beyondhom CaseTakaing Alastair Program Details

Case Taking

The Landscape of Homeopathic Medicine Series

Understanding Different Clinical Approaches to Case Taking
Best practice and creating meaning in the consulting room

Cyberjaya
2012
Alastair Gray

Topics

1.    Introductions
2.    Understanding the Three Traditions of Case Taking in Homeopathy
3.    Summaries
4.    Case Examples


Friday
29/6/ 2012

8.00pm -10.00 pm

1          Introductions

·         Alastair?
·         The emphasis of my training in homeopathy
·         What we will be doing in this seminar and why
·         Key cases and relationships that have shaped my understanding and actions in the clinic.
o   Key Cases
§  Case of PP
§  Case of the old lawyer
§  Case of PC
o   Key Relationships
·         Questions and Discussion
·         Understanding the purpose of case taking


Saturday
30/6.2012

 9.00 am – 5.00 pm

2    Understanding the Three Traditions of Case Taking in Homeopathy

2.1 Getting the Information

2.1.1 Best Practice in the Hahnemannian Tradition
The evolution of the case-taking process from Hahnemann to the present day
·         The purpose of this is to provide context. Modern students in their student and training clinics and then in their own practices ask specific questions yet have no idea why they are asking them. This session is a sweep through Homeopathic history and remind people who said what and why.
·         Hahnemann's directives 

Augmentations to the process
·         Moving on from Hahnemann
·         Subsequent directives from key authors
·         Why did we move on? Who lead it? Why? What was wrong with what we were doing before? Was it broken?
·         Practical session on the Order of taking the case
·        Main Complaint – `How does that leave you feeling?' – psychological symptoms in general – systemic history – finally Generals

Exercises
Ideas and observations of order and method of taking the case.
Questions and Points form participants

2.2       Getting to the Centre of the Case

2.2.1 Best Practice Post Jungian
·         The urge to reach a central point
·         What is this urge?
·         Why do we have it?
·         Where did it come from?
The influence of non-homeopaths on taking the homeopathic case
·         Good and Bad influences
·         Swedenborg
·         Freud
·         Jung
·         Schmidt
·         Reich
·         Rogers
·         Ledermann
·         Buber
·         Others
The value of integrating the influence of therapy work
Limitations of being too influenced by psychotherapists