Taking the case: methodology and flexibility

Hahnemann left few guidelines on how to take the homeopathic case. He pre-dated Freud in advocating very little 'interference' from the doctor. Hahnemann correctly stated that if the patient were interrupted s/he may never say what s/he were going to say in quite the same way. Thus he recommended a very non-invasive way of communicating with patients. A century later, Freud would advocate a similar way of communicating in which the function of the few words uttered by the doctor was to stimulate the patient to reveal more about himself or herself. This can be effective but can sometimes be very frustrating and t…