One remedy for your whole
picture of health
Initial Consultation
The first consultation lasts about two hours; sometimes more. We will focus, not only on your chief complaint, but on your whole being; how your illness has impacted you and how you react within your environment. The remedy needs to affect all of you, wherever you feel stuck or most sensitive — whether that restriction is physical, mental , or emotional.
Some of the questions I ask are: What makes your chief complaint better or worse? When did it start? What was going on in your life at that time? Have you had mental or emotional times of intense stress? How do you sleep? What are your dreams? What are your fears, stressors and anxieties? What foods do you crave or dislike? What was unique about your childhood or upbringing? What diseases have impacted other members of your family? What medications, herbs, or supplements are you taking? I need to understand who you are and what makes your illness individual to you. I collect and document this information so I can identify patterns that will help me to identify the best remedy for you.
We need to find the one homeopathic treatment that is optimally and specifically suited for you at this time. There are over 3,000 homeopathic remedies from which a homeopath can choose. This is referred to as the Homeopathic Materia Medica. Homeopaths utilize large databases developed from the detailed analysis of healed clinical cases treated by homeopaths over hundreds of years, as well as specialized software which allows them to search for exact physical signs, symptoms and patterns of illness to identify the optimal remedy. Unless I am treating an acute illness, I often need a week or so to study all the information you share with me, before choosing the right treatment for your unique condition.
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You are unique
It is well known that several people can have the same cold or virus and each react differently. Someone wants ice cold drinks, is very thirsty and just wants to be left alone, while someone else has no thirst, feels chilled and extremely irritable. Or maybe someone needs company and becomes anxious if alone, and they are sweaty and hot. While many symptoms may be common, no two people react in precisely the same way to the same named disease.
As part of learning what is unique about you I also want to understand where you experience the most freedom and ease as opposed to dis-ease in your life. I like to think of this process of understanding you as a partnership. We work together to explore your symptoms and your experience.
Follow-up Appointment
In our follow-ups we will go over how you’ve been feeling with regard to your chief complaints and overall. How have things changed? What is the picture of your illness now. I also want to know of any relevant test results, surgeries, or medication changes.
When someone has had symptoms for a long time, or if there is more serious physical or emotional pathology, more time is often needed for healing to occur. Homeopathy views healing as a restoration of health, as opposed to simply controlling or managing symptoms as may occur with some other systems of medicine. When someone is on an optimal remedy for their condition we will typically see things go in a new direction without major setbacks.
By considering how your system has responded with homeopathic treatment we assess the next needed steps in the healing process.
As your system moves and changes, we work together to adapt our treatment to keep you moving towards greater health and ease.
It is recommended to follow-up every 4 to 6 weeks for the first 3 to 4 months, in order to assure that things are progressing steadily and in the right direction.
Be Deeply Listened To and Understood
A homeopathic consultation is talking to someone, like a friend, who truly wants to know how you are, and who you are. The goal is to improve your whole life, not just fix your individual symptoms. We explore together each symptom as well as your medical history, lifestyle, food preferences, activities, sleep, temperament, fears, and hobbies. After each visit the homeopath studies all that we have learned and understand about you so we can find a single remedy for you.
