Both have the same passion, dedication, and focus: to stabilise, reduce, manage or remove the issue.

Medical professionals use the Bio Medical reductionist model; the clinician is seen as main resolver, the patient has a secondary responsibility for their improvements. The clinician diagnoses the ‘issue’ and clarifies an intervention (medication, exercise, changes to diet).

Eg: If a client has a skin issue, the clinical may diagnose this as eczema and prescribed a topical intervention like a cream.

Safe developmental professionals use recognised Biopsychosocial models, the clinician and the client develop a collaborative relationship and both have their own responsibilities for the process and outcomes. The range of models have similarities in that they take a broad view, work alongside the presenting symptoms, and compassionately tease out elements so we can identify the internal cause and work on this level, as this is the primary driver.

Eg: If a client has eczema, we would be working on the patterns that activate the stress response which creates agitation, heat and irritability being presented by the skin. There may also be food irritations / dehydration that are part of this presentation.