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The concept of
theocentric counseling and healing in our jurisdiction has its roots
in the early 1930's when Joseph Rene Vilatte as an Archbishop and
Chiropractor, wanted to see theocentric holistic healing earn its
respected place in society. Originally there was no official name or
licensing of such healers that was open to those who were members of
the Orthodox Christian Church. Although this idea became dormant
after his death, in 1980 his dreams to provide an organization based
upon solid principles and centered on theocentrism, with good ethics
and sound practice norms, came to fruition.
Since 1986,
the Commission on Religious Counseling and Healing has accepted into
membership all eligible healers and counselors who believe in the
theocentric holistic philosophy and profess that: "All
healing comes from God as a blessing (or grace) to the affected
person through the hands or intervention of the healer."
Licensed practitioners know that it is not they who heal, but God who
is the Divine Physician and Healer, and they are merely His
instruments. |
