The Elements of Homeopathy

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Teleosis School of Homeopathy invites you to join us for our one-year program, The Elements of Homeopathy. It will teach you to use this gentle and effective form of medicine to treat almost any condition you would normally treat with over-the-counter drugs or with products from a health food store. Health care professionals who treat these conditions as part of their practice will be able to incorporate homeopathy as one of their therapies. For example, pharmacists, veterinary technicians and massage therapists will learn the level of homeopathy appropriate for their licenses.

The program also serves as an introduction to the professional practice of homeopathy for chronic illnesses. We believe that homeopathy has the potential to transform health care, based on its safety, effectiveness, the low cost of its remedies, and its support for overall mental and emotional as well as physical health. Based on this one-year program, participants may decide to continue with our two-year Professional Program or the full four-year training program, which includes two years of supervision in seeing patients.

The Elements of Homeopathy program is equivalent to the first half of the first year of the Professional Program, making it easy for participants to join the Professional Program in January of the following year, with a corresponding reduction in tuition.

The Elements of Homeopathy is designed to be valuable in itself even if participants do not continue for professional training. Participants can save thousands of dollars in health care costs over the course of a lifetime. At the end of the program, they will be able to:

• use homeopathic remedies to treat acute conditions for themselves, family members and friends; and for clients as well, depending on their licensure;
• understand a healing paradigm which sheds light on many ills of our modern society, including the rapid increase in ADHD, cancer and many auto-immune disorders;
• gain a deeper understanding of the mind-body connection;
• identify many of the common constitutional remedy types in homeopathy, recognize friends and colleagues among these types, and recommend ways they can strengthen themselves constitutionally with homeopathy;
• identify clients, family and friends who can benefit from professional homeopathic treatment for chronic conditions, and locate appropriate referrals for them

The Elements of Homeopathy is our first program designed for people who want to treat acute, self-limiting conditions usually treated at home. It is ideal for consumers dedicated to natural health care who want to take care of their ordinary health concerns safely and effectively; for parents who want to help their children escape an endless round of antibiotics; and for health care professionals who want to offer their patients a natural alternative for common acute conditions. It is also a way for those considering professional training to test the waters before committing to a two- or four-year program.

Teleosis trains professional homeopaths through two programs, each lasting two years and designed to be taken in succession, although each can be taken separately. The primary goal of the Professional Program is for health care practitioners in other fields (physicians, nurse practitioners, chiropractors, acupuncturists, etc.) to be able to identify patients in their practice who could benefit from homeopathy, and in most cases find a remedy which would be helpful to them. The practitioner would also be able to identify other clients who would benefit from referral to a full-time homeopath. Non-medically licensed people are also welcome to participate in this program, however they would not be licensed or qualified to practice upon completion.

Two years of study is not sufficient for anyone planning to open a practice in which homeopathy is their only or primary modality. At least two more years of study is necessary, and Teleosis provides this through the Clinical Supervision Program. This program offers an opportunity for students to interview clients, analyze their cases, and recommend a remedy, all under professional supervision. As such, it is one of the few clinical supervision programs in the country. The Clinical Supervision Program also provides advanced classroom study of homeopathic remedies, case management, research and philosophy.

Some students are satisfied with the level of homeopathy they acquire in the first two years at Teleosis; others want to continue for the second two years in the clinic. Still others join Teleosis for the Clinical Program after doing their first two years of study at other schools.

Teleosis also provides special programs reaching out to a variety of communities.

• Low income patients can receive low-cost or free care through the Teleosis Student Clinic.
• Students who have graduated from other four-year programs which do not offer clinical supervision can attend just the supervision portion of our Clinical Program.
• Or they can attend our Live Patient Observation Clinics, in which a visiting homeopath takes the case of a patient and then discusses it with the class.
• Teleosis sponsors weekend seminars by nationally and internationally distinguished homeopaths which are part of the curriculum for Professional and Clinical students and are open to the wider homeopathic community.

