RE: Clinical reflexology?
Hi Pre, the Susanne Enzer course which I'm going to is in Preston on 23rd and 24th May. It's in 2 parts, you do part one and then 6 months and a few case studies later you do part 2. It looks like a really interesting course. Drop me a PM if you want some info on how to get in touch with Susanne Enzer, she seems like a very helpful lady.
Love and light
Sulis xx
RE: Clinical reflexology?
Hi Sulis...Thank you but I have been in touch with her as I cant do Cornwall & would rather do Kent than Dorking..so once she arrives in the UK we'll be in touch...Thanks for your help. ( Shes on an aeroplane on route from Australiaat the mo )
RE: Clinical reflexology?
Ha ha! Boy did that stoke HER up! It is so nice to have a bit of lively debate and you have been MISSED Pre!:D
I agree with you about the teaching. I worked with a VTCT Holistic Therapies Tutor who had never worked outside the college, had NO clients and got no repeat clients where we worked. I was horrified that this was the standard of teaching in the local area and actually went out of my way to do another reflex course rather than learn where she taught. I drove to Manchester from the Wirral each week just to avoid it! Basically she had done the VTCT course and the college found out that she had her adult teaching certificate, were desperate for tutors and gave her the job! Agree with the five year thingie. It's just not fair on students to have tutors who don't have a clue what they are talking about.
I miss my lovely aromatherapy Tutor and his wealth of knowledge, his lovely soul, his warm smile, his patient acceptance of girlie dramas, his long hair and bushy beard! What a honey.:)
RE: Clinical reflexology?
Hi again
Wow! fantastic debate - I want to hopefully shed some light on a couple of bits...
As some of you know, I'm an ITEC lecturer. So far, ITEC have never met me, never had any of my course files and have not asked for any lesson plans etc. As far as I know, ITEC also only ask that you have been in practice for 2 years before you start teaching. The college I'm working for was so desperate to get a trained lecturer, as the course was full and they had no-one qualified to teach! I was the only one they knew of that was available.
I'm also wanting to become an AoR tutor, and this is what I've been told I have to do...
Minimum 5 years practicing before you can register (you can be an assistant tutor after 3 years)
A series of forms (about 20 pages) has to be submitted, detailing your qualifications, experience. Also lesson plans, teaching handouts etc. have to be submitted at this stage (very comprehensive).
You will be interviewed, and also the site where you propose to teach from will be inspected to ensure it is fit for purpose.
Assuming all the criteria has been met, you will be provisionally given the go-ahead to open for business - but, will be monitered and assessed throughout the first year.
At the end of the first year, you are assessed again. If all the criteria are not met, you have to have another provisional year, and rectify the problem areas. If all the criteria are met after the first years assessment, then the school is verified by the AoR.
There is also a BIG difference in the exam formatting - ITEC run a 'closed shop' - they set their own exams and also mark them themselves, therefore there is no indipendence in the qualification (the exam is also multi-choice, so they give you the answer!)
AoR use the AQA exam body to set and mark the exam paper. It is also a paper that does not use the multi-choice format, so askes the student to show that they have synthesised the information and can demonstrate and aply the knowlege they have been taught. This is what gives the AoR that 'edge' over ITEC (and baybe VTCT - I don't know too much about VTCT) as there can never be the accusation that the AoR set thet pass rate of their exam a bit lower, to get more members.
Pre.... wish I'd been to your college, sounds a fantastic training!:)
Health & happiness
Waywood
clinical reflexolgy and the CNHC register
Nice topic, which am happy to resurrect.
I too use the name clinical reflexologist, mainly to differentiate myself from the spa/beauty foot massage people.
Hopefully, the new CNHC registration will gain favour and public appeal.
I have already gained half a dozen refferals from GPs who advised their patients to only use practitioners on the register.
Its not huge - but its a start.
Its Complementary with an EEEE!
Hi Sulis,
A clinical reflexologist is trained to be a complementary medical practitioner with an 'e' not a complimentary practitioner with an 'i'. I think its more important to be able to tell the difference between the two spellings before we start worrying about whether we're 'clinical' or not. There's no such thing as a 'complimentary' reflexologist of any type, clinical or otherwise.
