She has several 'official' registrations, like a so-called AGB-code (Algemeen Gegevens Beheer = General Data Management) which basically enables people to have costs reimbursed by their health insurance; a NVPIT-code (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Postural Integration Therapeuten = Dutch Society for Postural Integration Therapy), which means she is a registered member of this society; and she is a "Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner", which means she is certified to help people deal with and overcome Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other traumatic experiences. I was actually referred to her due to problems with our youngest (step-)son but had the willies scared out of me when I started to check her out and saw all this " Somewhere Over The Rainbow" stuff.
The Somatic Experiencing thing was developed by one Dr. Peter Levine. The Dutch branch facilitates schooling for health practitioners as well as teachers and other people who deal with traumatized individuals. It's supposedly a 3-year course. The therapy itself works opposite to the general therapy of talking about the traumatic experience. Instead it focuses on the 'physical aspect and the self healing ability of the body'. So it says in the Dutch brochure.[/quote]
Well, you can work on the physical way to help people with PTSD. There are a lot of different treatments for those people, physical is one way ...arts, sports, etc., but never the only way. And all therapists need conection with the psychotherapiest or psychologist. You can help with physical therapies that people with PTSD can get a connection to themselves (this could be a way), but you can also go too far and the patient will decompensate, maybe get flashbacks and intrusions. To work in a physical way with this patients is not easy.
It could be someone get a lot of education to treat these ill people, but does it mean he can decide on his own what to do with them? I am not sure. In Germany there are different education for non - psychotherapists, you can use these therapies but only with the approval of the psychothrapist.
Wolf got an education in EMDR, this is a therapy with good results. But she can learn it without being a psychotherapist or psychologist with special education in psychotraumatology? I wonder if this is possible in some countries.
There is another problem. [...] Can Wolf be sure she recognizes all the signs? Can Wolf change something in the situation quickly to turn away a dangerous situation? I cannot imagine.
[/quote]I'm sure she really thinks she can. She appears to be very sure of herself, even offering these forms of therapy and sweats to children. You can be sure though that our son will
not be treated by her.
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This would be a bullshit, big bullshit because you can never be sure for 100% if you recognize all the signs or not. And during a therapy you neesd all your senses and must be able to change the treat, within in a short time.