Our Practitioner Diploma Course is designed for anyone interested in becoming a professional homeopath. Our highly regarded programme instills the expertise and knowledge to become a confident and successful homeopath.

During the course we continue to develop many of the concepts learnt in the Foundation and Introduction into Practice Course but with the emphasis on increasing your skills in case receiving, analysis and prescription, to prepare you for practice. Various approaches are given to help you unravel cases, such as group classifications and elemental archetypes. We encourage the use of creative ideas such as these as they often tell us as much about ourselves as they do about the subjects being studied, and they are invaluable tools for finding effective remedies.

Detailed casework takes place using material generated from the extensive library of recordings at the School. Various models for case analysis are explored, with lecturers presenting those that they have found particularly useful in their practice. These case studies enhance understanding enormously. They encourage the closest scrutiny that in turn leads to an awareness of what needs to be cured and the subsequent establishment of a relevant hierarchy of symptoms. Use of the repertory and differential comparison of materia medica then leads to a selection of the most appropriate remedy.

Book List Three is recommended for years 3 & 4. Alongside the Practitioner Diploma Course you will also be required to complete Alternative Training’s Pathology & Disease Course unless you already have equivalent training.

Practitioner Diploma Course topics include:
Taking the case and prescribing for babies and children; treatment of chronic cases; dosage and repetition; assessment of response to the first prescription; the second prescription; prognosis; prescribing for acute flare-ups during constitutional treatment; long-term case-management; understanding symptoms with reference to the constitution of the patient and her/his relationship to the four temperaments; use of language, symbolism and imagery, plus new methodologies and new provings of remedies as they arise during casework.

You will also gain an understanding from the grouping of remedies into categories that include:

Lectures on materia medica include: Chelidonium, Cicuta, Ferrum, Lac Caninum, Natrum Carb, Zincum, and many others through the case analysis work undertaken during the course.

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"I have thought about the School a lot. Many times I have closed my eyes and felt very grateful for the spacious minded and spiritual nurture and encouragement that I experienced!"
Barbara, 1998

Becoming a Practitioner
Case-work under supervision is the crucial aspect of the Practitioner Diploma and your development as a homeopath. We ask you to take at least ten cases with follow-ups over a period of at least one and a half years. During this time you work closely with your supervising practitioner.

You and your supervisor will undertake a thorough and progressive evaluation of your skills, an important part of which will be your own reflection of what is being learned from each case-taking and about your practice in general.

These cases, their follow-ups and ongoing prescriptions, will be assessed regularly and then again as a complete case portfolio at the end of your study. By demonstrating professional competence and appropriate academic standards you will complete the School’s Practitioner Diploma.

Attendance UK
This follows on from the Foundation and Introduction into Practice Course.
Time: 2 Years with the option of a one year extension in supervised practice.
Study: 20 School study weekends (plus one or two extra if you opt for the extra year), 19 clinic days, own case-work under supervision, undertaking a proving and extensive home research and monthly written assignments

Provings
During this Course you will embark on a homeopathic group ‘proving’ of an unknown remedy. Analysis of the experiences leads to the birth of a new remedy, because we are the living instruments through which it expresses its healing powers. The results of our endeavours are regularly published and comprise a growing library of additional information in homeopathic materia medica. The School’s new remedies are found in the new repertories. Participation in provings also develops skills of perception and personal process, and deepens our understanding of homeopathic philosophy and methodology. (For information about our provings, visit our provings page.)

Optional fifth year
In addition to being an extended farewell and providing the newest insights into practise, this year may also be a buffer. If you, your supervisor or the School would like more time for you to complete all course requirements including medical sciences, then your study and/or supervised practice may be extended, allowing up to a full further year to catch up before diploma and registration.

"The School of Homeopathy will always have a very special place in my heart. Not only because of the beauty of the house and garden and the depth of our study of the healing art of Homeopathy, but also the love and the humour that we all shared. I know that what I gained from both you and the place and being part of our community of students transcends what can be learnt in any curriculum. It was the beginning of a journey for me that is, of course, still ongoing. It was not just Homeopathy that we were learning, it was healing itself and this has flowed into the very furthest reaches of my being."
Vanessa, 1990

Home study UK
Once you have completed the Foundation and Introduction into Practice Course years One & Two you are invited to transfer to the attendance course for the Practitioner Diploma Course years Three & Four.

In preparation for this you will also attend the last two study weekends of the second year in May and June, at Yondercott to help with your integration into the group. All students will need to have their Anatomy & Physiology complete by this stage.

Home Study North America
Following on from the Foundation and Introduction into Practice Course.
Time: Nominal, but flexible, 2-3 year period
Study: Units 15-18, a minimum of one 3-day seminars and two 7-day Clinical Workshops with assessments, Case-work under supervision and self-reflective practice evaluation.

Once you have completed the home study Years One & Two you can then move onto Years Three & Four. The Advanced Certificate is awarded after satisfactory completion of Unit 18, Alternative Training’s Anatomy & Physiology Course or equivalent training, and attendance at two (Year 1 and Year 2) seminars. The Clinical Certificate is awarded on completion of a third 3-day seminar, Alternative Training’s Pathology & Disease Course, two 7-day clinical workshops with assessment, which you may chose to do in North America or at our annual Summer School at Yondercott in Devon. At both of these sessions Misha Norland and Janet Snowdon, both gathering homeopathic insights internationally, facilitate advanced students as they progress towards autonomy and confidence in practice. You are also most welcome to join UK tutor study days or 3rd and 4th year School weekend sessions; just call in advance so we can arrange it for you.

After obtaining the Advanced Diploma and the Clinical Certificate, you qualify for our Practitioner Diploma with evidence of your clinical expertise through practice under supervision. This can be completed in one and a half years but you are given up to three years. There are two options: 1. You can find a homeopath local to you with whom you can sit in and who can act as a supervisor. (There is a protocol which can be obtained through the School.) 2. You can use one of the supervisors from our network. Should he/she be distant from you, then you may consider e-mail communication. These cases, their follow-ups and prescriptions, will be assessed on an ongoing basis and then again as a case portfolio at the end of your study. By demonstrating professional competence you will complete the School’s Practitioner Diploma.

Home study international
Following on from the Foundation and Introduction into Practice Course.
Time: Nominal, but flexible, 2-3 year period
Study: Units 15-18, a minimum of one 7 Day Summer School, Case-work under supervision and self-reflective practice evaluation

Once you have completed the home study Years One & Two you can then move onto Years Three & Four. The Advanced Certificate is awarded after Unit 18.

You qualify for our Practitioner Diploma with evidence of your clinical expertise through practice under supervision. This can be completed in one and a half years but you are given up to three years. There are two options: 1. You can find a homeopath local to you with whom you can sit in and who can act as a supervisor. (There is a protocol which can be obtained through the School.) 2. You can use one of the supervisors from our network. Should he/she be distant from you, then you may consider e-mail communication. These cases, their follow-ups and prescriptions, will be assessed on an ongoing basis and then again as a case portfolio at the end of your study. By demonstrating professional competence you will complete the School’s Practitioner Diploma.

We will also keep you in touch with the newest case analysis techniques and up-to-date practice information at our annual Summer School. Here Misha Norland and Janet Snowdon, both gleaning homeopathic insights internationally, facilitate advanced students as they progress towards autonomy and confidence in practice.

All students attend at least one, ideally two, of our yearly 7 day international Summer Schools in May/June at Yondercott. You are also most welcome to join UK tutor study days or 3rd and 4th year School weekend sessions; just call in advance so we can arrange it for you.

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