While visiting my sister in San Diego, the number of New Age and holistic medical businesses astounded me. So I wondered, given the litigious nature of America, could there be such a term as "pseudo-medical malpractice brokerage in California" for the pseudo-medical practice?
For example, can someone sue you for ineffective aromatherapy, without telling you that they have blocked sinuses?
What if you have a meditation business and, during one intense session, the mind of one of your students wanders off, trips over a contradiction, and severely bruises their id? I don't think you can get away with a nonchalant "never mind".
What happens when an important acupuncture session fails to deflate an overinflated ego of a patient?
What if someone claims that, while being treated in your sensory deprivation tank, they ended up being deprived of their common sense? Will the court system see this silly argument as being all wet, or will they award the defendant a boatload of money?
During the course of sitting on an "energizing" crystal as part of their therapy, what if your client sneezes and lodges the crystal in a very inconvenient bodily orifice? Would you be able to get away with shining a light down their throat to show how they now emit rainbows as no one else can? Or will you be wishing to escape over a rainbow during the ensuing lawsuit?
What happens when a client accuses your Reiki session of being a little too “hands on”? Will it be too late to cut back and offer to give them just the finger?
As you can see, even new age practitioners are in need of malpractice lawyers and insurance; or, at the very least, a name change and a new address.
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