Census Finds Complimentary Therapists Increase Healthy Behaviours

It was found that people who had visited a complimentary health therapist in the previous two weeks were MORE likely to have certain HEALTHY BEHAVIOURS than were either the total population, or people who had consulted any other health professional.
Holistic Living Counseling is part of an industry of complimentary therapists. Complimentary health therapists have been growing fast as occupation groups, according to census data. Likewise, the number of people who reported having consulted such a therapist in a two-week period increased from around 500,000 in 1995 to almost 750,000 in 2004-05. (ABS)

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4102.0Chapter5202008

Interest initially coincided with enthusiasm for alternative lifestyles, while immigration and increased contact and trade with China have also had an influence.