Re: OT–Homeopathy (credentials)
> Yeah, but was he a *good* therapist? (wink wink)
I was wondering the same thing. Some of the best (and worst)
psychotherapists I’ve known (and I’ve known a lot) have no mental health
degree/licensure/certification, or formal training. And some of the worst
(and best) ones I’ve known have had the highest levels of professional
training, certification, credentials, etc.
I put more stock in credentials when it comes to (holistic) health
practitioners, but not that much stock. Many of the best holistic health
practitioners I’ve known have been primarily self-taught. I don’t know
enough about homeopaths to comment, except that my guess is that qualities
such as intuition and sensitivity may play as big a role as does formal
training.
August 13th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
>Yeah, but was he a *good* therapist?<
He slept with his patients, which is generally not considered "good." I did
some office work for him which left me knowing more than I ever wanted to know.
>qualities such as intuition and sensitivity may play as big a role as does
formal training.<
For the most part, I agree with you. I’ve known highly credentialled healthcare
providers who had all the compassion of a slaughterhouse employee.
Dianne
August 13th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
Leonard wrote:
<< I don’t know enough about homeopaths to comment, except that my guess
is that qualities such as intuition and sensitivity may play as big a
role as does formal training.>>
You can’t graduate as a homeopath from the better schools unless you do
have the intuition and sensitivity. But I would not see a homeopath with
intuition and sensitivity who did not have the training.
Homeopathy has way too much that you HAVE to know and understand, and
that no amount of intuition and sennsitivty can provide.
Namaste,
Irene