Remedies for Acute Conditions*

This class introduces students to the most commonly used homeopathic remedies for frequently encountered acute conditions. Topics covered include first aid, colds and flu, sinusitis and sore throats, diarrhea and other travelers’ ailments, sports injuries, urinary tract infections, menstrual cramps, ear infections and acute childhood diseases. Acute mental/emotional states will also be addressed, including sudden grief, shock, situational anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and mental fatigue from over–studying. Practical guidelines will be given for using remedies commonly available in health food stores. Students will be encouraged to practice on themselves and family members, and health care practitioners will immediately be able to implement what they have learned in their practice.

*In homeopathy, ‘acute condition’ refers to a short, self-limiting health problem amenable to self-treatment with over-the-counter medications or supplements. ‘Chronic condition’ refers to one which has lasted more than six months, or which represents an ongoing pattern of recurrence of the same acute condition.

Acute Case Taking

Interviewing a patient with an acute condition often requires gathering information about the whole person, including the patient’s mental/emotional state and the cause of the illness. Classroom activities provide students with ample opportunity to practice casetaking skills, including observation and listening skills, in a safe and enjoyable environment.

Constitutional Remedies (Polycrests)

Homeopathic remedies can be viewed not only as cures for specific conditions but also as personality types. Learning to recognize these personality types among one’s family, friends and co-workers can provide deep insight into their nature and motivations. Like a great chord in music, these personality types play out not only on the mental and emotional planes but also in the person’s physical body. Knowing someone’s constitutional type provides a major clue as to areas where they may need strengthening, both physically and emotionally. It can often guide in finding helpful remedies both to strengthen them constitutionally and to treat them if they become sick. Students (especially those with an interest or training in psychology) often find this window into human nature to be the most fascinating and fruitful area of homeopathic study. This course introduces ten of the most common personality types.

Introduction to the Organon

The Organon is the summation of the life work of Samuel Hahnemann, the visionary genius who developed homeopathy in early 19th century Germany. Hahnemann anticipated microbiology decades before Pasteur, psychology decades before Freud, and many of the issues confronting modern homeopaths a century before we were born. The Organon begins with a clarion challenge:

        The physician’s highest and only calling is … to cure. … The highest ideal of cure
        is the rapid, gentle, and permanent restoration of health.

Hahnemann proceeds to outline a system of healing which can indeed bring about rapid, gentle and permanent cure even in conditions Western medicine considers incurable. This course introduces some of Hahnemann’s basic concepts, including the principles of cure, an understanding of disease, and the nature of homeopathic medicines.

Provings and Pharmacy

By making a remedy in class, students will experience first hand how homeopathic remedies are diluted to the point that no molecules of the original substance remain. They will then have the opportunity to take the remedy and observe and record how it affects them, comparing notes with classmates, in the classic style of a homeopathic proving.

Case Analysis

Students learn several skills for using the information in an acute case to find the appropriate remedy. These skills will be the foundation of chronic case analysis in the Professional Program. They include searching in a Repertory, recognizing keynotes of remedies, and identifying the cause of illness on a physical, emotional or energetic level.

Personal Development

Self-awareness, self-reflection, and self-observation are an important part of the homeopathic process, whether as a patient or as a practitioner. Students are encouraged to explore their own reactions to homeopathic philosophy and to the homeopathic experience, for example in prescribing remedies for others and taking remedies themselves. Guided meditations and self-awareness exercises in class will be complemented by written assignments involving self-reflection.

Classes meet from 9:30 to 5:30 with an hour for lunch. They will begin with a two-day weekend, October 21-22, and then will meet one Sunday a month through June, with an additional two-day weekend in the spring. Other dates are still being finalized.

Classes will meet at a university in the Boston area accessible by both car and public transportation. Directions will be sent upon acceptance.

A certificate of completion will be awarded to students who have attended at least 9 of the 11 days of classes and completed 100% of the written assignments. Students attending all 11 days of classes need to complete only 80% of the written assignments.

For health care professionals licensed to treat acute conditions, the certificate will be in the form of a diploma suitable for framing. For all others, the certificate will be in the form of a verification letter addressed to the Council on Homeopathic Certification attesting that the student has fulfilled part of the requirements for the national credentialing examination. This is because completion of this course does not constitute a license or certificate to practice homeopathy professionally.

