Non-clinical Realities

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Hi,

 

For me, as a relatively new practitioner, this notion of competing

realities is a constant challenge. How much does the patient need to know

-- of philosophy, medical theories, functions, etc. -- in order to

understand and accept what needs to happen or change? How much should I

say and how should I say it? Sometimes non-verbal communication is the

most effective teaching -- the flow of sensation from a needle placement,

or the change after Tui Na -- but to what extent is this teaching

necessary? I do believe there should be two-way interaction between

patient and practitioner, rather than only the practitioner " doing " to the

patient, in order to fully activate the patient's healing mechanisms on all

levels -- body, emotions, mind-spirit, although sometimes the patient is

not up for meeting me half-way. When the philosophy is very different or

seemingly very esoteric to the patient, it often seems better to say

nothing and let the physical treatment do the work. Given the resistance

that often comes up with the often " bad " smelling and tasting herbs and the

hassle of cooking them, and that often the mind patterns which close out

consideration of other realities are part of the problem, I don't find any

easy answers. However, the more I learn and study and experience the work

in my own life and practice, the more frequently I can find an opening and

something pertinent to convey to someone in some other " reality. " I

would like to think I am developing my understanding of the material from

an " authentic " or at least historically accurate context, so these

investigations seem helpful.

 

Pat

 

If you want to really

influence the way people lives their

lives, you have to go out and meet

them where they live, i.e., in their

own realities, in their minds as

well as in their bodies.

 

The so-called " meta-issues " of language

and history and other topics that people

like to relegate to some bin labelled

" academic " and thereby dispense with

are immediately pertinent, in fact

some of them overwhelmingly so on

the medical realities that walk into

the clinic day in and day out.

-Ken

 

 

 

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