Acupuncture: The New Practitioner's Companion

This essential book will help all those who are starting on the compelling and challenging path of practising as an acupuncturist. It will also provide an invaluable support to the established practitioner. Not by giving tips on diagnosis, treatment or needling skills, nor on managing a practice, but simply by describing what happens in those first few years — the puzzles, the pitfalls, the hurdles, the surprises and, yes, the delights too that are all part of the work. The point is that you will be prepared and reassured. You will not suppose that the puzzles and pitfalls are unusual, are only happening to you because you’ve forgotten what you were taught; you will not believe that your awkwardness in dealing with them shows that you are not up to the job. Instead you will recognise these situations, understand how and why they have happened, and have some idea of how best to respond. Perhaps more important than all of that, John Hamwee helps you to discover what kind of practitioner you really want to be; will suggest how you can use your individual talents in the treatment room so that you end your day refreshed and enlivened by what you’ve done and a tiny bit more confident in your work.