Integrating Complementary Therapies Into Your Care

Beth Baughman DuPree, M.D., FACS, ABIHM, is a general surgeon and also medical director of the Breast Health Program at the Holy Redeemer Health System, as well as an adjunct assistant professor of surgery for the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. DuPree strongly urges her patients to consider complementary healing support, whether it's through lifestyle modification, spiritual assistance, grief counseling, exercise programs, reflexology, nutritional counseling, Reiki, yoga, or massage. She herself has participated in all these techniques and is a master level Reiki practitioner. She believes that "whatever it takes to help a person find healing and peace is the way to curing them." Listen to the podcast to hear Dr. DuPree talk about: how she became interested in complementary therapies and how she integrates them into her practice the healing benefits of some complementary therapies how it feels to see her patients heal their minds and psyches as well as their bodies