There are practioners out there with Phd's in natural health that are not educated from accredited universities and charging obscene fees. They may have some knowledge but in no way are who they think they are . Example is a Phd from Columbia Pacific University, a non accredited long distance school with no clinical education.
Check out the person you are seeing and do not take the advice of some friends, these practioners can really pull the wool over your eyes as well as adversly affect your health.