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| 1 Acupressure |
| Acupressure is an ancient healing art developed in Asia over 5,000 years ago, using the fingers to press key points on the surface of the skin to stimulate the body's natural self-curative abilities. When these acupressure points are pressed, they release muscular tension and promote the circulation of blood and the body's life force energy to aid healing. Acupuncture and acupressure use the same points and meridians, but acupuncture employs needles, while acupressure uses gentle but firm pressure and integrates bodywork therapies, therapeutic touch, somatic work, healing imagery, energy psychology, and massage therapy techniques. |
| 2 Advanced Sports Therapy |
| Advanced Sports Therapy is suitable within an injury programme or as an individual treatment to break down scar tissue, revitalise tired muscles and relieve muscle tension. |
| 3 Alexander Technique |
| The Alexander Technique is a method that works to change (movement) habits in our everyday activities. It is a simple and practical method for improving ease and freedom of movement, balance, support and coordination. The technique teaches the use of the appropriate amount of effort for a particular activity, giving you more energy for all your activities. It is not a series of treatments or exercises, but rather a reeducation of the mind and body. The Alexander Technique is a method which helps a person discover a new balance in the body by releasing unnecessary tension. It can be applied to sitting, lying down, standing, walking, lifting, and other daily activities |
| 4 Allergy Therapy |
| An allergy is a condition in which your immune system regards an ordinary, harmless substance such as a food, pollen or dust, as a dangerous invader, and responds to it by producing its own antibodies to attack the substance. This is when you suffer from one or more unpleasant symptoms. An allergy normally causes an instant reaction, such as in the case of a peanut allergy. However, with an intolerance, the culprit, such as milk or wheat, is usually eaten every day. Therefore your symptoms, caused by the intolerance, never improve, and it is difficult to find the underlying cause.Medication may help to treat the symptoms, but not the root cause. If your symptoms don't clear up after a reasonable amount of time, then the root cause could be an intolerance |
| 5 Aqua Detox therapy |
| Aqua detox Therapy involves the immersion of one's feet (or sometimes the complete body) in a bath of lightly salted water containing the Aqua detox electrolytic apparatus.
A flow of electrons is imparted into the water thus creating a bio-energetic field modifying the properties of the bath water to closely match that of the bodies natural fluids |
| 6 Aromatherapy |
| The use of volatile plant oils, including essential oils, for psychological and physical well-being |
| 7 Art Therapy |
| Art Therapy is a protected title, and it is an offence if you use a protected title if you are not registered with the Health Professionals Council (HPC).
It is also an offence to imply that you are one of the professions that the HPC regulates if you are not. If you have any doubt whatsoever regarding your regulated status please check direct with the HPC. Insurance cover is invalid if you practice without HPC registration. Art Therapy is based on the belief that the creative process involved in the making of art is healing and life-enhancing. Through creating art and talking about art and the process of art making with an art therapist, one can increase awareness of self, cope with symptoms, stress, and traumatic experiences, enhance cognitive abilities, and enjoy the life-affirming pleasures of artistic creativity. |
| 8 Ayurvedic Massage |
| Body massage performed according to the teachings and doctrines of Ayurveda, the ancient science of perfect health as practised in India for thousands of years.
This is body massage conducted broadly in line with Swedish Massage techniques but with the added components of Ayurveda. |
| 9 Ayurvedic Yoga Massage |
| Ayurvedic Yoga Massage comprises Yoga-based assisted stretching and deep tissue muscle stimulation and massage to open and realign the entire body – a truly powerful system of body therapy.
Whilst similar, at first glance, to Shiatsu or Thai and traditional Ayurvedic stroking massage (abhanya), it is actually a completely different system of therapeutic bodywork as it uses a unique system of synchronized breathing and stretching, progressively moving deeper and deeper within the body. |
| 10 Baby Massage |
| Body massage originated in Sweden. Swedish body massage is the original massage technique involving a sequence of movements working superficially and deeper into the tissue layers.