I know I posted this comment on a thread we were both on before and it does massively bug me that lots of therapists seem unable to differentiate between the two as it hardly inspires confidence. If we want to be taken seriously surely we need at least to be able to get the spelling of our profession correct??
Angela
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Hi Angelat
Feel your pain but don't think Sulis has been on here since 2007 so watch that blood pressure if any more old posts appear complete with spelling mistakes.
Cheers
Thanks Jinx, yes I've just noticed they were very old posts so I won't find out where she lives and go round with a dictionary & a stick...
But if only it were just Sulis! They all need telling so I've put a post in General Discussions.
Angela
Hi Sulis,
A clinical reflexologist is trained to be a complementary medical practitioner with an 'e' not a complimentary practitioner with an 'i'. I think its more important to be able to tell the difference between the two spellings before we start worrying about whether we're 'clinical' or not. There's no such thing as a 'complimentary' reflexologist of any type, clinical or otherwise.
I know I posted this comment on a thread we were both on before and it does massively bug me that lots of therapists seem unable to differentiate between the two as it hardly inspires confidence. If we want to be taken seriously surely we need at least to be able to get the spelling of our profession correct??Angela
[url]Reflexology in the City of London and Central London | Mobile Reflexologist[/url]
I do agree with you, Angela, but before you question the professionalism of (and get massively bugged by) those of us who sometimes spell or type words incorrectly, maybe you should check out your own website? On just a quick scan of your home page I found two errors. In the first paragraph, 'london' should have a capital 'L', and you say, in the penultimate paragraph, that home visits, 'can allow a for greater exchange of healing energy'.
See, we're all human 😉
Oh Derek of course we're all human and of course we all make typos and yes thankyou very much I will check my website, but a typo or two is really not the same as fundamentally not knowing how to spell the name of your profession.
And would you go to a physio who couldn't spell physiotherapy? well would you?
Angela, I agree with you wholeheartedly, but must take issue with your statement "..there's no such thing as a 'complimentary' reflexologist - of any type...'. If I were reflexologist, I don't see why I couldn't advertise myself as being 'complimentary' - some people might like to have themselves and their feet praised and flattered, it would make them feel good about themselves! 😉
Angela, I agree with you wholeheartedly, but must take issue with your statement "..there's no such thing as a 'complimentary' reflexologist - of any type...'. If I were reflexologist, I don't see why I couldn't advertise myself as being 'complimentary' - some people might like to have themselves and their feet praised and flattered, it would make them feel good about themselves! 😉
HeeHee - you'd have to be careful with that one Kiga, it could be dangerously on the verge of tipping over into an altogether different kind of therapy......
Oh Derek of course we're all human and of course we all make typos and yes thankyou very much I will check my website, but a typo or two is really not the same as fundamentally not knowing how to spell the name of your profession.
And would you go to a physio who couldn't spell physiotherapy? well would you?
In fact I'd never go to a physio, regardless of how good their spelling, since a good massage (however it's spelt!) is usually more effective and far more pleasant to receive.
You are missing my point, but since we have gone way off topic, I'll not continue with it.
Clinical Relexology? Holistic Reflexology? Advanced Reflexology? Holistic Therapist? Holistic Massage Therapist? Clincial Aromatherapy? etc etc
All nonsense titles developed by desparate therapists. There is too many labels/titles as there are confusing the public, so we don't need anymore. If you do reflexology, that's reflexology. If you work by/with certain priniciples and techniques, just state that is your literature.
If someone asks me what my living is, I usually say "Massage Therapist"; not "Reflexo-Oriento-Push/Pull-Sportif-Soft Tissue Neuro-Muscular Clinical Facillitator"
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I trained as a clinical reflexologist (ITEC) and at the same time the same teacher was also providing cover for reflexology VTCT.
We had more indepth theory to do and had to provide a project on a chosen subject. We sat the same exams.
I don't use the term clinical, I think it would put my clients off.