Ozone therapy

Domain XII · Complementary, energy & biofield

What it is

Ozone therapy ("oxygen-ozone therapy", "ozonotherapy") is the use of a mixture of medical oxygen and ozone gas applied to the body by several routes. Proponents name, among others: major autohaemotherapy (MAH), in which some of the person's own blood is taken, exposed to the ozone-oxygen mixture…

Format

• Format: usually a course of repeated sessions; the procedure involves a needle in a vein (MAH, ozonated saline) or an injection into tissue. Proponents state that blood withdrawal follows SIOOT guidance submitted to the Italian Ministry of Health. Session numbers and parameters are deliberately not…
• The psychotherapist's framework. Not a separate therapy course; it is woven into ongoing therapy, with follow-up.

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

• How the method is delivered (as proponents and regulators describe it; no technique given).
• Setting: physicians' private clinics, some integrative or naturopathic practices, and, in documented harm cases, out-of-scope or unlicensed practitioners working in clinics, homes or hotel rooms.
• Who practises it: physicians who take proponent-society courses; in some US states naturopathic doctors (California's naturopathic committee proposed requiring extra training for ozone injection and prohibiting direct injection of ozone gas into the vascular system).

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Does it involve any substance, plant preparation, remedy or supplement? Has your doctor or prescriber been told, especially about any medication you take?
• Does it involve intense or unusual breathing? Have you been told about the medical conditions for which that is not advised?
• Does it involve fasting, a special diet or 'detox'? Have you discussed this with your doctor?
• Is it a group, retreat or community? How do they respond if someone wants to leave or raises a concern?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• fear of retaliation or shame. Working: the client feels in control of the reporting decision.
• suicidal thinking, family scapegoating. Working: reduced self-blame, re-engagement with care.
• colleagues in your service offering or promoting ozone; dual relationships. Working: clients experience you as neutral and safe.
• injections or intravenous procedures in children; refusal of needed medical treatment. Working: the child's medical care is secured.
• ultimatums in families; despair hidden behind certainty. Working: the client discusses the option openly with their oncologist and family.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.