Carin Roessler EN – Carin Roessler, classical homeopath

Welcome to Classical Homeopathy and Psychotherapy!

Homeopathy is based on the healing principle that a substance capable of causing certain symptoms in a healthy person can also help relieve those same symptoms in someone who’s sick.

A simple example is the onion. When you peel and cut an onion, your eyes start to sting and your nose runs. A homeopathic remedy made from onion (Allium cepa) is sometimes used for allergies, hay fever, or colds that cause similar watery eyes and runny noses.

Homeopathy takes a holistic approach — it treats the whole person: body, mind, and emotions. A classical homeopath sees illness or discomfort as signs of an inner imbalance (“dis-ease”) on the physical, mental, or emotional level. This overall state is taken into account when selecting a homeopathic remedy.

Classical homeopathy was developed by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843). It has been practised for more than 200 years and, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is one of the most widely used systems of medicine in the world.

Homeopathy — What It Can Help With

Homeopathy can be used to treat almost any kind of symptom or health condition, both acute and chronic. Most people turn to homeopathy for chronic problems that haven’t improved despite years of trying different treatments, such as skin issues, anxiety, allergies, digestive troubles, or recurring infections of the upper airways.

Homeopathic medicine is gentle and effective, and has no side effects when used as prescribed. It helps millions of people of all ages around the world.

In Sweden, it’s unfortunately illegal to treat pregnant women and children under eight years old with homeopathy. Treatment is always individual, tailor-made, and the choice of remedy is based on each person’s unique combination of symptoms.

That’s why five people who all appear to have the same problem, for example “stomach pain,” may each receive five different homeopathic remedies.

By comparing the “symptom picture” of a homeopathic remedy with a person’s individual symptoms, your homeopath treats you as a unique individual, not as a diagnosis.

Homeopathic medicines are prepared from natural substances such as plants, minerals, or animal sources, which are diluted many times and vigorously shaken at each step. Through this standardized process of repeated dilution and shaking, the remedy becomes more and more potent. This process is called potentization and it defines all homeopathic medicines.

Because of the extreme dilution involved in making homeopathic remedies, they are non-toxic and safe for all ages, including pregnant women and those who are breastfeeding. Since they are free of toxic ingredients, they are also environmentally safe.

At present, there is no simple scientific explanation for how potentized homeopathic remedies work. But just as aspirin was used successfully for decades before anyone understood how it worked, homeopathic medicines continue to be used effectively without a full scientific explanation of the healing process.

More than two hundred years of documented experience in treating millions of people and animals show that homeopathy can be a powerful and effective form of medicine.

Homeopathy can help with a wide range of health issues, from allergies and skin conditions to shingles, whether the origin of the problem is physical, mental, or emotional. A well-chosen homeopathic remedy can bring rapid relief in acute situations, such as viral infections or physical injuries, by reducing symptom intensity and shortening recovery time.

Many common childhood ailments such as diaper rash, colic, ear infections, and teething discomfort respond remarkably well to homeopathy. Many women also find significant relief during pregnancy, childbirth, irregular menstruation, PMS, and menopause.

Homeopathic treatment can be especially helpful for long-standing chronic conditions that have developed over time and are often accompanied by an overall decline in health. These include many well-known medical issues such as acne, anxiety attacks, allergies, psoriasis, and digestive disorders.

Even in advanced stages of illness, where cure may not be possible, homeopathy can ease or reduce distressing symptoms such as pain, nausea, anxiety, and fear.

About me

My name is Carin Roessler, and I have been helping people improve their well-being through homeopathy since the year 2000. I have always been drawn to working for and with people, so I first trained as a social worker at Umeå University in Sweden.

A few years later, I moved to Ottawa, Canada, where I continued my studies in psychology and psychotherapy before later training to become a classical homeopath.

I am a social worker and psychotherapist. My education includes a B.A. (Honours) in Psychology, an M.S.W. from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and a degree in Social Work from Umeå University in Sweden.

I have also completed additional professional training and courses of various lengths, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), individual, couple, and family therapy, child therapy including play therapy, mediation, addiction counselling, grief counselling, and trauma and crisis intervention.

I have over 30 years of experience working as both a social worker and psychotherapist with children, adolescents, and adults in several countries, including Sweden, India, and Canada. My work has taken place in a variety of settings such as schools, hospitals (especially in psychiatry and emergency departments), community health centres, private clinics, and in my own practice.

My interest in homeopathy began in 1994, when I personally witnessed for the first time how homeopathic treatment could bring healing in a serious illness, even when conventional medicine had no effect or nothing to offer. Having been a sceptic at first, I then began studying both medicine and homeopathy.

My homeopathy education includes three years at the Canadian College of Homeopathic Medicine (CCHM) in Toronto, followed by two additional years of study in the Homeopathic Master Clinician (HMC) program, also in Toronto.

I continue my professional development with great interest through international seminars led by experienced and well-known homeopaths such as Misha Norland (UK), Louis Klein (Canada), Jan Scholten, Alize Timmerman (Netherlands), Rajan Sankaran, Farouk Masters (India), Paul Herscu, and Will Taylor (USA).

