origins
Trace where the Therapeutic Order came from and why it became so central.Publications & Products
Therapeutic Order Webinar
A 110-minute clinical education seminar on the origins of the Therapeutic Order, its role as a roadmap for the future, and its implications for practice and research.
$9.95
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Explore clinical, educational, and public-policy implications of the model.research
Connect a classical naturopathic framework to modern scholarly discussion.Seminar Framing
A hierarchy of healing in seminar form
The webinar is framed as a roadmap to the transformation of health care, a guide to the healing power of nature in treating disease by restoring health, and a strategy for health creation.
It treats the seminar not just as instruction, but as a professional conversation about clinical reasoning, public policy, and the future of naturopathic medicine.
Presenters
Voices carrying the seminar
- Michelle Simon, PhD, ND — President & CEO, Institute for Natural Medicine
- Rick Kirschner, ND, VNMI — Past President & Senior Vitalist
- Stephen Myers, ND, BMed, PhD — Senior Editor; Director, NatMed Research Unit, Southern Cross University
- John S. Finnell, ND, MPH, LAc — Nature Cure Science Editor; Research Investigator
Primary Citations
The literature behind the seminar
- Finnell JS, Snider P, Myers SP, Zeff JL. A Hierarchy of Healing: Origins of the Therapeutic Order and Implications for Research. Open the IMCJ article
- Zeff JL, Snider P, Myers S, DeGrandpre Z. A Hierarchy of Healing: The Therapeutic Order. ResearchGate link
- Snider P, Zeff JL, Broderick K, Lee-Engel C, Lichtenstein B, Zucker D, Yasuda G, Rubinstein J, Finnell JS. Clarification of Therapeutic Order.