Please see our definition of Swedish Massage. Baby massage is specific to the massage of babies and is involved in teaching mothers to massage their babies. Practitioners NEVER massage real babies. |
| 11 Baby Yoga |
| The Sanskrit word yoga is translated as 'union' between mind, body and spirit. In the West, the most widely taught form of yoga is Hatha Yoga with classes offering students exercises to stretch and flex the body, develop breath awareness, relaxation and sometimes meditation. Baby Yoga is specifically adapted for mothers to practice with their babies. |
| 12 Back Massage |
| Body massage originated in Sweden. Swedish body massage is the original massage technique involving a sequence of movements working superficially and deeper into the tissue layers.
Please see our definition of Swedish Massage. Back massage is Swedish Massage and concentrates and specialises in massage of the patient's back to relieve tension and promote deep relaxation in the tissues and muscles. |
| 13 Bates method of vision improvement |
| Teaching people how to improve their eyesight without lenses or surgery.
Bates Method practitioners do not diagnose and treat disease, nor prescribe spectacles. The method is educational in nature with no guarantee of any particular degree of improvement can or will be given and all teachers accept pupils on that understanding. A Bates method Teacher must have successfully completed "The Course" offered by College of Vision Education or equivalent training and accreditation. Cover does not extend to include degenerative eye condition treatment work. |
| 14 Behaviour Therapy |
| Behaviour Therapy is a form of psychotherapy which seeks to improve the way a person feels by changing what they do. It is commonly used to overcome phobias |
| 15 Bio-Magnetic Therapy |
| Bio-magnetic therapy is simple and natural. Magnets placed on the body increase blood flow in a specific area, much as exercising does; indeed often giving a similar feeling of euphoria. Not only does the modern environment shield us from much of the natural geomagnetic field around the earth but research shows that over the last century it has actually declined by 5 percent, yet it is fundamental for our health and well being. Magnet therapy helps redress the balance. |
| 16 Biofeedback |
| Biofeedback operates on the notion that we have the innate ability and potential to influence the automatic functions of our bodies through the exertion of will and mind. Biofeedback has recently been shown to give us what had previously seemed an impossible degree of control over a variety of physiologic events. Biofeedback can also be used to train persons to block the pain of colitis, neuritis, and other conditions. Many of these techniques have been scientifically proven. Using a special machine and sensors to record muscle contractions and skin temperature, you can learn to control normally involuntary processes such as heart rate and blood pressure that increase under stress. The machine "feeds back" the efforts and eventually you can recognize and control facets of the stress response by yourself |
| 17 Biorhythms |
| Biorhythm charts illustrate the principle that we are influenced by physical, emotional, and intellectual cycles. Many people report that they can improve the quality of their lives by monitoring the highs and lows of these cycles and acting accordingly. For example, you might try to schedule important exams during your intellectual highs, avoid talking to your significant other during your emotional lows, or arranging the lineup of your baseball team around their physical highs |
| 18 Breath Therapy |
| Breath Therapy is a personal development tool — a key ingredient in physical, emotional and mental health. Breath Therapy uses a variety of circular and conscious connected breathing techniques and process exercises to bring physical and emotional stress to the surface for release and integration. This clearing of blocked energy, negative beliefs and outworn habit patterns, unifies and integrates the body, mind, and spirit. |
| 19 Chavutti Thirumal |
| Chavutti Thirumal is a form of massage, which has its origins in Ayurvedic medicine and has been practised in India since ancient times. This is a full body oil massage, but it differs greatly from other forms of massage, in that, to perform Chavutti Thirumal, the practitioner uses her bare feet to carry out specific strokes; some are short, but generally they are long controlled strokes. Chavutti was borne out of the ancient Indian art of Kalarippayattu – a fighting system – which is indigenous to Kerla in Southern India. Kalari embodies elements of dance, yoga and Ayurvedic medicine and this extraordinary massage was originally developed to heal, as well as to promote suppleness and flexibility, thus enabling the Kalari practitioners to perform their art with fluidity and dexterity. |
| 20 Chi Kung |
| Chi Kung is the art of developing vital energy particularly for health, vitality, mind expansion and spiritual cultivation. The Chi Kung exercises utilise deep breathing, although this should never involve holding the breath or forcing the movements |
| 21 Clinical Birthing Hypnosis |
| Using clinical hypnosis within the birth experience. Clinical hypnosis used throughout the birth experience enables a positive attitude to be held by couples and allows a feeling of relaxation peace and confidence that allays fear and so disrupts the cycle of fear and tension which leads to pain.
