Neurodiversity

What we need is some crazy people; look where the normals have got us.
—George Bernard Shaw

I have been interested in everything that is "different" ever since I can remember. I even suspect that it has led me, among other things, to become a homeopath – that is, to make "thinking differently" my profession, because as a homeopath I am looking for the unusual, peculiar and individual in order to be able to prescribe a suitable homeopathic remedy.

Accordingly, I am interested in the Neurodiverse Spectrum. Because the approach of "neurodiversity" – that a "differently wired brain" is not sick but perfectly healthy but just different – corresponds 1:1 to the homeopathic principle of individuality.

In addition, I myself am on the road in life with a heightened sensitivity. I remember the repeated, sometimes a little desperate worry of my mother: "You won't get through life being so sensitive." But sure!

A hurray for neurological diversity! I welcome high sensitivity/neurosensitivity, ADD & ADHD, autism spectrum, giftedness, obsessive thoughts, dyslexia and dyscalculia in my practice.

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Based on my own history (see "mental health"), the following areas emerge as major concerns in my practice (and are not exclusive of all others):

– Neurology, brain development, developmental disorders and neurological diversity

– Mental illness and trauma in the family – growing up with mentally ill parents

– Children with behavioral problems and mentally ill adolescents

– War in all aspects: intrafamilial, own war experiences, transgenerational war issues