Homeopathic Academy

Article 1:
Finding Your Passion

Article 2:
To Be A Healer

Article 3:
Eating Disorders

Article 4:
Living Hormoniously

Article 5:
Treating ADD

"The heavens are as deep as our
aspirations high"

Henry David
Thoreau

OUR STAFF

Deborah Casey, CCN, CHom
Deborah is the Director of the Homeopathic Academy of Southern California. A graduate of The Homeopathic Academy for Classical Homeopathy and the Natural Healing Institute of California for Clinical Nutrition, her undergraduate studies include social and child psychology at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. She is chairman of NANHE (North American Network of Homeopathic Educators) and an active member of the National Center for Homeopathy and the North American Society of Homeopaths.
She is certified by the Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia and assisted midwives as a Bradley instructor for natural childbirth. Her experience breeding and training horses has fueled her passion for treating animals homeopathically as well. Deborah has a private practice with offices in Laguna Beach and Carlsbad, California.

Rhonda Majalca, CHom
Rhonda is the Administrator for The Homeopathic Academy of Southern California. A graduate of the Homeopathic Academy of Southern California and a registered Bio Energetic Technician she attained the highest award for her training at the American Institute of Energy Medicine. She has been involved in the medical community for over 11 years, working with renowned doctors and their patients in traditional and alternative medicine. Her interest in investigating the causal factors of disease led her to become a beacon to those seeking superior health. Rhonda has a private practice in Chula Vista, California.

Allison Maslan, HHP, RSHom(NA), CCH
Allison founded the Homeopathic Academy of Southern California in 1999 with the mission to expand the knowledge and practice of Classical Homeopathy by offering the highest standard of education possible. She is a licensed Holistic Health Practitioner and Certified Classical Homeopath. As Director of the Homeopathic Wellness Center in Solana Beach, she has practiced Classical Homeopathy for the past 10 years. Allison is Nationally Certified by the North American Society of Homeopaths and Council for Homeopathic Certification. She has published many articles and lectures nationwide on homeopathy.

Bara Waters, M.Hom.,
Bara is a classically oriented Master Homeopath dedicated to bringing homeopathy tot he forefront of public consciousness. She has been a featured speaker atthe University of California-Irvine Medical School, the National Center for Homeopathy, numberous health organizations, and on television talk shows to promote homeopathy. She holds a Masters degree from the Hahnemann College of Homeopathy and is a certified Homeopathic Master Clinician trained by Lous Klein. Waters also holds a Masters in Clinical Social Work from the University of Michigan. Waters practices with the Professional Alliance for Total Health (PATH), an alternative healthcare agency in Laguna Beach.

Dahlia Shemtob, H.D.
Dahlia holds a Master of Arts in Homeopathy (h.Hom.), from Hahnemann College of Homeopathy and a Masters and Doctorate degree from Curentur University in California. She has been practicing Classical Homeopathy and helping people with their emotional and physical ailments since 1992 and holds offices in Newport Beach and Beverly Hills, California. Dahlia is a member of the National Center for Homeopathy and the American Holistic Health Association. She has been a major speaker for numerous health organizations, Charity Groups and many T.V. talk shows about natural health and homeopathy.

Malcolm Smith, N.D.
is a Naturopathic physician who left his writing career to study natural medicine after having years of food allergies cured by homeopathy. He has studied under many talented practitioners including Will Taylor, Alize Timmerman, Divya Chaabra, Lou Klein, Joseph Tooker and Massimo Mangialavori. Malcolm brings his skills as a story teller to case analysis, and to teaching the process of case analysis. He currently teaches for the British Institute of Homeopathy, and has guest taught for Alize Timmerman�s in the Netherlands, and at National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. He is one of the founders of Homeopathic Symposium, an on-line archive of interactive video case studies by homeopathic practitioners from around the world, which will be launching this fall.

Gabrielle Traub (M.Tech) Hom.
Gabrielle graduated from a 6-year Degree in Homeopathy in South Africa, where she worked at Hillbrow Hospital, in Johannesburg, as part of her training. In addition she completed 2 years of the M.F. Hom and C.E. H.D program in classical and clinical homeopathy. Gabrielle has practiced and taught homeopathy in London, South Africa and the US, and has studied under world renowned homeopaths such as Rajan Sankaran, George Vithoulkas, Paul Herscu, Jeremy Sherr, Alize Timmerman, Bob Leckridge, and many others. She has a private practice in La Jolla, California. Gabrielle has had conducted double-blind clinical trials on the treatment of anxiety and learning disorders. She is the founder and chair of the World Homeopathic Awareness Committee (WHAC) founder of World Homeopathic Awareness Week (WHAW).

Richard Plant, DC, CCH
Richard received his doctor of chiropractic degree from Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Oregon in 1978. He attended the Hahnemann College of Homeopathy in Berkeley, California from 1987- 1989.
Later, Richard attended advanced courses of homeopathic study in Bombay,India in 1995 and 1997, as well as attended numerous seminars with other homeopaths of international distinction. He has taught classical homeopathy at several institutions nationally, and is currently on the faculty of the Desert Institute of Classical Homeopathy in Phoenix, Arizona. Richard has been a member of the Council of Homeopathic Certification since its inception in 1994.

Karen Allen, RC, CCH
Karen's pragmatic explanations and engaging teaching style, coupled with effective multimedia presentations are the hallmarks of her teaching.

She is an international lecturer, adjunct faculty member at Bastyr University, and author of a widely-used tutorial book for repertory study. Karen studied homeopathy at the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy and has been in practice since 1994. In addition to her teaching and her practice in Seattle, WA, Karen is the director of Virtual Clinic (a distance learning program that provides video based clinical training) and is Vice-President of the Council for Homeopathic Certification. She is currently co-authoring a new book 'The Homeopathic Treatment of Infertility'.

Heidi Schor, RC, CCH
Heidi learned classical homeopathy in the fertile grounds of Munich, Germany and Lueven, Belgium where she has studied extensively with Henny Huedens Mast. Since 1996 she has practiced in the Seattle area, and has continued to study with Lou Klein and Massimo Mangialavore. For the past several years, she has served as a member of the board of directors and the head of the CHC's exam case grading committee, where she has given feedback on hundreds of case analyses. She is an adjunct faculty member at Bastyr University where she teaches homeopathic case management. She is loved by her students for her practical and conscientious approach to case work, and her enjoyable, interactive
manner in class.

Joanna Daly, CCH
Currently Dean of Education at the School of Homeopathy, New York, Jo began teaching in England in the 80’s and then moved to the US where she was a founder of the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy. Jo has been in practice for over 25 years, has been a popular lecturer in many schools and her life and practice have been immersed in an exploration of the mystery of the human condition from physical to spiritual.