Cover is provided strictly subject to the therapist NOT attending the birth. |
| 22 Clinical Hypnotherapy |
| Hypnotherapy processes interact directly with inner consciousness to find the core issues of a client life. Clients can examine beliefs and thought processes that are giving rise to emotional, physical, mental and spiritual problems and make changes at the core level from which the outer manifestation originates. With changes at the inner levels of consciousness the outer projection changes. |
| 23 Colour Breathing |
| This is a simple, non-invasive and effective way to relax. It brings together proven relaxation and stress management techniques which men, women and children of all ages find accessible and really enjoy using. Colour Breathing enables you to relax different areas of your body whilst focusing on the vibrant colours of the related Colour Breathing Disks.
Colour Breathing is a particularly useful tool for those who have difficulty with visualisation and other relaxation techniques. The Colour Breathing Disks are becoming widely acclaimed for helping people to help themselves relax. Many people including Nurses, Doctors, Counsellors, Teachers and Life Coaches are now using the Colour Breathing Disks and technique successfully with their clients and patients. |
| 24 Colour Therapy |
| Using the seven colours of the spectrum, Colour Therapy aims to balance and enhance our body's energy centres / Chakras and also to help stimulate our body's own healing process.Colour Therapy uses colour to re-balance the Chakras (our energy centres) that have become depleted of energy. Each of the seven colours of the spectrum, resonates with one of the main seven chakras of the body. These chakras are like spirals of energy, each one relating to the others. Chakra (pronounced sha-kra) is the Sanskrit word for ' wheel'. Colour has a profound effect on us on all levels, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. If our energy centres become blocked or depleted, then our body cannot function properly and this, in turn, can lead to a variety of problems on any level |
| 25 Counselling |
| Simply stated, counselling is any relationship in which one person is helping another person to better understand and solve some problem. Friends and relatives provide a type of counselling, as do clergy, academic advisors, teachers, and many others. Counsellors have a broad range of experience in developing "helping relationships" and working with many different situations |
| 26 Cranio-sacral therapy |
| This is a comprehensive therapy which can be used effectively for the treatment of many conditions at all ages. It is extremely gentle, non-invasive, and causes no discomfort or disturbance to the client; nor does it have any risks or adverse side effects.
In treating the cranio-sacral system, the practitioner is seeking out and identifying areas of restriction, compression or tension through the body which may in turn be impeding proper function of organs, muscles, nerves, blood vessels and body tissues in general. These restrictions may be the result of injury, infection, inflammation, erncstional tension or underlying pathologies. They may also be caused by the compressive pressures of the birth process. |
| 27 Crystal Healing |
| Crystals and gemstones are surrounded by mythology. We are all familiar with the idea of fortune-tellers gazing into crystal balls and foretelling the appearance of tall, dark strangers. However, few of us realise that crystals are actually used by the vast majority of people, every day. Quartz watches, computers, televisions and many conventional medical techniques would not exist without crystals. We base our entire measurement of time upon piezoelectric vibrations from quartz crystal. The scientific theory Piezoelectric currents are tiny electrical charges which are produced when pressure is applied to a specific kind of crystal. Lighters harvest the surge of piezoelectricity into a spark that ignites a flame. Crystals vary their structure when they are subjected to changes in temperature, water levels (hydration) and they even change colour if you alter their electromagnetic field - we use this characteristic in order to see the black figures on the face of a quartz LCD watch. Water levels are also another factor in the way that crystals behave. Crystalline structures are every where - even in the human body. These are found on the surface of cells and in the cell "battery", the mitochondria. If we experience changes in water, electromagnetic field or temperature, then biochemical traffic across the cell membrane can be altered, as well as the energy production capacity of the mitochondria. Crystals can, almost like a lens, "focus" the electromagnetic fields that surround cell membranes and mitochondria. This means that during crystal healing, placing the crystals on nerve clusters usually found around the chakra areas, could lead to significant alterations in the traffic of neurochemical messengers within the nervous system and thus affect bodywide chemistry. Given that emotions are often controlled or varied by our body chemistry - it is easy to see how crystals could even affect our moods |
| 28 Dance Movement Therapy |
| Dance Movement Therapy is the psychotherapeutic use of movement and dance through which a person can engage creatively in a process to further their emotional, cognitive, physical and social integration. It is founded on the principle that movement reflects an individual’s patterns of thinking and feeling. Through acknowledging and supporting clients’ movements the therapist encourages development and integration of new adaptive movement patterns together with the emotional experiences that accompany such changes. Dance Movement Therapy is practised as both individual and group therapy in health, education and social service settings and in private practice |
| 29 Dance Therapy |
| The theory underlying dance therapy is that body movement reflects the inner state of the human, and that by moving the body within a guided therapeutic setting, a healing process begins. Emerging inner conflicts and issues from the unconscious to the consciousness of the person are addressed on all levels - physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Seeking the full integration of mind and body, and bringing harmony between all the aforementioned levels of the human being is what dance therapy is all about |
| 30 Daoyin Tao |
| Daoyin Tao is Chinese Face Neck and Shoulder Massage and is a synergy of softened and adapted traditional Chinese and modern Western massage techniques which creates a subtle yet powerful harmonious blend. Daoyin Tao offers a totally holistic therapy experience. |
| 31 Deep Tissue Massage |
| Massage is the practice of applying structured or unstructured pressure, tension, motion, or vibration – manually or with mechanical aids – to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, joints and lymphatic vessels, to achieve a beneficial response.
