What is involved in visiting a homeopath?
Homeopathy is very thorough, and with chronic problems an initial consultation may require about an hour. When asking the client to describe symptoms, the homeopath wants to go beyond such blanket terms as merely rheumatism or asthma and to discover how that particular problem presents in you as an individual in your own unique response to the disease process. To get a complete picture of the underlying disturbance and to clearly identify the physical, mental or emotional problems impacting on your life, a lengthy, detailed and personal interview is often necessary. This in-depth exchange between homeopath and client is quite different from the routine medical exam of a conventional doctor. During the interview you will be asked about many aspects of your life. Often it is that peculiar or odd problem, which you are hesitant to talk about, or are tempted to ignore, which will provide the all-important clue to your exact remedy. Homeopathy is highly demanding of the homoeopath. The reas
