Guest guest Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Chinese Medicine , Spiritpathpress@a... wrote: > I think its wrong to draw conclusions about the degree to which a patient can fulfill his or her potential, or the > degree that CM can aid in that fulfillment. If you think I would ever do that simply because I might choose to be cautious about evoking a healing crisis, then you've drawn a wrong conclusion. > > " meet the patient where they are " . And then I > think its our obligation to offer the opportunity to go further. Agreed. The distinction here is between 'offering an opportunity' and getting in the patient's face. Each has its value - different folks/strokes - but in my experience, personal as well as clinical, radical confrontational change is inherently unstable and inevitably requires correction with incremental growth. As in the case study you cite. > In the deepest sense its never enough until its to much, and then a decision has to be made > to stand in the face of one's fear and burn, or retreat. These are not the only choices. And there are deeper senses. > That's where evolution occurs. Here is where the real pivot of this discussion lies, and based on previous conversations it's safe to say that if we were to get into this, we'd be speaking very different languages - and neither is Chinese. It would be impossible to even begin to address this without venturing into realms so off-topic as to curl Attilio's toes. So maybe we'll do it sometime off-list, or off-line, or better yet over a bottle of wine. till then, Simcha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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