I want to point out that I am not opposed to conventional medicine. I believe that both classical homeopathy and conventional medical care should be available to help people recover and maintain their health as fully as possible.

Since 1980, I have worked almost continuously in Canada as a social worker and psychotherapist, and since the year 2000, I have also been practising as a classical homeopath.

I have recently returned to Sweden and now have practices in both Classical Homeopathy and Psychotherapy, located in Södermalm, Stockholm, and in Dalvik/Falun.

Authorized Classical Homeopath (KHY)

Authorized Social Worker (SSR)

Registered Classical Homeopath in Canada (CSH)

Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist, OCSWSSW

I am a member of the following professional organizations:

Canada:

Canadian Society of Homeopaths (CSH)

Association of Naturopaths (ANN)

Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)

Sweden/Europe:

Klassiska Homeopaters Yrkesförbund (KHY)

European Central Council of Homeopaths (ECCH) www.homeopathy-ecch.org

Consultations

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Classical homeopathic treatment is based on selecting a carefully chosen remedy that most closely matches all of your symptoms at the time of consultation. After that, we wait and observe how you respond before giving another remedy. This approach is also known as the “Hahnemannian method” or “constitutional treatment.”

The first appointment lasts about 1 to 1.5 hours.

Your homeopath will ask you for detailed information about your physical, mental, and emotional health, as well as your likes and dislikes. This helps your homeopath understand your unique individuality. It is also important to learn about your reactions to the world around you, such as weather, temperature, foods, and other external factors. Your homeopath will also look for possible factors that may have contributed to or caused your illness, including stress, shock, trauma, family history, or inherited tendencies.

Sometimes your homeopath will give you the remedy during the first visit, but often she will study all the information you have provided and send the remedy to you within a week.

A follow-up appointment is usually scheduled after 4 to 6 weeks to see how effective the remedy has been.

Homeopathic treatment of chronic conditions is a process that can take time, especially if other medications are involved. Your homeopath will need several follow-up visits to assess how you are responding to the remedy and to decide whether to repeat it, adjust the potency, or continue with a different one.

The first visit includes a full case history and review of your health and medical background, a homeopathic analysis, and the homeopathic remedy.

First consultation: 1 to 1.5 hours

Follow-up appointments every 4 to 6 weeks

Follow-up duration: 30–45 minutes

Patient stories

Homeopathic medicines were the only thing that helped Ewa’s headaches.

When Ewa collapsed at work, everyone thought she had had a stroke. It turned out that she had 14 benign tumors in her brain. She underwent tough treatments. But nothing helped her headaches. They only got better when she started homeopathic treatment. Today, six years later and at the age of 70, she is doing well. When Ewa Ekelund collapsed at work in April 2015, her colleagues and the company doctor thought it was a stroke. She was taken away in an ambulance with sirens blaring. „I had been experiencing rather strange symptoms for a long time. I felt dizzy and faint and had to sit down and put my head between my legs. It felt like a drop in blood pressure. Our company doctor had sent me for a blood pressure test, which was normal. The vessels in my throat were X-rayed but showed no narrowing. I had low blood pressure and thought that might be the cause. –Luckily, I had told my colleagues about these strange symptoms, so when I collapsed at a colleague’s office, they acted quickly. It was on the morning of Walpurgis Night. Ewa was able to respond to questions in the ambulance but couldn’t remember what date it was. At the hospital, they also suspected a stroke and did a CT scan of my head. After that, a doctor came in with medication, cortisone to be dissolved in water, and epilepsy medication. The doctor told me that they had found seven tumors in my head. It was a total shock. Unfortunately, it took a while before I understood that the tumors were benign. Even though I worked in healthcare myself, in preventive care, I had never heard of meningioma. Ewa was sent for an MRI scan that same evening. „Then they found another seven tumors. In total, I had 14 tumors. Two were large, over 4 cm. The others were of various sizes, down to small nodules. Ewa came home from the hospital with medication and underwent further examination before undergoing surgery for a large tumor measuring just over 4 cm at the neurosurgery department in Lund in October 2015. –After I came home from the hospital, my foot started to hurt after eight days and I was convinced that I had a blood clot in my leg. In the evening, I asked my partner to drive me to the emergency room. Even though the tests showed that it could be a blood clot, they didn’t really believe it because I had just had surgery. At two o’clock in the morning, we had to go home again. The next day, Ewa’s leg was X-rayed. There was a blood clot in her foot, which is quite unusual. There was a lot of discussion about what to do, as I had just had brain surgery. While I was waiting for the doctors to decide how to treat me, I started to feel pain in my side and had difficulty breathing, so I had another CT scan of my lungs. Ewa then had three blood clots in her lungs. She was admitted to hospital and given medication for several months before the blood clots dissolved. In January 2016, Ewa fell off her bike and broke her leg. This was not seen as an obstacle to starting gamma radiation treatment of the small tumors. During February, March, and May 2016, Ewa was transported by ambulance to Stockholm to undergo radiation treatment at Karolinska Hospital. “It was stressful. For three hours, I sat with a device screwed into my head because the radiation had to be precise. ”When I was at Karolinska, a former classmate and close friend of mine, Carin Roessler, came to visit me. She asked if I would consider taking homeopathic medicine for my headaches. „I had suffered from migraines and headaches for many years, which were probably caused by the tumors, which I didn’t know about at the time. The headaches remained, even after the radiation. When they were at their worst, I took Alvedon three times a day. I discussed the headaches with my doctor, who explained that there was nothing that could be done about them and that I would just have to accept living with them. The second large tumor was surgically removed in October 2016. This did not make the headaches go away either. The headaches did not go away until I received homeopathic medicine from Carin at the end of 2016. After a week of taking the homeopathic medicine, I no longer had headaches. It was absolutely fantastic! Now, when I feel a headache coming on, I take Carin’s medicine and within a few minutes the headache disappears. The medicine is absolutely wonderful! The homeopathic treatment that began at the end of 2016 has continued since then. I still have several tumors, at least seven. Twice a year, I go for checkups to see if they are growing or not. The largest one has not grown in the last three years! This is unexpected because after the second operation, the doctor said that my tumors were expected to grow. This may mean that homeopathy has also been able to slow down the growth of the tumors. „Basically, I feel fine today. The tumors are there, and I don’t know if they will grow. I have told my neurosurgeon that I am taking homeopathic medicine, and he advised me to continue with it if I believe in it. Today, I live a completely normal life, apart from the pandemic. I am deeply grateful to Carin for introducing me to this medicine. If she hadn’t come along, I would probably have had to take painkillers three times a day for the rest of my life, as I did before. Ewa, who is a nurse, had always completely rejected homeopathy and didn’t believe in it. I am so happy that she now took homeopathic remedies despite her previous skepticism. For Ewa, as for so many others, it was a “last resort.” Ewa is incredibly grateful for every day without severe headaches and for every MRI check-up, as she has so far received good news: the tumors have not grown and no surgery or radiation therapy is necessary. We are monitoring the situation and hope that it continues to develop positively. Ewa now tells everyone she knows about homeopathy, including those in the healthcare sector, and she is now a little annoyed with people who are not open to giving homeopathy a chance, in combination with other medical care, of course. One type of medicine does not have to exclude the other. Headaches and migraines are one of the most common health problems people suffer from. They have a negative impact on everyday life for many people. Classical homeopaths have an advantage over conventional medicine because we see illness/ill health, such as headaches, as a symptom of underlying causes. Symptoms that have been created by an imbalance on the physical, mental, and/or emotional level. –The causes of headaches and migraine symptoms are very different. This must be taken into account when choosing a homeopathic remedy, which is why five different patients with headaches may need five completely different homeopathic remedies.

