Understanding Healing

Ethics and Healing

By Freya Sampson and Anthony Kilner We’ve all heard the expression ‘I am a healer’ or ‘they are a healer’ but in laymen’s terms, what is a healer and more importantly, what are their responsibilities?

healing /’hi:liŋ/ Noun : healing 1. the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again. ‘the gift of healing’ Adjective : healing 1. tending to heal; therapeutic. ‘a healing experience’

With that said, let us take an objective look athealers and what clients should expect. A Healers Objective

Photo Credit: Eartheart For any healer of any discipline, their objective and intent should be to serve humanity for its greatest good. Focus should be on the person in front of them at the time of healing and with the wholeness of humanity held in intent with heart and mind unified. An excellent healer will seek in their objective, to create a win- win outcome.

Regardless of race, gender, cultural, nation al and ethnic origins or political view, a healer is non-judgemental and will not refuse to assist anyone seeking aid.

Perspectives in Healing

There are as many pathways to the Divine as there are people. As in all professions, there are many avenues to healing and no one avenue necessarily suits every facilitator or recipient.

Some healers view their own path as the only path; some honour all people and all paths as sacred and nondenominational. There is a place for all modalities and a healer to meet the needs of any individual, wherever they are at on their journey.

The approach to healing will depend upon the level of development of the healer. It will depend upon their area of skill in their modality and the aspect/condition of the client. As in any other area of life, there are specialists: one would not see an autoelectrician for new tyres and a wheel-alignment.

“There is a place for all modalities and a healer to meet the needs of any individual, wherever they are at on their journey.”

A human being is comprised of several bodies, most of them subtle. Physical, Etheric (aura, chakras and meridians), Mental (thoughts, beliefs and programming), Emotional (feeling and emotion), Soul and Spirit.

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.

Legal Obligations and

development or promotion of their clients and do not allow a minor without the written consent and presence of the minor’s parent or guardian. They provide services only in alignment with their training and qualifications.

Healers are responsible for the observation of all laws pertaining to their modality and the up- holding the honour of their profession. They “Honouring and respecting one’s teachers, physical and non-physical, are responsible not only for their own shows humility which is a key quality.” reputation, but also that of their colleagues, peers, and Qualifications, Training, professionals.

Limitations Preparation for a Session –

A healer will not claim that Disclosure of Professional they can ‘cure’ any disease Information and Practices and will not make medical Prior to a session, a healer diagnoses or prescribe will disclose length of session, medications, unless licensed punctuality, cancellation to do so. Nor will they offer policies and fees and also any nutritional advice or information regarding their suggest supplements without healing philosophy and appropriate qualifications. modality. They will discuss Healers who have any healing session, including vested interest in, or are information of possible associated with, the outcomes and side effects. wider complimentary healing what may occur during a products should disclose this in Recording, Securing and a professional way. Releasing Records Healers who keep accurate Certifications, training and client records should store educational certificates records in a secure and safe and diplomas should be place, away from public view. displayed in public view. All information contained Healers honour the privacy of confidential. in the clients’ record is others in the treatment room Sharing information with without consent, nor do they other parties is only permitted facilitate healing on with the written consent of the client, in accordance with Supernal Magazine

guidelines and regulations of their professional organisation who certify the modality and the laws of their federal governing body.

Professional and Personal Development

Modalities and innovations in healing change over the years, so a reputable healer continues professional education and training to maintain and improve their skillset and qualifications. Many modalities require practitioners to fulfil certain training requirements each year to maintain their certification.

A healer will recognise that they do not have all of the possible solutions to all ailments and will develop a network of other trusted colleagues, peers and professionals, with whom they work, both within their field and the wider healing professions. By doing so, they maintain high professional standards of care and make available to their clients the best support possible.

As a healer, one is on one’s own learning trajectory. A healer understands that a client provides lessons for them, as it is not uncommon for a healer to be presented with multiple clients in a short space of time that have very similar causation and reason for seeking healing and may present with equally like symptoms.

Self-Care - Self-Healing

Most modalities will educate a practitioner in self-care strategies.

It is also up to the individual healer to identify and integrate additional self-care strategies to support their own wellbeing; physical, psychological, sociological and spiritual well-being.

“Many modalities require practitioners to fulfil certain training requirements each year to maintain their certification.”

A healer who does not practice self-healing becomes stagnant and those who do not access healing from others, exhibits arrogance or ignorance, not yet of the understanding of what it means to be a healer. They may have an idea, but have not yet begun to embody the qualities that a make a true healer.

Healers who consciously develop awareness and understanding about deeper meaning and purpose, become clear channels and their skills become very refined. They undertake the activities, which cultivate their inner strength and thereby ‘know thyself.’ They also develop conscious relationship and connection with others, with Nature, God, Divinity, Life Force, Source, the Absolute, becoming clear channels with refined skills.

A good healer is trained to live their truth and lead by example, acting as the light bearer on the path to self-realisation.

They also recognise that every person has healing capabilities that can be harnessed and supported to grow and flourish, through self-care practices and they seek to empower their clients and apprentices to do so.

Validation by Acknowledging Those Who Have Come Before Us

A healer acknowledges the source of their training, their teachers, either traditional or alternative, as derived through personal intuition, guidance or based upon research and development or a combination of the above.

Honouring and respecting one’s teachers, physical and non- non-physical, shows humility which is a key quality. Those who are humble are teachable and can admit their strengths and weaknesses; and they are not afraid to neither ask for help nor admit they do not have an answer. They are in true service and are the most able to fulfil their role with excellence.

Resources

There is a lot of information and we want to acknowledge the organisations below for their efforts to educate people in creating a base to move forward in their healing journey.

http://www.councilforhealing.org/ethics http://tga.gov.au http://myiict.com

As a magazine with dedicated healers and energy workers, we see our role as an educational one for our readers and our writers. Freya, for example, in her EnlightenUp column explains in detail information on energy systems. The Oaktree Organisation also sets standards for training and working in this field. The writers who conduct sessions, healing or otherwise, take their responsibility to their modalities seriously, work with integrity and high standards, and are well trained and versed in their craft, and Supernal Australia, as a magazine, is proud to be associated with them.