feature an excellent healer will be focused upon creating wholeness within all levels of the recipients being, including relationships between their bodies, which may have become unbalanced and therefore causing difficulties in the recipients life. Conduct and Professionalism in Healing Healing is not rescuing. Both the healer and the recipient are equal in their participation, whilst their responsibilities are different. An exemplary healer will maintain healthy boundaries in their relationship to the recipient. The healer will seek to empower the recipient and not create a co-dependency, nor a dependency on healing, to solve life’s challenges. They will also give the recipient tools for self-support. A healer will have respect for the recipient and recognise and account for any sensitivities. The healer respects their place in creation, honouring their connection to Infinite-Source; of Love and Compassion. From this and their heart-felt desire to offer their service to the recipient, they facilitate their modality. Further, healthy boundaries include: not entering into inappropriate relationships with clients, nor taking advantage of them in any way, either physical,
“A healer will have respect for the recipient and recognise and account for any sensitivities.” emotional, sexual, psychological or financial. The Council for Healing Code of Ethics states “A healer views all of existence as sacred and interconnected and provides services with reverence and respect for all. Healing relationships occur within all of existence and may include people, animals, plants and the environment, locally, globally and cosmically.” Communication and Confidentiality Healers should maintain clear and honest communication with their clients and keep all information, whether medical or personal, strictly confidential. A healer may not reveal the confidences
entrusted in the course of the professional relationship, or the peculiarities he or she may observe in the character of clients, unless required to do so by law or to prevent harm to client or other persons. How a healer presents themselves and their environment is paramount. Appearance is important. The healer should create an overall supportive environment, conducive to healing that is clean, tidy, appropriate to the client needs, making them feel welcomed, safe, comfortable and that engenders trust. Equally important is the healer’s ‘presence’, their demeanour within the healing process of the modality. This references their attention to detail, both in physicality and the words they choose, their body language, approach and their ability to clear and hold the space.
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