I'm ALWAYS asked about God when teaching healing. So here's my God-disclaimer: I personally don't care what you name the power that Is. God is fine...or ANY other name is fine with me. Whatever is fine with you is what we'll use.
There's an amazing arrogance in modern science & medicine that presumes doctors heal. They don't. Well...honest doctors don't. They help, for sure, but they don't EVER heal. They can't. The body with God (or whatever you'd prefer to name it--or not) heals. So we're in good company. You and I and honest doctors can gather together and remind ourselves with great humility that we are all powerless to heal. We can't even heal a simple paper cut finger! That's the truth.
We can, however, make the person feel better, apply ointment (which doesn't heal either!), bandage, soak, clean, fuss and bother...but not heal. That's not our department. It's God's. Always has been and always will be.
So the big question is: what are WE needed for? Mostly to show up and help. Some of us do it badly and many of us professionals do it well. We know how to help and we know how to show up and support. That's what we do; and it's priceless.
Learning to show up and help and support is the real role of the healer in me, in you and in everyone. Those are skills that I'm happy to teach. The world needs more of that while God (insert your favorite name) does the work.
I'm always asked by people who I work with doing Special Energy Sessions about how I do the healing or how long the healing will take. I show up and project special energy that helps. It helps cancers, it helps grief, it helps depressions, it helps asthma and it even helps paper cuts heal faster. But it's not me. Thank heavens (pun intended) because that's too much responsibility. I'm happy to just show up, help and be of support. The healer in you can do the same thing. Phew! What a relief.