Deep tissue massage, as the name implies, concentrates on the deeper tissues of the body to aid the process of injury healing, relieve psychological stress, manage pain, and improve circulation. Where massage is used for its physiological, mental, and mechanical benefits, it may be termed "therapeutic massage" or manipulative therapy. |
| 32 Dowsing |
| To dowse is to search, with the aid of simple hand held tools or instruments, for that which is otherwise hidden from view or knowledge. It can be applied to searches for a great number of artefacts and entities. It is most commonly known by most people in association with searching for underground water; not surprising considering the absolute need for water by man and his animals and cultivated plants which sustain him. Dowsing has been defined by Major-General Jim Scott-Eliot,in his book 'Dowsing - One Man's Way as: 'The ability to use a Natural Sensitivity which enables us to know things we cannot know by the use of the day to day brain or by learning, by experience, or by the use of the five physical senses' |
| 33 Drama Therapy |
| Drama Therapy is a protected title, and it is an offence if you use a protected title if you are not registered with the Health Professionals Council (HPC).
It is also an offence to imply that you are one of the professions that the HPC regulates if you are not. If you have any doubt whatsoever regarding your regulated status please check direct with the HPC. Insurance cover is invalid if you practice without HPC registration. Drama therapy is a health and human services profession that seeks to facilitate physical integration and personal growth for individuals, couples, families, and various groups through the use of theatrical and dramatic processes. Drama therapists work in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, schools, mental centers, prisons, and businesses. |
| 34 Emo Trance |
| EmoTrance uses the intention of your mind to soften and release blocked energy allowing it to find a natural route out of your body. It does this very elegantly by noticing what an emotion (as an example) feels like in your body. You then describe it and then observe it soften and flow through and out of your body.
Everything is just energy, what people say and do to us is just energy, neither positive nor negative. How we handle what we receive makes it a positive or negative experience for us and this is determined by whether we can accept it and let it go or whether it comes on and gets stuck… eg the kick in the stomach, pain in the heart, weight on the shoulders. |
| 35 Emotional Freedom Technique |
| Emotional Freedom Technique is a non-invasive meridian energy modality. Suitably qualified is defined as AAMET accredited EFT Level 2 Certificate or above. |
| 36 Emotional Freedom Therapy |
| Emotional Freedom Therapy is a non-invasive meridian energy therapy. Suitably qualified is defined as AAMET accredited EFT Level 2 Certificate or above. |
| 37 Empulse electromagnetic therapy |
| The Empulse was one of the pioneers in the development of electromagnetic therapy in recent decades. It is a small, non-invasive, non-contact, personal device that over the years since then, has been and continues to be used to great benefit by thousands of people, mainly in the UK.
A key feature of Empulse therapy has been the individual-specific pulsed magnetic frequency pattern that can be adjusted and fine-tuned for optimum bio-energetic balance and real tangible benefit. Further information can be obtained from: http://www.empulse.com/ |
| 38 Encounter Groups |
| A typically unstructured psychotherapy group in which the participants seek to increase their sensitivity, responsiveness, and emotional expressiveness, as by freely verbalizing and responding to emotions |
| 39 Energy Cone Technique (ECT) |
| This is similar to Meridian Energy Therapy.
