I am often told that the reason for this is that people are attracted into alternative therapies because of their own ill health. The argument goes that if we knew how ill they had been we would see how much they had benefited from these techniques. But it is not how we are judged. We need to take the advice we so wisely give to our clients about minimising stress, giving up smoking, eating healthily, etc. Sadly there is also much infighting between different therapies and even between different therapists of the same discipline.
Many therapists believe that their therapy is the only correct approach to healing.
Practitioners accuse each other of ignorance, incompetence and empire building. Many therapists are jealous of the success and prominence of others in the same field and use everything in their power to undermine them. They do not seem to realise that in doing this they are bringing the whole alternative therapy movement into disrepute. To the outsider this vitriol sits uneasily with the professions of love, forgiveness and acceptance which many therapists also espouse. They feel that they can trust me and that I am acting with honesty and integrity.