What to expect in a Consultation?
During our initial consultation, which typically lasts about 1.5 hours, my aim is to gain a deep understanding of your situation and concerns in order to create an effective treatment plan. In addition to detailed information about your current symptoms and overall health, your medical history, family background, life story, and medication use to date are also important.
The first focus is a comprehensive description of your symptoms. I ask questions such as: when did the symptoms start, how do you exactly experience them, when are they at their worst or better, which factors positively or negatively affect the symptoms, are they constantly present, and more.
To place your symptoms in a broader context, I also ask questions that may require information from your family members.
Family background:
- What diseases/conditions occur in your family (parents, grandparents, siblings, uncles, aunts, and children)?
- At what age did your parents/grandparents pass away, and due to what causes?
- Have other family members died at a young age (e.g., due to accidents or suicide)?
Medical History:
- Which childhood illnesses did you experience, and how did they progress?
- What conditions have you had throughout your life, and how did you respond to them (medications, other treatments, outcomes)?
- Are there conditions that have left lasting weaknesses (e.g., persistent cough after whooping cough)?
- What is your past medication history (including vaccinations, birth control pills, anesthesia, etc.)? Are you currently taking any medications, and if so, which ones and for what?
Biography:
- How was your birth? Were there complications?
- How has your life been so far? Past or current events.
- What is/was your family situation? Relationships, hardship, poverty, etc.
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- I also ask general questions about your bodily functions, such as temperature sensitivity, bowel movements, urination, sleep,thirst, and food preferences/aversions.
- We also engage in an in-depth conversation about your outlook on life, your character, and other aspects of you as an individual.
This information contributes to a comprehensive picture, which assists me in selecting the right homeopathic remedies to promote your health.