It brings emotions and negativities of the client to the awareness of both "client" and clinician. These realisations are subsequently removed (or dealt with) with the express intention of the conscious mind. ECT is non invasive, non intrusive, and may be used as a completely confidential technique. There is no necessity for either the therapist or the client to know details of the trauma in order to effectively release it from the system. ECT focuses on the discovery of Energy Cysts, or Cones, predominantly in the palms o f the hands and the dispersal and elimination of that trapped energy in, through and out of the energy body. It can be applied to consciously acknowledged problems, but more often than not it is applied to the unknown and unacknowledged issues that lie beneath all manner of our problems from stress, distress, self esteem issues, phobias and traumas, and much more besides. ECT may be used alone, or in conjunction with other techniques. |
| 40 Energy Healing |
| Energy healing (aura and chakra healing) is one of the most profound and fundamental alternative therapies in the field of alternative medicine and holistic health.
It employs spiritual healing methods which expand the awareness of the energy healer and uses energy, color and light healing techniques to catalyze healing in the patient's energy field (aura and chakra system) – helping the patient break free from afflictions and limitations of body, mind and spirit. It may provide enhanced quality of life for the patient and facilitate spiritual growth. |
| 41 Faith Healing |
| Faith healing, or divine healing, is the use of spiritual means in treating disease, sometimes accompanied (in extreme instances) with the refusal of modern medical techniques. Another term for this is spiritual healing. Faith healing is a form of alternative medicine |
| 42 Floatation Tank Therapy |
| Floating is "a method of attaining the deepest rest that humankind has ever experienced." Lie suspended in a warm solution of Epsom salt only 25cm deep. The salt solution in a floation tank or floatroom is so dense that you float effortlessly. Gentle music helps you to relax. In short, "It's complete mental and physical relaxation" |
| 43 Flower Essence |
| The emotions play a crucial role in the health of the physical body. Flower Essence directly address a person’s emotional state in order to help facilitate both psychological and physiological well-being. By balancing negative feelings and stress, flower essences can effectively remove the emotional barriers to health and recovery. |
| 44 Flower Remedies |
| The emotions play a crucial role in the health of the physical body. Flower remedies directly address a person’s emotional state in order to help facilitate both psychological and physiological well-being. By balancing negative feelings and stress, flower remedies can effectively remove the emotional barriers to health and recovery |
| 45 Focusing |
| Focusing is direct access to a bodily knowing when the individual is quiet and thinks in a structured manner - the structured manner as taught by focusing practitioners |
| 46 Future Life Progression |
| Future Life Progression is described as using deep relaxation techniques and guided imagery to access images and impressions of your future self both in your current lifetime and future lifetimes. |
| 47 Gem Remedies |
| Gemstone therapy is a new-age alternative healing method that has its roots in both in the Hindu religion and medieval medical practices |
| 48 Geopathic Stress |
| It is generally accepted that there are three main causal areas to Geopathic Stress. Earth Radiation, Electromagnetic Radiation and Psychic Energies.
The term Geopathic Stress relates to a process by which natural or man made energies are thought to deplete the immune sytem which leads to a variety of illnesses, dependent on individual weaknesses. It is frequently thought to be a cause of Sick Building Syndrome. Sick Building Syndrome describes a situation whereby people experience symptoms of ill health that seem to be linked to spending time in a building - but where no specific cause can be identified. |
| 49 Gestalt |
| Gestalt Therapy uses our individual awareness to encourage personal growth and develop our potential, to become whole. We do this by noticing how we are living now and exploring how we may create any fixed patterns of behaviour that leave us feeling dissatisfied, uncomfortable or ill at ease. Gestalt encourages a non judgemental awareness of our present experience from moment to moment. Noticing what we experience ( perceptions, sensations, feelings) and how we behave ( express & communicate) in the present creates an opportunity to explore changes in our behaviour and attitudes now. This may enable us to complete previously unresolved experiences and to develop more satisfying ways of expressing ourselves |
| 50 Happiness Cure |
| A therapy that follows the principle that our mind governs and has a major influence on how we feel and how we are and that by having more happiness in our life this will have a beneficial effect on health and well being |
| 51 Healing Dowsing |
| To dowse is to search, with the aid of simple hand held tools or instruments, for that which is otherwise hidden from view or knowledge. It can be applied to searches for a great number of artefacts and entities. It is most commonly known by most people in association with searching for underground water; not surprising considering the absolute need for water by man and his animals and cultivated plants which sustain him. Dowsing has been defined by Major-General Jim Scott-Eliot,in his book 'Dowsing - One Man's Way as: 'The ability to use a Natural Sensitivity which enables us to know things we cannot know by the use of the day to day brain or by learning, by experience, or by the use of the five physical senses' |
| 52 Hearing Therapy |
| A Hearing Therapist's role is to provide a comprehensive rehabilitation service for adults who have hearing difficulties and/or associated disorders |
| 53 Hellerwork |
| Hellerwork is a powerful system of somatic education and structural bodywork, based on the inseparability of body, mind, and spirit. Following Ida Rolf’s lineage of Structural Integration bodywork, Joseph Heller incorporated movement education/awareness and body-centered human development processes creating Hellerwork.
