutritional advice. These sessions
are with Deborah Barr who has 25 years clinical experience.
After scheduling your session, you will be sent an intake
questionnaire which must be completed and returned prior to your
session which is one hour.
A
follow-up consultation may be recommended to evaluate the
suitability, to adjust your program and evaluate progress.
Payment can be made with MasterCard, Visa or Debit cards, or by
mailing a check prior to your appointment.
Click here to take advantage of more than 50% off an
Introductory Assessment Consultation.
Or you can call 412.361.8600 or send an email to
deborah@wholehealthresources.com to schedule.
Attitudinal Healing
Attitudinal Healing
is
Spiritual Psychotherapy--spiritual in the
sense that we are all connected to a larger "whole" that is
all-knowing, perfect, and unlimited. It is the source of
all of life. This aspect is not separate from any of us.
It resides within us. Learning to access this part of
ourselves, distinguish its voice from our personality, and act
on its guidance are important aspects of this work.
Attitudinal Healing is not about religion and does not
interfere with your personal religious orientation.
Attitudinal Healing is the process of changing the way we see,
understand and react to the various elements and events in our
lives. It is learning to live from our authentic selves
which some call our Soul. It is about learning to
consciously create and attract
to ourselves ways to experience life in healthy, joyful,
easier and more abundant ways. We really can create
anything we want in our lives.
Everything
feeds us, and the quality of our thoughts and attitudes greatly
influences our choices, our health, and our life's experiences.
Attitudinal Healing is the process of uncovering the personal
belief systems and attitudes that prohibit healing any aspect
of ourselves.
Gain
an understanding of how negative mental/emotional states can
work for you, rather than against you. Remove obstacles, find
the positive meaning, and learn to create harmony, balance,
and strength through the conflicts in your life.
You will
learn creative problem solving, be fully listened to, inspired,
and guided toward clarity in making the changes necessary
to reaching your goals. Sessions can be geared toward personal
and/or professional growth.
Call
412.361.8600
for a complementary 30-minute session which can be done by phone
or in my Pittsburgh office.
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WHR Massage Services
Shiatsu
Massage Therapy
A traditional
bodywork practice from Japan, Shiatsu relaxes and rejuvenates,
relieves pain, and supports the body's innate healing abilities.
Currents of energy circulate throughout the body and flow
to all vital organs. Ancient peoples mapped the lines of energy
flow (meridians) and centers of energy (chakras).
Physical,
mental, and emotional stresses can cause blockages and imbalances
in the natural energy flow, which in turn can interfere with
health. The Shiatsu practitioner systematically applies gentle
pressure to points along the meridian lines, thereby releasing
blockages and making adjustments in the energy flow, along
with stimulating the recipient's natural self healing mechanism.
Based on the principles of acupuncture using hands instead
of needles.
Shiatsu
is very effective for stress related problems, fatigue, poor
circulation, headaches, pain and tension, emotional imbalances,
sleep problems, indigestion and that out-of-balance feeling.
It produces a heightened sense of well being in body, mind
and spirit and leaves one peaceful, relaxed, and free of aches
and pains. Sessions are 50-55 minutes. Please wear loose,
comfortable clothing and avoid eating for 1-1 1/2 hours before
the session.
Client Testimonials:
"Today, the day after my shiatsu
treatment with you, I feel lively, excited about life,
happy, confident, and am more efficient in my work. I
walk with a bounce in my step and fast and lively. I feel like
I'm 18. My head and mind are very clear. Many thanks for whatever
you added to my treatment yesterday. It's a wonderful
life! My attitude and outlook are much more positive." M.F. Pittsburgh, August, 2005
Moxibustion
Moxibustion
is a method of applying herbs with heat on or above the skin
at specific acupuncture points. Warms and circulates ki, blood
and fluids and stimulates with heat to alleviate blockages
and correct the internal imbalance. Supports the immunity
of the body and promotes normal functioning of the organs;
useful for sprains, traumas and injuries. Some of the many
conditions it can help are congestion, colds, flu, asthma,
allergies, bronchitis, digestive disorders, poor circulation,
prostate problems, body coldness, frequent urination, low
back pain, knee and joint pain, menstrual difficulties, arthritis
and infertility. A very healing therapy used in the east for
thousands of years. 30-45 minutes.
Cupping
Cupping
is a folk technique which has been, and still is, widely used
in Europe, and Asia. It is the treatment of disease by suction
of the skin surface. A vacuum is created with cups which are
attached to the body surface. The vacuum pulls inner congestion
and heat in the body upwards and out. After the cups are removed,
the skin will appear slightly discolored or even bruised,
taking several days to clear. The painful condition will be
significantly relieved. Helpful for areas of swelling, pain,
congestion or stagnation or ki, blood or fluids; edema, asthma,
bronchitis, dull aches and pains, arthritis, abdominal pain,
painful menstruation, colds, flu, coughs. 35-40 minutes.
Foot Reflexology
Reflexology
is a safe and natural healing art. The body is reflected on
the feet through a system of reflexes. The objective is to
stimulate these reflexes in order to restore balance, relieve
tension and aches and pains, to prevent ill health, and to
assist in relaxation. Regular foot massage reestablishes harmony
in the body by releasing blocked energy via the reflex points
in the feet. Sessions are 35-40 minutes.
Yogatherapy
Enjoy
personalized Yoga in a private one-on-one session. Regular
practice reduces stress, improves flexibility and increases
overall sense of well-being. You will learn corrective exercises
to improve energy flow and strengthen your body. It tones
and strengthens, removes energy blocks, and enhances the health
of all organs and systems of the body. Exercises are tailored
to your health profile. Sessions are 55 minutes.
What
is Nutritional Healing?
Research has demonstrated that natural remedies are safer,
more effective, and less expensive than the conventional drug
and surgery approach to health care.
Food is a foundation medicine and can be used for overcoming
personal imbalances and maximizing vitality. Food has various
therapeutic properties and profoundly affects physical, mental,
emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Choosing appropriate diet
based on nutritional factors alone is not enough. The
energetic
and healing qualities must be considered in relationship to
one's constitutional strengths and weaknesses, medical history,
activity level, stress level, and physiological responses
to food.
Our approach tailors an eating style to support each client's
health and lifestyle needs. Herbal therapy is often recommended
to facilitate healing.
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