PIA and Suzanne Catty's presentation

[Guest guest]

Suzanne Catty's presentation was one of the better ones in what was overall a

very diasappointing conference, and not what I've grown to expect from PIA (I've

attended all but the first conference). I think Kathleen misunderstood what

Suzanne was trying to convey by reading only the proceedings and not being

present for her speech. Most speakers in fact (and unfortunately) did not stick

to their comments as presented in the proceedings. Whatever you may think of

Suzanne, she is a highly educated, highly experienced clinician and was

presenting to an audience largely composed of practicing clinicians. (Most of

the rs to this list are not practicing clinicians and frankly, would

never be dealing with those kind of clients or protocols anyway. The subject

matter of most presentations was not geared toward the general public or the

casual " aromatherapist " ). The protocols she presented were not radical, and in

fact have been practiced in medical aromatherapy for several decades. They were

of great interest to a number of medical professionals in attendance and were

well received, and Suzanne was very supportive of experienced aromatherapists

working with the allopathic medical community as complementary health

professionals... something that would certainly help this industry gain the

credibility it has long been seeking. As for the " live embalming " (I agree, a

very creepy term), that also is nothing new and was introduced by Dr. Penoel in

the 1980's. Please realize also that Suzanne hails from Canada, where standards

of education for bodywork and aromatherapy are much higher than they are in the

United States. The best clinical presentations at PIA conferences in the past

have consistently come from Canadian practitioners, and have been wonderful

learning experiences.

 

Katharine Koeppen

Aromaceuticals

Essential Oils from Artisan Distillers

www.aromaceuticals.com

[Guest guest]

Now see, that's why I WISH, Wish, WISH I had been there. I would have loved

to hear what she had presented and how she presented it. As I said before,

the prewritten " script " was all I had/have to go on. I know that from the

previous day that folk had deviated from what they had written, presented

it in a different manner etc.

 

By reading only what she wrote, I got only a one sided view of the whole.

However, I stand by what I said before. FOR THE WRITTEN MATERIAL ONLY! I do

believe that it was written in a defensive manner (particularily the parts

revolving around RDT). It was obvious that she was expecting flack for it

other wise why write " no one has ever hassled me for my massage practice

(although that may have just changed) it's the rest of clinical practice

that get peoples knickes in a knot. "

 

Obviously she knew what she had written and had intended to present was

rather controversial and expected to recieve SOME negative feed back.

 

I still maintain she did herself and her presentation (if she did present

it as written)/paper a disservice by dragging RDT into it and attacking

those who feel they have legitamate reasons for disagreeing with the

practice.

 

As for the presentations that I did see, my HUGE complaint was that they

were too hurried. The presenters really didn't have the time to give time

to their subject matters at hand. They were constantly checking how much

time they had left, skipping over parts and rushing through others.

 

My favorite presenter didn't even have a written proceeding in the journal

for the conference. I got the impression that he may have been a late

insertion. But he was well worth it. Jeffrey C. Yuen who presented

" Treatment of Viral Conditions from a Traditional

Perspective " It was a fascinating subject, but way too short. He was a

speaker that I would have loved to sit down with for 3 or 6 hours.

Extremely intelligent, well spoken and really knew his stuff. DAMN I wish

they had had him for more time than 1/2 an hour for his speech and 15

minutes for Q/A.

 

Anyway.....

 

Cheers!

Kathleen Petrides

The Woobey Queen

The Warming Touch, Therapeutic Pillows

http://www.woobeyworld.com

 

 

> Suzanne Catty's presentation was one of the better ones in what was

overall a very diasappointing conference, and not what I've grown to expect

from PIA (I've attended all but the first conference). I think Kathleen

misunderstood what Suzanne was trying to convey by reading only the

proceedings and not being present for her speech. As for the " live

embalming " (I agree, a very creepy term), that also is nothing new and was

introduced by Dr. Penoel in the 1980's.........

 

Please realize also that Suzanne hails from Canada, where standards of

education for bodywork and aromatherapy are much higher than they are in

the United States. The best clinical presentations at PIA conferences in

the past have consistently come from Canadian practitioners, and have been

wonderful learning experiences.

>

> Katharine Koeppen

> Aromaceuticals

> Essential Oils from Artisan Distillers

> www.aromaceuticals.com