Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 David: I agree with you. Somehow referring to myself as a healer, or even having patients refer to me that way makes me very uncomfortable. Practitioners who refer to themselves in that manner strike me as arrogant, no matter how good they are. I see myself as a " practitioner " for most patients. They come to me with this or that complaint, I do a series of treatments and the symptoms go away, improve somewhat or don't improve. Occasionally, someone comes to me who is in a transitional or transformational process in their life. People who are facing a life-threatening illness or seriously debilitating condition or someone who is just looking for a higher level of wellness (sick and tired of being sick and tired). It is with these people that we have the privilege of facilitating their process. I believe it is of utmost importance that we keep in mind that we are just the assistant. It is THEIR process. We must not try to own or control it or allow them give us responsibility for it (which some will do). We also cannot force them into their process if they are not willing. I once worked with a heart surgeon who stopped doing heart surgery. His reason: he felt that all he was doing was giving people the energy and permission to go down the same road they on before, faster than they were previously going. By " healing them " in biomedical terms, he was diverting their attention from their process. Michael Buzye, L.Ac. acupuncture, David Razo <ozar14> wrote: > This is a question for all. For all of you that are > acupuncturist and/or any other kind of health care > practioner, how do you feel about being refer to as a > " healer " or how other people in the health field refer > to themselves as a " healer " ? > For all those that refer to themselves as a " healer " , > please explain why you do. Give me you opinion. I > would like to understand why? > I feel that as health care practioners we only ASSIST > the body to heal itself and sometimes we even > accelerate the healing process. > David > > > > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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