Emotional Health & Trauma

Mind, body and emotions are one

The philosophy of homeopathy holds that the mind, body and emotions are not separate. Every human experience can leave an imprint in the physical body or the emotional sphere. Sustained emotional stress can cause problems in the immune system, digestion or sleep — and conversely, physical problems can result in emotional unrest or anxiety.

Each of us experiences key moments in life, often beginning early, when we encounter stress or situations that are difficult to reconcile, and our organism devises strategies that enable us to survive. This can occur even without our being overtly aware of it. The homeopath strives to understand the unique dilemma each patient has evolved, and prescribes a remedy intended to stimulate innate vitality and resolve the trauma that produced the symptoms in the first place.

The patient, not the disease

A person may come in with allergies — yet one speaks with hesitation and fearfulness, another carries loneliness and isolation, a third describes mental fog. Each needs a different remedy: one associated with fright, another that addresses a deep grief.

The energetic nature of our beings

“If you think of a person as being, in essence, a constellation of energy… the healthy person is free-flowing energy. The unhealthy person has blocks in the system and the flow of energy is impeded.” — Rosenberg & Rand, Body, Self, and Soul

By seeking to deeply understand the underlying source of disease, the homeopath becomes a conduit between the patient's conscious understanding of themselves and their unconscious knowledge of what is really wrong. The remedy adds the precise information needed to catalyze a slow but steady dismantling of energetic blocks — and as this occurs, symptoms diminish and better function and creativity of expression return.