My Plea to Healthcare Providers: Seek less to KNOW
and more to UNDERSTAND!

Seek less to KNOW and more to UNDERSTAND! What an idea right?

Years before I became a dentist, I was pursuing a career in psychology. My vision was to become a counselor and help people with their psycho-emotional burdens. It turns out that I do exactly that today……in the context of an oral health setting!

During my college years, I worked on a crisis hotline. This position as a tele-crisis counselor taught me something that still stays with me. While working on the Crisis Hotline, I discovered that almost all people who called in for help already knew the solution to their struggles. My role as a counselor was NOT to tell them what to do, but rather to allow space for them to verbalize the problem and the potential solutions.

After 30 years of practicing the communication skills that I learned in my “psychology days,” I have come to believe that those people who come to their own solutions are significantly more inspired to solve them than those people who prefer others to solve problems for them. That is why I developed the BDC “New Patient Experience” (NPE). Our NPE feels more like a hybrid between a great counseling session and spa day. What it does NOT feel like is know-it-all experts talking down to you about what you “need” to do.

I believe that as healthcare providers we help far more people by seeking to understand their troubles, challenges, and experiences. Unfortunately, having a “High E.Q.” (emotional quotient) is not a top requirement for Medical, Dental, and Nursing School admissions departments, but I do believe that this can be changed.

My advice to healthcare providers who want to have a fulfilling career and significantly positive impact on people’s health: seek less to KNOW and more to UNDERSTAND.

If you want to experience the very best of Biological Dentistry and Holistic Oral Health provided from a Humanistic Experience, ping us through our website today to reserve your New Patient Experience!

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If you desire an approach to your oral health care where all the treatment options are presented and you get to choose based on your values and goals, we would love to help you!  Please email us at info@bdcpdx.com to reserve your New Patient Experience and visit our website to learn about our Dental Tourism solutions. We are here to serve you!