Healing The Next Generation

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Homeopathic Training Course by Anke Zimmermann

We have had many requests to review diet and health courses available to the public. We are pleased to offer this first of a series of reviews.

I first met Anke Zimmermann when I con­sulted with her almost twenty-five years ago. At that time, she was licensed as a naturopathic doctor (ND). Over the years, it has been my honor to watch her transition from a successful licensed ND to an even more successful homeo­path who now specializes in treating behavioral issues in children around the world. Anke is well known to readers of Wise Traditions for her fascinating articles on homeopathy.

Anke’s homeopathic training course, “Healing the Next Generation: Integrated ho­meopathic care for children with autism and other complex developmental and behavioural challenges,”¹ is open to both health care practi­tioners and parents of children with behavioral challenges. This allows for open discussion be­tween those prescribing and those implementing the protocols. This unique and effective way of teaching gives practitioners insights into par­ents’ expectations and experiences, while giving parents an idea of what their homeopathic or naturopathic doctors are doing and why.

Now a naturopath myself, I already felt inspired to help children with these issues prior to taking this course, while also feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of these cases and the challenges of managing their care ef­fectively. This course helped me overcome my hesitation. I am now more confident in taking on these types of cases and am seeing impressive results after applying the tools I learned from Anke. I am certain that anyone who takes this training will be equally empowered to treat children with deeply complex health conditions.

Each cycle of the “Healing the Next Genera­tion” course meets once a month for six months for a total of thirty-six to forty-two hours. In typical Anke style, the course is well-designed. I’ve taken a lot of courses over the years, and it is rare to find a teacher who is as organized as Anke. It was obvious that a great deal of planning had gone into each day. Anke clearly wants attendees to be successful and makes every effort to provide tools for good patient outcomes.

The course features an impressive combination of instructional methods, including videos showing what parents deal with on a day-to-day basis and research on how modern medicine and pharmaceutical interventions, current food production practices and living conditions may compound toxic exposures. We were also taught the most commonly used homeopathic remedies in complex cases and how to recognize the need for them in our patients. This was on top of Anke taking one or two live cases each day, with the full consent of her patients, and discussing with us the best treatment plan. We were even included in follow-up consulta­tions and shown what to look for in the patient’s progression, as well as learning how best to handle difficulties and how to adapt to unexpected outcomes. I found Anke’s emphasis during case-taking on understand­ing the impact of previous generations to be particularly profound; her case-taking methods illustrate how trends in prior generations may affect the health of the children under our care.

Taking cases live and having live follow-ups is a unique aspect of this course and made the process much more tangible. Often, in professional courses, students are shown the purified case—and anything that doesn’t support the positive outcome is purged. This leaves one feeling unsure of how to handle difficulties when they arise. Live cases give students the ability to see how the practitioner works in a “real world” environment. I also appreciated how the discussion of techniques to begin the journey of detoxification and support clients’ development taught the best hierarchy in treatment protocols. If the selected remedy doesn’t work (which does sometimes happen), the course allows participants to see that and learn how to rework a case to come up with an alternative.

Anke is a gifted homeopathic doctor, and watching her take a case and devise protocols was in itself an education. Course participants also received all of her intake package information and were given absolute freedom to use these in their own practice. Anyone who takes this course is sure to learn more than they could imagine. After six months of monthly meetings, I found myself wishing that I could enroll in Anke’s next course offering to keep learning and improve my skills in “Healing the Next Generation.” Dear reader, I can confirm this course is well worth taking!

Course details are available at ankezimmermann.net/homeopathy-training-autism-management-and-more.html.

This article appeared in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the quarterly journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Fall 2024

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