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The UK has remarkable freedom
when it comes to talking therapies and many
other complementary therapies. Basically, unless
you are actually working with the body or giving
remedies, anyone may practise legally as a
therapist, as long as you are not diagnosing or
giving medical advice. UK colleges in the
private sector offering therapy and personal
development courses are often linked to just one
professional register or society. Frequently,
this society or register is not independent and
is owned by the school or founded by its
principal. This means that graduates of other
schools are not allowed to join the society. The
result is an ever increasing number of
professional societies which is confusing to the
general public. Health and New Age magazines and
media often focus on a few societies and ignore
the rest, giving the misleading impression that
only the societies they list (or advertise) are
available. Attempts at setting up
profession-wide registration bodies or umbrella
bodies have only added further to the confusion
as there are quite a few such bodies, each
claiming an important role in establishing a
definitive public register.
There are a few
government-accredited awarding schemes for
vocational qualifications including NVQ, NCFE
and ASET and there are also "National
Occupational Standards". However though
these are commendable there is no universal
agreement on their acceptance by the professions
themselves, and they are ignored by the top
therapy organisations whose training courses are
lengthy and cannot be done by distance learning.
They also tend to be ignored by the National
Health Service when it comes to recruiting
therapists. Moreover, these vocational
qualifications are not specifically designed for
admission to professional societies, which still
leaves schools with the need to set up their own
associations or to find associations to join!
Progress is being made towards more regulation of complementary
therapies within the UK. The focus for the time
being is on "touch" therapies such as massage,
acupressure and reflexology. However it is too early to
say what the outcome will be. Certain
disciplines are likely to stay outside any
regulatory framework and these include NLP, Life
Coaching, Stress Management and Emotional
Freedom Techniques.
Moves were also progressing
regarding the proposed regulation of counselling
and psychotherapy. However in 2009 the relevant
professions have been outspoken in opposing
regulation and it seems that the government may
abandon plans to regulate those talking
therapies. This points to the related profession
of hypnotherapy also being likely to retain its
unregulated status. We have dedicated an article
to the state rejection of regulation by major
counselling and psychotherapy bodies - see link
below
Article on opposition to state regulation of
counselling and psychotherapy
Our Approach - Multiple
Professional Bodies
Rather than aligning ourselves
with one particular body, our approach is to
make links with as many professional bodies or
registers as possible, giving students and
graduates choice and helping the student to find
a body that takes into account not only their
training with us but their whole background in
relevant skills an qualifications. Also, some
bodies are difficult or impossible for non-UK
students to join, so in order to cater for
international students, a choice of bodies is
absolutely essential.
Our Principal, Morris Berg, is
a member or fellow of various professional
bodies and can advise on applications.
In addition, certain of our
courses are accepted by professional bodies and
the College is applying for acceptance by
further professional organisations.
Counselling (a registered UK charity)
www.counselling.ltd.uk
(UK only)
Counselling is an organisation that offers
UK residents the chance to register as
counsellors if they have any counselling-related
certificate, from introductory standard onwards,
that is acceptable to the organisation.
Counselling has no connection with The
Counselling Society (see below). Any
of our qualifications bearing the word
"counselling" in the title may be used to apply
to Counselling for membership. This
is an ideal step onto the professional
recognition ladder if you are beginning your
formal counselling practice, whether voluntary
or in a paid capacity. Counselling has a
code of professional ethics and can recommend a
professional indemnity insurance scheme. A
certificate of registration is also available.
The Counselling Society (UK and also
overseas subject to restrictions)www.counsellingsociety.com
Our Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy
(formerly offered by Kadmon Academy) is
APPROVED by The Counselling Society and students
may join at the appropriate level. The
Counselling Society (formerly known as The
Counselling and Psychotherapy Society) is a
prestigious private UK body for independent
counsellors and psychotherapists from diverse
backgrounds. The CS will consider all
relevant qualifications from any suitable
college towards eventual accredited counsellor
status and you will be advised what further
education to take to meet the required
standards. We will submit further courses for
possible approval.
The Hypnotherapy Society (UK and also
overseas subject to restrictions)
www.hypnotherapysociety.com
Although we do not offer a
basic professional qualification in hypnotherapy
at present, we encourage hypnotherapists to join
the HS. The HS will consider all relevant
qualifications from any suitable college towards
eventual accredited hypnotherapist status and you
will be advised what further education to take
to meet the required standards. The HS
does not accredit any of our courses at present
because it only accredits courses with a
substantial component of classroom study.
However our courses can be included in your
portfolio of qualifications when applying to the
HS.
The Association for Transpersonal Hypnotherapy
(UK only)
www.transpersonalhypnotherapy.co.uk
Our courses in Mystical
Hypnosis, Bereavement/Thanatology and Spirit
Attachment Therapy are approved by the ATH. We
will be submitting further courses for approval.
The World Guild of
Metaphysical and Spiritual Counsellors
(International)
www.holliance.org
All of our courses in
Counselling, Hypnosis, Religion and Spirituality
are ACCREDITED by the WGMSC who also accredits
the UK College of Holistic Training as a school.
The WGMSC was founded by the Principal of UKCHT.
NB - in 2010 the WGMSC is undergoing
reorganisation and will be transferring to new
ownership.
Certain professional organisations (for example the
National Guild of Hypnotists) will consider a wide variety of short
courses and educational certificates towards their continuing education
requirement, and our course certificates and diplomas in psychological,
personal growth and therapy-related fields may be submitted for such
purposes.
Our courses are recognised for degree credit, via Calamus
Extension College Ltd., by Calamus International University (founded in British West
Indies), which offers distance degrees - please visit
www.unicalamus.org
(CIU is a non-UK, non-government-accredited, distance
learning university).
other organisations to
be added! Watch this space!
In Ireland, our business-related courses are recognised by the
Institute
of General Management and
by the Institute
of Hospitality Management Ireland Ltd. These bodies accept
international members: please ask us if you are
interested in membership and we will give you
further details.
Statement
UK College of Holistic Training is a private school of adult education and is not
within the UK state education system. It does not offer national qualifications
but instead caters for independent professionals, workers in the private sector and other students world-wide
seeking distance learning for professional and personal development. In
the UK, there is no compulsory recognition, accreditation or licensing system
for private adult education. UKCHT/Kadmon certificates and diplomas are fully
legal and 100% genuine United Kingdom qualifications. Our independence means
that we are able to offer courses in unconventional subjects.
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