Thank you for your work of continued sharing of information. I am thankful for the services of three different Naturopaths I have known. Two were licensed (at the time i knew them), and one is not. The one who is not licensed, graduated from Naturopathic College with an undergraduate science major. Along with her formal studies, she sought to learn about other healing methods and traditions through world travel, meeting and following healers, taking supplemental courses, and through independent study. This naturopath, who has been the most greatly and powerfully instrumental in my personal healing and wellness journey through the education she imparts, chose not to sit for licensure. She saw during her years at Naturopathic school how the institution was being captured in some ways by pressure from outside forces, and was beginning to bend to the power of strong interests in some respects. She began a practice in the private domain, and now educates people on how to heal themselves and become their own doctors. What is behind licensure? What restrictions and allegiances are included in these contracts? What agendas may possibly embedded in them? These are questions we may need to be asking as well. Thank you again for this forum and opportunity to share.
Thank you, Bonnie. Naturopaths can play a huge part in helping us heal whether licensed or not. For people new to holistic health, a license lilely gives them more confidence to step into unknown territory. But as we gain more experience and sharpen our discernment skills, we can ask tougher questions, and find help from many people, licensed or not.
There truly are many questions to be asked, medicine is complex, and the pandemic showed us that everything incl medicine can be made political. So learning and discernment are key. We all start from different places with different needs.
Thank you for your work of continued sharing of information. I am thankful for the services of three different Naturopaths I have known. Two were licensed (at the time i knew them), and one is not. The one who is not licensed, graduated from Naturopathic College with an undergraduate science major. Along with her formal studies, she sought to learn about other healing methods and traditions through world travel, meeting and following healers, taking supplemental courses, and through independent study. This naturopath, who has been the most greatly and powerfully instrumental in my personal healing and wellness journey through the education she imparts, chose not to sit for licensure. She saw during her years at Naturopathic school how the institution was being captured in some ways by pressure from outside forces, and was beginning to bend to the power of strong interests in some respects. She began a practice in the private domain, and now educates people on how to heal themselves and become their own doctors. What is behind licensure? What restrictions and allegiances are included in these contracts? What agendas may possibly embedded in them? These are questions we may need to be asking as well. Thank you again for this forum and opportunity to share.
Thank you, Bonnie. Naturopaths can play a huge part in helping us heal whether licensed or not. For people new to holistic health, a license lilely gives them more confidence to step into unknown territory. But as we gain more experience and sharpen our discernment skills, we can ask tougher questions, and find help from many people, licensed or not.
There truly are many questions to be asked, medicine is complex, and the pandemic showed us that everything incl medicine can be made political. So learning and discernment are key. We all start from different places with different needs.