Hi folks,

Thanks for the responses, I am most interested in this, and I'm just checking out the sites that you suggested Downsolong. The 'Quackwatch' one does seem a bit cruel (in a funnyway), but it's a necessary balance in my view.

I have been to a few groups while in depression and most of them have a faith-healing flavour to them.

I remember having Shiatsu while I was low, and the guy talked a lot about energies and pressure points and stuff, but the truth was that I just wanted someone to touch me in a caring way, to remind me that I was still here!! I'll bet loads of people go for that reason - just to get the attention and the touching. Having said that the Shiatsu guy was pretty sensitive to how I was at the time, and guessed I was holding some grief anger. The reflection helped.

I hope some more people reply to this thread, maybe it could be a poll as well? How do we do polls?

Cheers, M