Things You Should Ask Your Healer

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Finding a healer

When seeking a healer, it is a good idea to talk to other people who have experienced healing to find out who they would recommend. Most healers become known by word of mouth rather than by advertising in the places that businesses use. It is also a good idea to look at the advertisements in your local health food store or in places where ‘Mind, Body and Spirit’ events are regularly held. Local markets also often have information boards on which healers advertise.

Another way of finding out more information about healers and how healing works is by visiting the websites of healing organizations and umbrella organizations for healing, similar to the UAH and UK Healers. Healing organizations can usually refer you to a healer in your area who has been trained to a specific high standard.

There are a number of healers who work alone and do not belong to any organization. They have often not been trained but believe that they have a natural gift for healing. Many of these healers are genuine but there are also a significant number who are not. Seeking healing from a member of a respected healing organization gives a measure of protection for the public as their healers work under a strict Code of Conduct and are insured to practise.

Healing organizations

A large proportion of healing organisations now work under the umbrella of UK Healers, a regulatory body set up to protect both patients and healers. One of the questions you should ask any healer you contact is which organisation they belong to, if any, and whether they come under UK Healers. You can obtain further information about UK Healers by visiting their website at www.ukhealers.info. UK Healers can also help you to find a healing organisation that covers your area and tell you how to get in touch with them for a list of healers. Although UK Healers will not give you the name of a healer, they will confirm whether a healer is registered or not.

Visiting a healer

If you are visiting a healer for the first time, or just considering the possibility, you will almost certainly have questions to ask, but you may be unsure what you want to ask as there is an an element of the unknown in seeking healing for the first time.

Someone may have suggested the idea to you or perhaps you are curious to find out what healing is like but, in many cases, the reason for seeking healing is that most other treatments have been unsuccessful. Healing is often the last (or near to last) avenue to be explored by most people.

When you make your appointment, the healer should give you information about the cost, the time it will take, the venue and how to get there so you should be relaxed about the fundamental aspects of the visit.

Questions to ask your healer

This article is intended to give you a little more information and perhaps to help you formulate the questions that you would wish to ask, and it may be helpful to write these down to ask during your telephone call to make an appointment or to take with you so that you cover everything you need during your first visit.

When setting up your first appointment, you might wish to cover the following points:

* The location of the healer’s practice and whether or not this is their home.

* If you are disabled, you may need to know whether or not they will visit you.

* If you attend their practice, you need to know where to park or public transport information.

* Again, if you are disabled but can visit the healer, you need to know about access to the healer’s practice, for example, if there are stairs to climb.

* You need to know how long the session will take and if this is the normal length of every session, as some healers spend longer with the patient the first time than for subsequent sessions.

* It is often a good idea to take a friend or family member with you, at least for the first session, and you should confirm that this is acceptable to the healer before arriving. If the healer is of the opposite gender to yourself, it may help you to relax more if you are accompanied and healers feel more comfortable with this arrangement.

* You also need to know if there is somewhere you can wait if you are early or the session for the patient before you has over-run a little.

* Many healers do not charge for healing but accept donations for charity. If they charge, you need to know the cost and the options for payment – cash, cheque or credit card.

At the first session the healer will take your contact details amongst other information. These questions will not take long but it is very useful in highlighting queries that you may not have thought of before your session.

If the healer believes that another kind of therapy might be helpful to you in addition to healing, they will give you details of practitioners so that you can contact them.

Be sure to take away with you from the session the healer’s card or leaflet so that you have their contact details. You can then ring and cancel if you are unable to attend an arranged appointment. A new, alternative appointment can easily be made at the same time.

Above all, it is essential that you are as relaxed as possible during the actual healing so the healer will not mind answering any questions you ask in order to ensure that you are in a calm frame of mind.

The healing session

What happens in a healing session will depend upon the circumstances in which you are to receive healing. There are healing centres in many parts of the UK that you can visit and receive healing as part of their regular healing group session. Healing centres usually offer shorter sessions than would be the case when visiting a healer privately and there is often less privacy. However, there is no fixed format and how it is conducted will depend upon the healers concerned.
A healing centre should be warm and welcoming, with healers who are at ease with their profession. It should be a place of joy and laughter because the healing energies in the room will build up every time the group meets and, whether you are aware of it or not, these will affect you by lifting your mood and making you feel more at peace with yourself.

The same sort of atmosphere should pervade the practice of a healer who sees you privately – you should look forward to each healing session as if the healing room is a haven of joy, peace and tranquillity. You should expect the session to include time for both of you to get to know each other. This will often happen naturally while the healer collects details about you and why you are seeing them. They will make brief notes and will record anything of significance in your healing. These records are open to your inspection at any time, but are not available to other people. They are completely confidential in the same way as your NHS records.

The healer will explain exactly how they conduct their healing session and will answer any questions that you might have. Many will have a brochure or leaflet for you to take away, telling you about the way that they work, how healing works and giving you any other information that they believe will be helpful to you.
Every healer has their own way of working so each healing may be different in approach or outcome, even when channelled by the same healer. You will not have an identical experience every time you receive healing.

Your experience

Everyone perceives healing in a different way, and all experiences are valid. At the very least, you will feel calmer and more relaxed at the end of a session if you have allowed yourself to be open-minded about the healing you are receiving. Whatever your beliefs about healing, you have nothing to lose by relaxing and accepting whatever it brings you – and it will always bring you something whether you are aware of it or not.

Some people experience feelings of warmth, coolness, pressure or tingling, often in only one part of the body or perhaps down one side of the body. Others have particularly vivid scenes come to mind or visualise beautiful colours. Some people simply feel the sense of calmness and relaxation. Others feel absolutely nothing at the time of the healing; some of those may experience various feelings some time later while others never become aware of any feelings related to the healing. This doesn’t mean that they have not absorbed healing; in fact, many people who don’t feel anything are the ones that experience great benefits later! Whatever you feel, or don’t feel, it is right for you because we are all individuals and will experience it in a way that is productive for us personally.

Everyone receives the healing that is appropriate to their individual needs but this may not be immediately apparent. Many healers suggest that you refrain from doing anything strenuous for a few hours after the session is over because the healing can continue. The healing channelled to you triggers the self-healing ability that we all have and this can be helped by remaining calm after the session.

No healer should promise you a ‘cure’ – a healing session can always help you, and when used in a complementary way in conjunction with other therapies (e.g. orthodox treatments from your doctor or hospitals) much can be achieved. You should always tell your doctor that you are receiving healing. Many are now more aware of the benefits, although there are still those who are closed minded so you must be prepared for a dismissive response to this information.

Absent or distant healing

Most healing organisations accept requests for absent healing. When you make a request for healing, your first name, your general location and the reason for your request is sent to a group of healers who have agreed to act as healing channels by working at a distance from the person in need.

This form of healing is just as effective as the traditional ‘hands on’ healing, though it does lack the intimacy of direct contact with the healer, which can offer added benefits.

Feedback from those receiving absent healing is always welcome as it does act in the way of a ‘Thank you’ for the Healers who have given their time freely. (See Article on Absent Healing on our Home Page).

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