Consultations Flower Essences are readily available from health food stores and some chemists.   They provide an excellent self-help therapy and for simple solutions, self administering is ideal but the choice of essences is vast, which can make it confusing when trying to select an essence for yourself. If you attempt to address profound or complex issues with essences, it can also be difficult to know just where to start.  In these cases you are advised to book an appointment with a qualified practitioner, where you can benefit from an objective view of your situation or issue and their expertise in flower essences. Please see our directory for a practitioner in your area.  Practitioners on this list are fully qualified and work to a clearly defined code of conduct. What can you expect from a consultation? The way in which practitioners work may vary slightly, according to their training and certain methods they may have adopted over time, according to their experiences with clients.  In order to be able to help you, a practitioner needs to fully appreciate your specific situation or issue, so will need to ask you several questions to ascertain this.  In addition to using their vast knowledge of essences, some practitioners may work with kinesiology, dowsing or other intuitive means, to choose the essences specifically for you.