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Charlies Angles of Evanston health EVANSTON HEALTH COLLECTIVE
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vanston has a team of women who Evanston Magazine compares to the Women of Television fame named Charlie’s Angels. Charlie’s Angels is a team of highly talented detectives. Evanston’s Angles are not detectives but they are health providers a group of experienced practitioners who combined their individual practices to provide an integrative clinic to complement traditional medical care.
As a health care collective, these three women offer patients and clients a comprehensive team approach to meet their unique health issues. Just like in the television show each woman has a specialty.
Sarah B. McLaughlin LMT (The Massage Therapist) Sarah’s practice is grounded in her belief that you have the inner ability to heal yourself, given the right combination of external support and stimulation of your own inner resources. She is the Angel in charge of “Thai” massage therapy and other 10
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techniques of body works. The company she owns is abhayabodywork.com a member of the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals. Shihtzu usually will be referred to as bodywork rather than massage but through bodywork and other kinds of modalities. Someone suffering from clinical depression is usually referred to Sarah by their psychiatrist or their psychotherapist. If you’re not receiving medication and support that involves talk therapy massage professional Sarah b. McLaughlin will integrate with other professionals to achieve the goal you need. ments to acupuncture. The main focus of shiatsu is moving energy not necessarily muscle tissue and there’s less focus on the lifting and needing of muscle tissue and more focus on balancing emotional physical and energetic complaints. Sarah’s practice has an additional focus on resolving or balancing those things like sleep for depression. She is able to work with patients to deal with depression through massage techniques. Someone suffering from clinical depression is usually
