sunrise, I'm not sure I see things the same as you...I personally trying to distinguish between whose a healer and whose not to me is more about a fantasy of having powers others don't...your second reply describes basic healing in therapy...i was confused at first by your first eply I read as your T being smagic healer that has the power to decide how long someone can suffer for...which of course isnt in anyones hands accept time which really negates any thoughs of someone being a healer...I think iys incorrect to say some therapists take longer be cause of their technique...undertones of "dragging it out" haging around with that hinking...î guess one could see it another way and sa those with indepth training and knowledge take the time it takes working at really underpinning recovery and a quick recovery lacks any real underpinning? healing is about underpinning for long term recovery....so in that case healer is really just a geneic term for a therapist...î doubt any therapist wishes not to help someone heal? as you say even a sticky plaster has healing qualitys? ...