PA For Mental Health
Polarity Analysis For Mental Health: ADD, Anx/depr, Bipolar, Brain Fog
(20 hours ACHENA CEU) with Tim Shannon, ND, DHANP; Mike Knapp, ND, DHANP; Karen Allen, LHP
This is the class you have been waiting for… For those who already have basic skills in Polarity Analysis (or have taken the PA Foundations Intensive class), extend your case taking and assessment for the mental and emotional complaints that are so common in our practices! You must have completed some basic course in PA to enroll in this class. Learn to confidently use PA with clients whose chief complaint is disruption in mental or emotional function. A little theory, a sprinkle of practical tips, and a lotta wise guidance that will save you time and missteps, and help you get good outcomes for these clients. Supervision for YOUR client cases and Q&A discussion/review sessions round out the course
ACHENA accredited continuing education for 20 hours is available for those who complete this training, complete the post-course survey, and download their certificate.
Text book: Homeopathy and ADHD by Heiner Frei (Printed version published in 2015 now out of print; look for copies on used book sites.) E-text version available now here.
February 24th Clinical Supervision with Tim:
- Slot 1: Sue M
- Slot 2: Nancy S
- Slot 3: Alexis W
March 24th Clinical Supervision with Tim:
- Slot 1: Heather F
- Slot 2: Violetta S
- Slot 3: Frank R
Confidentiality of Case Materials – Usage Guidelines
Training materials include video and written case information which requires strict confidentiality, just as if you were honoring confidentiality of any person whose case you were taking. The same standard of confidentiality applies for the individual in each of the clinical video cases. These clients have agreed to have personal experience, and their personal discomforts and suffering used in a teaching context. They deserve the appreciation and respect that this contribution merits. Your confidentiality is specifically required. Content of these cases must not be discussed outside this platform, except with others in this course, just as a personal details of any case that you took would not be discussed outside of interaction with the person whose case was taken.
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 1 of 14
Presentation document [pending]
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 2 of 14
Download these reference documents to help you with your understanding of the rubrics and the materia medica confirmatory process!
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 3 of 14
Download Mike’s presentation document
Hering’s Guiding Symptoms online: http://homeoint.org/hering/index.htm
Remedia Pharmacy’s explanation of Q potencies compared with LM
Please read this article, published by Heiner in 2018. It covers the ADHD strategy, reliability and meaning of rubrics, materia medica and confirmatory symptoms. We will provide an update on e-text availability as soon as we can.
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 4 of 14
Download Tim’s presentation document
Consider how you can best use Tim’s strategy of refining and adding more polar symptoms if you come up with a ‘Vanilla’ chart that does not offer compelling options!
Be sure to check out Heiner and Tim’s confirmatory symptoms, linked in Session 2 above.
Practice, Practice, Practice – use the PA software for a case every day for the next week!
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 5 of 14
During today’s discussion, topics covered include the pre-Freudian world view of Boenninghausen, taking a case for a disease condition rather than for a constitution, and a review of polarities. Thanks to those who shared cases and quandaries!
There was also commentary about the value of seeing the actual case taking, rather than the report and rubric chart. Specifically, Tim’s way of asking questions about the PA rubrics is of interest. We are posting three additional case intakes (from past PA course series) here for you to review. Each client, and the specific complaint, is quite different for the others. Notice how Tim works with each one.
Case Intake: Orena – musculoskeletal pain, Rheumatoid arthritis, on meds.
Case Intake: Beth – Long COVID
Case Intake: Ellen – GI bloating, low motivation. Skip forward to 5 min 25 sec for the start of the case.
Interested in using the Connors Questionnaire for ADHD Assessment? here is one online
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 6 of 14
In Mike’s Text review and cases, he covered basics-we-all-oughta-know about ADD / ADHD, along with Heiner’s process. With cases from Heiner’s text and his own practice, he highlighted the importance of using PA with the data related to the disease process, not the commonly considered overall state of the person.
Download Mike’s presentation document here.
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 7 of 14
Thanks to the homeopaths who shared their case work with the group today! In this clinical supervision session, Tim’s shares guidance about:
- focusing on the specific complaint (greatest constraint, worst discomfort or more recently emerged) rather than the overall person as we have likely been taught to do in school
- Rubric selections and remedy differentials
- Case management considerations
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 8 of 14
In this session, Tim’s shares 4 cases, along with rubrics, remedy selections, leaps forward and serious backtracks, differentials and more :
- client details and remedy selection with rubric comparison
- differential confirmatories for Chamomile and Valeriana
- very representative example of a chronic Ignatia case
Download Tim’s presentation document here.
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 9 of 14
In this session, Tim’s shares 4 cases, along with rubrics, remedy selections, leaps forward and serious backtracks, differentials and more :
- client details and remedy selection with rubric comparison
- differential confirmatories for Chamomile and Valeriana
- very representative example of a chronic Ignatia case
Download Tim’s presentation document here.
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 10 of 14
In this session, Mike leads us through Heiner Frei’s specific learning process with ADD/ADHD as a way to help us think accurately about these conditions for clients. He also covers assessment tools and cases from the text.
Download Mike’s presentation document here.
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 11 of 14
In this session, Tim follows up with Vadek and decides to retake the case with a different focus. The discussion after the casetaking addresses many common questions. In the final segment of the session, Tim shares a case of a 4 yo girl with remarkable post-vax changes.
Download Tim’s presentation document here.
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 12 of 14
In this Q&A discussion session, we discuss details of rubrics and cases. We consider rubrics for a working case, and chat about case taking and case management.
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 13 of 14
Mike leads us through research results, implications of study design, and methodology for Heiner’s PA for ADD/ADHD studies. Additionally, he reviews several of the cases from Heiner’s PA for ADD text.
Download Mike’s presentation document here.
Heiner’s Research here and here. Example study and Retraction.
Polarity Analysis Mental Health Session 14 of 14
Mike leads us through research results, implications of study design, and methodology for Heiner’s PA for ADD/ADHD studies. Additionally, he reviews several of the cases from Heiner’s PA for ADD text.
Download Mike’s presentation document here.
Heiner’s Research here and here. Example study and Retraction.
