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The Medical Model Is Asking the Wrong Question
All too often, the medical model is asking the question, “How can we best manage the patient’s condition?” That is…
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Pediatric Asthma and Coughing
The coughing was annoying. I was trying to hear the medical history from mom, and the teen would not stop…
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The Gillespie Approach Thought Process
A mother emails: “I am writing because we have been trying to figure out the pain that my 17-year-old daughter…
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Allergy
I believe that birth trauma can be a possible cause of allergy for some patients. A nine-year-old girl presents with…
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Childhood Migraine
A former student from a 2000 Gillespie Approach course training brought her 13-year-old son to me recently for therapy. He…
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Childhood Anger
A preteen, who loves ballet dancing, presented for evaluation. Her mom said she has distinct emotional highs and lows during…
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Respiratory Compression at Birth
A four-year-old girl presents with continual bouts of pneumonia. After four bronchoscopies during her lifetime, her doctor diagnosed her with…
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Hypertropia
A Mother Emails “My son was a happy and healthy baby. He started wearing glasses to correct his nearsightedness at…
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Our Role in Pediatrics
Sometimes parents ask me questions meant for a pediatrician. As a therapist, I just stay in my lane of how…
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Toddler Traumas
This work is so interesting. A toddler presented for a visit after two separate traumas. The first injury was a…
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