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Starting Tuesday, June 2nd

New Online course starting soon - Strategies in Case Analysis

with Will Taylor, MD | The Academy for Homeopathic Studies (courses.homstudies.com )

6 weekly 2-hour sessions

Tuesdays 2-4pm (US Pacific time)

(click here - for date & time in your local timezone)

or by Self-paced participation on your own schedule via streaming video from the course support page; videos will be posted within 72 hours of each live session.
You have a well-taken (received) case on one hand, and some faithfully-acquired knowledge of our remedies in your head, a pile of resources (materia medica texts, a repertory or two (or a feature-rich piece of homeopathic software) on the other. How to proceed? Will will lean on his years of clinical and teaching experience to help chart a path through the process of organizing and analyzing homeopathic cases - both acute and chronic - to assure optimal success in treatment.

We'll examine a variety of approaches using cases - both acute and chronic - from Will's casebooks and from the historical literature to develop skills that you can transfer productively to cases in your own practice.

Topics will include:

Understanding and completing the symptom; both in the process of case-receiving and afterwards, appreciating the contribution that individual expressions (signs, symptoms) make to the case as a whole. Appreciating when a symptom is sufficiently "complete" and how to proceed when it is not.

Appreciating the Totality; understanding the nature of the "totality of symptoms," as so much more than a mere collection of "stuff that is true about the case". How to recognize when a Totality is sufficiently "complete," and how to proceed when it is not.

Approaches to organizing/structuring a meaningful totality - we'll closely examine a variety of approaches that can be applied to cases of varied nature.

Moving from the Totality to an analysis; use of the Repertory.

The role of Keynotes, "Essences," perceived "core delusions" and "vital sensations" in case analysis.

The relative roles of mental/emotional, somatic (physical), local, and general expressions in the Totality.

The significance of "symptoms of the person" vs. "symptoms of the disease"

Working with "one-sided" or "defective" cases.

How our appreciation of the nature of chronic "miasmatic" disease can productively be applied in case analysis.

Constructing, and extracting useful guidance from, a meaningful repertorization.

Perceiving, and proceeding with, cases in which the principal issues are "maintained," rather than dynamic; "obstacles to cure."

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Participant comments from past courses:

I am so delighted to have discovered Dr. Taylor as a teacher. He is among the best I have encountered. His depth of knowledge, understanding of disease, and humility make him a joy to learn with. He presents a high bar with his dedication to excellence, which inspires us to reach farther with our own professional development.
I appreciate Will's tremendous generosity with his time, energy & talent - the time he spends preparing, teaching & participating on the forum is mind boggling.

Awesome Presentation! Will is a masterful teacher - among the best I have experienced, and I have seen many of the prominent teachers popular today.
Cost $200 US
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Hi All,

If you take no other course from Will, take this one. If you only rep by hand, you may have already figured out how to keep your repertorization small. But, do you know why you have chosen fewer than 6 rubrics? (besides your hand gets tired) If you use a computer, then you shop for every possible rubric before you pare down the numbers. Or maybe you don't even know that selection of rubrics is key to finding the right remedy.

I knew that, but I had no robust criterion for selecting. As a result, I never knew if I had a good analysis. Results were hit and miss and I could never figure out why I was making my choices. My criterion seemed arbitrary. Since taking Will's courses, I have figured out the rationale for choosing rubrics. Actually, Paul Herscu hinted at this and so have others. But the advice varies so much between teachers. Also, no one takes the time to explain why this or that tactic is better in particular circumstances. Use of medical information will become much clearer. Will will give you a number of different tactics, but best of all, you will be sure why you are making your choice. If your case is inadaquate, you will be able to spot that too.

I nolonger feel that homeopathy is an elaborate guessing game. Thanks to Will's teaching, my confidence level has risen greatly.

Hats off to Will Taylor!!!

Best,
Ellen Madono

Ellen Madono
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