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[post_content] => The Society's second mental health symposium, which focused on promoting young people’s emotional health, was attended by a range of healthcare professionals, writes Sarah Lane.
The four inspiring lectures reminded the audience how much homeopathy, often working alongside other complementary and psychotherapeutic therapies, can prove transformational for patients and clients.
Psychotherapist and homeopath Saira Keevil, co-principal of South Downs College, explained both the benefits and potential pitfalls of working in a team with other therapists. While working in this way may confound outcomes measurements for assessing the efficacy of treatments, she demonstrated how positive it can be for the individual.
Presenting a case study, she cautioned against a commonly felt desire to prove homeopathy itself had worked by reminding us that improved health of the patient is our ultimate goal.
Moira Brown, a homeopath and cranio-sacral therapist, explained her therapeutic role within the charity KidsInspire, which works with children experiencing mental health problems. In contrast to Saira who talked about separating her two therapeutic disciplines, Moira blends her two treatments.
As well as being therapeutically beneficial, she explained how this had helped make homeopathy accessible to more of the charity’s service users, as well as enabling more streams of funding to be allocated to her treatment.
Michele Bartlett and Jill McWilliam, both members of the UK Council for Psychotherapy, addressed the issues around safeguarding when treating young people. They focused on the drawbacks of depending too stringently on safeguarding frameworks which can lead to over-reliance and a tick-box mentality.
Trusting instincts, learning how best to report concerning information, understanding how hidden factors – such as child sexual exploitation and domestic violence – may manifest in the consulting room and recording any actions or concerns in case notes, were all emphasised as good safeguarding practice.
Philippa Fibert spoke about her research which has revealed that homeopathy was particularly successful in treating the emotional aspects of ADHD – such as inattention, impulsive and hyperactive behaviour – which were poorly treated by conventional treatment and nutritional intervention.
After listing useful remedies for the treatment of ADHD, she ended by emphasising the need for homeopaths to use outcomes measurements in practice which ensure that clear evidence of the positive outcomes of homeopathic treatment would be accessible to service providers and funding bodies.
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The Society’s second mental health symposium, which focused on promoting young people’s emotional health, was attended by a range of healthcare professionals, writes Sarah Lane.
The four inspiring lectures reminded the audience how much homeopathy, often working alongside other complementary and psychotherapeutic therapies, can prove transformational for patients and clients.
Psychotherapist and homeopath Saira Keevil, co-principal of South Downs College, explained both the benefits and potential pitfalls of working in a team with other therapists. While working in this way may confound outcomes measurements for assessing the efficacy of treatments, she demonstrated how positive it can be for the individual.
Presenting a case study, she cautioned against a commonly felt desire to prove homeopathy itself had worked by reminding us that improved health of the patient is our ultimate goal.
Moira Brown, a homeopath and cranio-sacral therapist, explained her therapeutic role within the charity KidsInspire, which works with children experiencing mental health problems. In contrast to Saira who talked about separating her two therapeutic disciplines, Moira blends her two treatments.
As well as being therapeutically beneficial, she explained how this had helped make homeopathy accessible to more of the charity’s service users, as well as enabling more streams of funding to be allocated to her treatment.
Michele Bartlett and Jill McWilliam, both members of the UK Council for Psychotherapy, addressed the issues around safeguarding when treating young people. They focused on the drawbacks of depending too stringently on safeguarding frameworks which can lead to over-reliance and a tick-box mentality.
Trusting instincts, learning how best to report concerning information, understanding how hidden factors – such as child sexual exploitation and domestic violence – may manifest in the consulting room and recording any actions or concerns in case notes, were all emphasised as good safeguarding practice.
Philippa Fibert spoke about her research which has revealed that homeopathy was particularly successful in treating the emotional aspects of ADHD – such as inattention, impulsive and hyperactive behaviour – which were poorly treated by conventional treatment and nutritional intervention.
After listing useful remedies for the treatment of ADHD, she ended by emphasising the need for homeopaths to use outcomes measurements in practice which ensure that clear evidence of the positive outcomes of homeopathic treatment would be accessible to service providers and funding bodies.