readiness to heal: judgment or recognition?

[Charlotte Gilruth]

Lisa said,

When you tell a patient something like:
"I will not treat you until you are willing to address your own unhappiness
and pain that is driving your current behaviour"
----just WHAT do you hope to accomplish?? Humiliating them by letting them
know that you see right through their 'coping skill'?

This just seems ludicrous to me!!!

We're warned not to judge - be discerning about the case at hand, yes - but
don't judge whether a patient is *ready* to receive treatment or not...you
are doing him/her a disservice....

And, if a patient came to see a practioner - surely that would indicate
*some* desire - *somewhere in them* - to heal?

It isn't our job to determine who *really wants* to heal or not...
Our job is to take the case and do our best at helping them by using our
skills of prescribing Homeopathically.
Hi Lisa,
I don't see it as a humiliation to bring up the complexity of the psyche and
how powerful the subconscious/unconscious mind can be in sabotaging our
conscious intentions. I don't do this in an accusatory way, just as an area
that needs to be explored, in order to get out of the circular patterns. I
bring up the idea of working concurrently with someone--a therapist or
energy worker perhaps--who is adept at accessing the deeper levels and
working through a process.

Do you accept that there can be psychological obstacles to cure, just as
most accept that there are physical and environmental obstacles to cure?

A lot of what I am saying is trying to make sense of patterns in my
practice. To me that seems like learning, rather than judging.

Are you a practitioner? If so, haven't you had some of these puzzling
experiences? I would be interested to hear about your experiences.

I'll have to introspect and see if I am judging when I feel a person isn't
ready. I had thought I was simply interpreting the clear language of their
actions. Isn't it possible that there could be a strong ambivalence, which
we could pick up, with our trained sensitivity? I know in myself I am no
stranger to ambivalence, so I don't see it as a terrible thing in someone
else--just another voice in the psyche of which to become aware.

Thanks for adding your viewpoint to the discussion--much food for thought.

Charlotte
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[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Colleagues

So far as you can see, I have kept quiet on this very complex issue.

May be an open ended question like "What is stopping you from getting
better?" may get some of the answers we are looking for in such cases.

It shows to the patient that we have understood what is going on and that we
are still there for them and STILL want to help them get better but at the
same time, the key (or the maintaining cause) is for them to turn.

Good healing
Soroush

[The Annan's]

Hi Charlotte...my replies are below your comments:)

[Rosemary Hyde]

Soroush, thanks for yoour open-ended question. I think it's a good one to
remember. Rosemary