Welcome to a different kind of healing

Professional Homeopathy

Homeopath Offers Whole Person Healing

Homeopathy treats the whole, and is based on the principle that the mind, body and spirit are connected, that there is no separation. Homeopathy offers a uniquely inclusive and comprehensive vantage point. The homeopath explores all aspects of who you are including emotions, thoughts, fears, hobbies. We explore the unconscious, the dreamstate, the shadow side and the awesome.

The Homeopath leaves no fingerprint

Homeopathy understands that change and healing come from within and cannot be pressed onto the patient.

There is no coaching. No ego or will. No pressing or pushing.

The success of homeopathy depends on the skill and the ability of the prescriber to understand and elicit information. The art is to find the exact place where the body is stuck and provide the precise intelligent information so the system can strengthen and recalibrate. Homeopathic remedies help remove obstructions and leverage your own innate healing capacity to alleviate suffering and ease pain.

What makes homeopathy different is the recognition of the vital force, the self healing capacity of the body.

Homeopathy is based on the principle of ‘like cures like’

Homeopathy regards symptoms as the body’s healthy attempt to restore itself to balance. Therefore, a homeopathic practitioner chooses a remedy that supports, not suppresses, symptoms. Why is this? Homeopathy is based on a rule of nature called the Law of Similars. This “like cures like” Law states that a substance that can cause a “sickness” in a healthy person can help restore health to a person suffering with a similar “sickness”. For instance, when you peel an onion, your eyes burn, itch, and water. You might also have sneezing and runny nose. During a cold or allergy attack, Allium cepa, a homeopathic remedy derived from red onion, can help your body heal itself from runny nose, watery eyes, and sneezing. Conventional medicine uses antihistamines to dry up (suppress) runny nose and watery eyes, and the medication often causes drowsiness and constipation.

Homeopathy is a powerful form of energy healing which has a 200 year history.

Homeopathy at a time in history, overshadowed conventional medicine. In the late 1800s/early 1900s if you wanted to practice medicine, you could choose to study at a conventional medical college, or a homeopathic medical college. There were hundreds of homeopathic medical colleges spread across North America. Emily Stowe, the first female doctor in Canada, graduated in 1867 from the New York Homeopathic Medical College and was the first woman in Canada with a public medical practice in Toronto.

Homeopathy Understands Intergenerational Healing

Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, was one of the first physicians to understand and bring to awareness the concept of miasm: energies and patterns which are passed down through generations.

You have inherited not only the colour of your eyes from a parent or grandparent, and there are other things passed down to you. Homeopathy gently unravels these inherited themes, offering a path toward true healing. It is known that a person can carry a family problem without knowing where it is coming from.

Some people really like to work this way

One focus of my work is psychological according to the work of Jack Rosenberg and Virginia Satir. In order to better understand my patients, methods such as dream work, imagination, intergenerational themes, gestalt and shadow work are important tools in daily work. My practice has shifted with the rise in stress related illness. There is so much stress and anxiety in today’s world today

People can spend years in therapy. My counsellor friends says to me “I wish there was a way for clients to get it faster…put the pieces together quicker”.

This is what homeopathy does. By removing obstacles, patients gain more clarity, calm and in many cases things seem to come together, or people ‘get it’ more quickly. Some people really like to work this way.

Homeopathy can help with that

I have seen Homeopathy getting to small places that nothing else can reach. The action of the medicines is gentle and subtle and the effects can be powerful with long lasting effects.

Homeopathy leaves no fingerprint. Homeopathic medicines are safe with no side-effects which means they can be used for everyone. Homeopathy is safe and effective for children, babies and used by homeopaths and vets in care for animals, farming and agriculture.

Your appointment experience is like talking to a good friend

Our first appointment is the longest, and can last an hour and a half or more.  It is a full case-taking, providing you with a safe and confidential environment where a trusting therapeutic relationship can be built. We will be talking about what matters to you, your current condition and how it affects you. We will identify goals and outcome planning where we talk about building a path to your best state of health. If this is your first time with a homeopath, this may be the first time you will have been asked about things like your dreams, sleep patterns, and food preferences.

Homeopathy is a unique art and science that takes years of continuous study to master.

If you want to learn a little more about how this elegant form of medicine works, I encourage you to take the online Homeopathy Essentials workshop. This will give you foundational tools for home first aid situations and a back stage pass to see how professional homeopaths work.

My Personal Experience of Homeopathy

I have experienced homeopathy at work in many different countries.  Early in my experience, on a six-month return trip to Canada coming back via Asia, I spent 6 weeks studying with Dr. H.L Chitkara in Delhi India.  Dr. Chitkara was one of the top homeopaths of his time, and very kind to me.  Together with 3 other Indian doctors, I spent my days in his clinic which consisted of one very large room, with many chairs on the periphery, and the 5 of us, 4 Doctors and Dr. Chitkara, working around his large wooden desk. People would filter into the room and sit in the perimeter chairs until called by one of us to join us at the desk.  There was no privacy: sometimes 4 cases were going at one time.  The prescribing doctor would speak with the patient then consult with Dr. Chitkara. A prescription was made, the patient then went to the far corner of the room where the pharmacy was, to pick up his prescription. I experienced homeopathy actively incorporated into community. It truly is the people’s medicine.

Dr. Doan is a member of the College of Homeopaths of Ontario, the Canadian Society of Homeopaths, the Alberta Association of Homeopaths and the North American Society of Homeopaths (NASH).