What I do is not for show, she said. She also wants to avoid interference when she's gaining her patients' trust. Her techniques only work, she said, when patients are willing to let them. When that happens, Rita can feel inside problems from the outside. I touch them where they hurt.
Old scars come out.
The traditional-healing program is still moving forward. Staff members are awaiting more space to practice, which they expect to get when the expanded Primary Care Center is completed next year. Morgan said he also expects more tribal doctors to join Rita's practice in the next few years. Rita hopes she will be able to expand her practice as well. Each and every one of us needs to learn who we are.