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March 2011. Homeopathy Works: A View from Around the Globe (Vol. 14, #1)
Homeopathy and Psychotherapy
An exploration of the intersection of homeopathy and psychotherapy in practice and in supporting clients in their healing process.
In some sense Homeopathy is out of sync with modern society and its needs. I have been experiencing this throughout the years of building my homeopathy practice on the East coast, just to start over again when two years ago I moved to California. Having been through years of training in classical homeopathy, then ongoing studies of the Sensation Method with Dr. Sankaran, teaching, spreading the word, I kept working with my clients, had some wonderful results and some not so impressive ones. I always found my homeopathy practice satisfying. Yet I wondered what it was I loved so much in this work?
This question kept simmering in the back of my mind as I maintained my private practice, wrote articles and published a book on homeopathy: What is it that my clients like about their interactions with me, and through me, with homeopathy? On the other hand, another, just as important question: what keeps thwarting the spread of homeopathy in our society? There are many ways to approach this question. One of my answers lies in the structure and expectations of homeopathic treatment. Homeopathy seems too farfetched for people to bring it into their everyday lives, and homeopaths do not have standard tools to be there with their clients in their daily life. Homeopaths recommend remedies but it seems like people need some support beyond receiving these remedies. Some practitioners have an innate capacity to offer this crucial element of clinical practice, but it is not inherent in the role of a homeopath.
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Ildiko Ran, CCH, PDHom, lives and works in the San Francisco Bay area. In addition to being an established homeopath, she is currently training to be a psychotherapist. Ildiko believes that homeopathy and psychotherapy can inform and illuminate each other resulting in more rewarding treatment outcomes. Author of the book Sensations: The Healing Power of Homeopathy, Ildiko enjoys the intimacy of her private practice and supervising novice homeopaths. Ildiko’s recent paper, Hand Gestures and Somatic Expressions - Bridge to the Unconscious is an example of her endeavors to incorporate her knowledge as a homeopath into her understanding of psychotherapy. When not at her desk, her five happy, healthy children keep her busy. She can be reached through her website www.innerexperience.com.