[DLMURL] http://www.beauty-training.co.uk/massage-holistic-therapy/holistic-therapy.ashx [/DLMURL]
[DLMURL] http://www.beauty-training.co.uk/massage-holistic-therapy/massage-courses.ashx [/DLMURL]
I am trying to find a course that I can do to become a Holistic Therapist. I have found several part time VTCT college courses but because of my shift working/husbands job (therapist) and childcare I cant find any that I can actually manage to attend every week.
I have found this one that I have linked to above. Has anyone here done something like this? It says you will recieve their Diploma which allows you to obtain Public Liability Insurance, so can I work with this? It also says I could continue extra studying to obtain SVQ level (I am in Scotland) I would go on to do that and I think I would try to do as many massages on friends and family while completing the SVQ before charging for treatments.
Any experience? Is it just a money maker?
Thank you for your replies.
Our 7 day Holistic Therapy course will cover Body Massage (2 days), Aromatherapy (3 days) and Reflexology (2 days) hmm not sure, I studied a diploma a year, Reflexology, Health and Safety and Anatomy and Physiology with Indian Head Massage on another day, then Aromatherapy, Body Massage, I learnt alot on my years courses, it took me months to learn my Reflexology routine, seriously doubt you can learn it in 2 days 🙁
Hi Mrs JKN
It is very confusing when you see ads on HP claiming to make you a qualified Reflexologist in a weekend, or via 20 online distance learning lessons. Anyone who has been around HP for any length of time sees questions such as yours, again and again. And we feel very sad for you guys because you take the ads on face value, being here on the HP site... seemingly endorsed by HP. And yet, most of the folk here would warn you against taking something like that unless it's for general interest.
I hold my hands up and confess to being enrolled on 4 online distance learning courses (Chinese Medical Theory, CBT, NLP and oops.... can't remember the last one). I am taking all of them for personal interest and enjoyment - and would recommend each of them for this reason. I would be very hesitant to endorse them as a route to treating paying clients. I am also taking a 3-year face-to-face programme which runs for 10 weekends in the first year, and 20 weekends in the second and third years - and it's that one which I will be getting insurance and registration for.
My suggestion would be to enroll on these one-day courses to give yourself an idea of whether these modalities are something you would like to pursue properly. Then, look at your budget and the time you have available - and find a reputable College which offers high quality training. You may find that you have to wait a couple of years until you can afford it, or take time off work. It's a career change, it's a big decision... and not something that a few online lessons or a weekend is going to properly equip you for.
Good luck finding the right course!
Ava x
Thanks for your replies.
I just dont know how I am going to find a college course I can actually attend. I work day and night shifts and even when I am dayshift I finish at 7.15 so to late for everything I can find. On my days off my H works, he works around me for childcare reasons.
I would like to do the VTCT Swedish massage course my Husband did, but he did it before we had the babies and had some free time.
Oh, dear, that's rough - I feel for you. It may be that at this point in your life you don't have the time to study for your qualification. Or maybe your husband and you need to sit down and really work out how much time can be liberated for you to able to be a student? Maybe it can be done if your extended family get behind you to help... after all it'll make you happier, and it'll be better for the family in the longer term.
There's something else that I've heard folk hear speak about. Perhaps you could explore the possibility of taking an Anatomy and Physiology online certificate or HND course? Quite a few people seem to have done that... and for some programmes you can then skip the Anatomy and Physiology part. Maybe someone reading this who has done that could share their experience, and whether you can get credit for your studies on other programmes?
Ava x