The eczema on my hands was itchy and weeping.

Her skin cracked and the wounds hurt. It became unbearable at work, where Johanna has to wear gloves.

Johanna, 26, loves her job caring for dairy cows, so despite troublesome eczema, especially on her hands, she didn’t want to change jobs.

„The worst was when the cows calved and I had to milk them by hand. I tried cotton gloves and then plastic gloves on top, but my hands got wet inside the gloves. That made my skin burn and sting.

The watery eczema caused the skin on my hands to flake and crack.

“I had many sores that hurt a lot. In the mornings, it felt better when the sores had healed a little during the night, but when I started moving my hands, the sores cracked open again and started bleeding. It was painful.”

The eczema broke out in the early 2000s, but when Johanna started working with dairy cows, her skin problems got worse. Johanna struggled with the painful eczema for seven years before she began treatment with homeopath Carin Roessler in early summer 2018.

“It was a bit up and down, but slowly my skin started to get better.”

Johanna reacted immediately to the first homeopathic remedy, and after just two months, the eczema had improved noticeably. I was surprised myself.

Even though she wore gloves at work and sweated, she did not have any new outbreaks of eczema. It flared up a little again during a difficult period. She came back to me and I continued the classic homeopathic treatment for her whole body.

„In my experience, it can take a long time to get rid of troublesome eczema. The main factors that determine how long it takes to heal eczema are how long you have had it and whether you have used strong ointments to inhibit the eczema.

In homeopathy, we see eczema as something the body wants to get rid of and expel, from the inside out. Ointments, especially strong ointments such as cortisone, achieve the opposite. Our experience is that ointments “push in” the eczema, making it more difficult for the body to get rid of it. Therefore, the healing process takes longer if you have used ointments frequently for many years.

It is completely understandable to use ointments because they provide relief from eczema. Unfortunately, however, they often create more problems and worse eczema in the long term. We also see that eczema can appear in more places.

During healing, the rash may also worsen for a short time before it gets better. But the right homeopathic remedy will heal the eczema. The patient must be patient during the healing process.

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carin@roessler-burckhardt.com

CARIN ROESSLER
FALUN:Dalvik 645
791 92 Falun
Sweden

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Fredmansgatan 11
118 47 Stockholm
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In connection with treatment, your homeopath records your personal data in a medical file. The information noted includes personal identity number, name, address, telephone number, and email address.

Name, address, telephone number, and email address also appear on invoices.

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