Missed classes will not result in a reduction of tuition and could add to the expense of the program. If the student needs tutorial and make-up assistance from a qualified instructor, an hourly fee will be charged.

Students who come to less than 9 days of classes will receive a letter of attendance based on the number of classes they actually attended. Unlike the certificate of completion, a letter of attendance may not be acceptable towards the requirements for the CCH (Certified Classical Homeopath) national credentialing examination.

The program is limited to 30 students. The deadline for applications is July 31. In addition, students enrolling before July 31 with a $500 deposit will receive a substantial reduction in tuition, from $2400 to $2000. Late applications after July 31 will be accepted if space is still available.

Early applicants (before June 30) will receive a free copy of Dr. Amy Lansky’s Impossible Cure, the story of how her son was cured of autism with homeopathy.

Please download (pdf) the application form and send the completed application with a non-refundable processing fee of $50 ($75 after July 31, $100 after September 30) to:

        Teleosis School of Homeopathy
        5A Lancaster St.
        Cambridge, MA 02140

The Teleosis application process requires more self-reflection than most. This is in keeping with the Teleosis philosophy that self-reflection has a value in shaping our lives and our practices.

Just as our patients often report that they learn about themselves and begin the healing process from the homeopathic interview alone, before they even take a remedy, so too our students often report that the self-reflection of this application process helped them to better understand themselves, their hopes and dreams, and their goals and requirements from a homeopathic education.

The Teleosis School of Homeopathy encourages diversity in the student body and welcomes students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin, gender or sexual orientation.

The cost of the program is $2400 per year, discounted to $2000 for those enrolling with a $500 deposit before July 31. There is also a $175 materials fee, which covers substantial handouts, membership in the National Center for Homeopathy, and a subscription to Homeopathy Today.

An initial deposit of $500 is due within two weeks of acceptance to hold the applicant’s place. The remaining tuition can be paid in one, two or four installments. Details of the payment plans will be sent on acceptance.

Tuition may be charged to a Mastercard or VISA. A $25 fee is charged for returned checks, declined credit cards, and late payments ($25 for each month the payment is delayed).

Teleosis does not offer financial assistance. Students can apply for a low-interest Sallie Mae loan for their tuition. (The interest rate can vary depending on the applicant’s credit rating.) Applications are available through the school.

Completion of this program, or of any school of homeopathy, does not constitute legal protection or ensure licensure for a practice in homeopathy. Licensure as a health care professional is recommended for those wishing to practice professionally.

The certificate from this program will serve as partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Council on Homeopathic Certification. In other words, it will help the student to sit for the national certifying examination, which confers the designation Certified Classical Homeopath (CCH). This credential communicates to potential patients that the holder has professional-level training in homeopathy. However, it confers no legal status at this time; it has been developed as the basis for possible future licensure, depending on laws passed in individual states.

The laws governing the practice of homeopathy vary from state to state, and from profession to profession. In general, any professional who can legally recommend a nutritional supplement or over-the-counter drug can safely recommend a homeopathic remedy.

We believe that most health care professionals can safely practice homeopathy with their clients. The main exception is anyone residing in Connecticut, which restricts the practice of homeopathy to physicians and naturopaths.

Rhode Island is the only nearby state which clearly protects the rights of non-medically-licensed people to practice homeopathy. In other states, the legal status of unlicensed homeopaths is less clear. For laypeople taking this program as a first step towards a possible career in homeopathy, the legal issues are complex and will be addressed as part of the program.

The Teleosis School of Homeopathy is currently applying for recognition by the Council on Homeopathic Education (CHE), a national organization that has established standards of competency for the entire homeopathic profession. Teleosis’ founder, Dr. Joel Kreisberg, was instrumental in establishing these standards during his tenure as President of the CHE.

Teleosis supports the Council for Homeopathic Certification by preparing its graduates to sit for the CCH examination and encouraging them to take it. It also supports the National Center for Homeopathy as well as the work of the North American Network of Homeopathic Educators and the Council on Homeopathic Education. Membership in the National Center for Homeopathy is included in the first-year tuition.