Real-Life Communication
Being able to communicate effectively with clients is an important
skill as a reflexologist.
Sometimes clients can be skeptical that you
can help them -- especially when traditional medicine failed to do so.
Maria
Krohmer remembers one such client. "He was a big skeptic. When he showed up,
he said, 'I don't believe in this stuff. It's all a hoax to me, but my sister
made me come here.'
"I said, 'Hold it right there. I think we need
to first work on your attitude. Do you not want to get well, or do you want
to do something about it?'" He decided to give it a try.
You are a
reflexologist in your own clinic. A middle-aged man comes to see you complaining
of headaches.
During your consultation, you find out he is a smoker
and that he doesn't exercise. He seems really on edge. You ask more questions,
only to discover he is afraid of his boss and gets tense even at the slightest
mention of him.
You will give him a treatment to help with his physical
symptoms. Yet you know that reflexology won't solve all his health problems.
The client has to take better care of his body, and deal with his trouble
at work in a more direct way.
First, decide which pressure points you
would work on his feet to help him. Use this list to help you decide.
Pressure
points on the foot are as follows:
| Toes: | head, neck, sinuses, pituitary gland and thyroid |
| Metatarsal: | lungs, arm, shoulder and lungs |
| Upper arch: | liver and stomach |
| Outer foot: | gall bladder |
| Lower arch: | small intestines |
| Heel: | lower back, hip, knee, ankle and foot |
| Inner foot: | adrenal glands and pancreas |
Now, what would you tell him to do in the other areas of his life?
Write a few short paragraphs of your advice. Remember, reflexology takes a
holistic view of healing.