Comments on: Re: OT–Homeopathy (credentials) http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2006/08/13/re-ot-homeopathy-credentials/ Some tips for diabetic, recipes and products. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:48:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Dave Smith http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2006/08/13/re-ot-homeopathy-credentials/#comment-11453 Dave Smith Sun, 13 Aug 2006 17:57:16 +0000 http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2006/08/13/re-ot-homeopathy-credentials/#comment-11453 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 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

]]> By: Dave Black http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2006/08/13/re-ot-homeopathy-credentials/#comment-11452 Dave Black Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:58:24 +0000 http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2006/08/13/re-ot-homeopathy-credentials/#comment-11452 >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 >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

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