Dr. Cinthia McFeature – HeartPath Practitioner a healing journey

Cinthia McFeature PhD received her doctorate of philosophy in counseling with specialized training in integrated behavioral medicine and narrative therapies. Dr. McFeature most recently was a state trainer for the Virginia Department of Social Services for the past nine years. She also facilitated family partnership meetings for local VDSS agencies. For over the past twenty-five years her focus has been both the social work and counseling fields working directly with clientele. She provides individual, family, and group therapy utilizing integrative therapies. She is a licensed spiritual health coach and an active member of the American Holistic Health Association. She is co-author of HeartPath Practitioner, nationally released in 2009. She was also involved in trauma informed care research, curriculum development for motivational interviewing and developed group treatment training/processing for vicarious trauma.

Integrated health is coordinated care which is comprehensive and seamless care that is a worldwide trend in health care reforms. In this book we will discuss the importance of trauma informed care with all systems who touch the
lives of trauma-exposed children and families. We will reflect how integrated health occurs based on the performance practice of primary care and behavioral health integration (PCBHI) working as a patient centered model home. The book will also discuss the impact of trauma from physical, mental, emotional and spiritual contexts. Regardless of how traumatic events have impacted a patient’s life there is a clear path to healing and managing medical and psychological concerns. This takes place with an appropriate assessments and a “whole” treatment plan for the trauma-exposed patient from a body, mind, and spirit integrated forms of care provision.