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. More than conventional doctors we need to prove that we are intelligent, honest, knowledgeable and skilful. This is a parallel process to the one women have had to go through in being accepted as competent in conventional medicine or business management.
Sceptics often see the success as being purely attributable to a placebo effect.
It is argued that because people believe that it will work it does. In fact many of the people who come to me say they find it very hard to believe that it will work. Other clients have told me that they have walked out after the first visit convinced they have just wasted their time and their money, only to find that they do get better, that their symptoms do diminish and that they feel happier and healthier than they have for a long time. Small babies and children respond to Kinesiology and other therapies very well. A 6-week old baby was brought to see me because she was failing to thrive.