Deep tissue bodywork combined with movement education and dialogue of the mind/body connection guides you to new options, both physically and emotionally. Hellerwork encourages you to make the connection between movement and body alignment. Hellerwork restores your body's natural balance from the inside out. |
| 54 Holistic massage |
| Holistic massage is an ancient discipline used to improve health and wellbeing by treating the mind, body and spirit. It maintains our general health and fitness, complements traditional medicine in the treatment of specific conditions and symptoms, and offers relaxation in our often hectic lifestyles.
Massage is the therapeutic application of touch using a range of movements or strokes upon the skin, muscles and joints. It has significant benefits for all the body’s essential systems. |
| 55 Holistic psychotherapy |
| An approach to psychotherapy promoted by Russian-born Reiki practitioner Katya Salkinder, M.A. it is a means of releasing energy blocks created by unresolved emotional conflicts. |
| 56 Holistic Stress Management |
| The most commonly accepted definition of stress (mainly attributed to Richard S Lazarus) is that stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that “demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilise.” Holistic Stress Management is working with individuals on a holistic basis to assist them to manage their stress to within the resources they have available. |
| 57 Holographic repatterning |
| Holographic repatterning (HR) compares a human being to a hologram - a holographic plate can accommodate millions of images; one only has to change the angle of the light to see a different picture. HR can therefore be described as 'a method to identify and transform non-coherent frequencies that cause us to resonate with life depleting patterns that are preventing us from resonating with life-enhancing patterns.'
The HR practitioner believes that no matter how a problem manifests itself it could be physical pain or emotional disfunction, the underlying issue has to be identified and shifted. This is commonly referred to as an energy block. In HR, a pattern is identified through discussion and a technique learned from kinesiology - a method of taping into body intelligence developed by an American chiropractor called muscle checking. The principle is biofeedback, meaning that the body and mind respond at a purely unconscious level. |
| 58 Homeopathy |
| Natural form of medicine that uses immeasurably small doses of medicines to stimulate the body's own defense and healing process. Homeopathy focuses on bringing the entire body back into homeostasis, or balance |
| 59 Hopi Ear Candling |
| A Hopi ear candle is a cotton tube, impregnated with beeswax, honey and therapeutic oils, that is painlessly inserted into the ear to draw out impurities, relieve pressure in the head and sinuses, and aid hearing problems.
The candles are made from natural ingredients that include sage, St John’s wort, camomile and beta-carotene. Otherwise known as thermo-auricular therapy, the original source of the technique seems to be from medical ceremonies performed by a native American Indian tribe called the Hopis (meaning ‘peaceful people’). Clients are usually advised to remove makeup and jewellery before the treatment starts. Fully dressed the client lies down on their side, with their head supported on a pillow so the auditory canal is vertical. The candle is then lit and the non-burning end is placed gently into the outer ear passage and is turned lightly to seal it in place. The candle then generates a pleasant crackling sound and a warm, comfortable feeling while it draws out the impurities from the ear. After around 10 minutes the process is repeated on the other ear. This is followed by a period of relaxation, and sometimes a facial massage concentrating on the sinus areas. When lit, the ear candle generates a gentle heat which, when combined with the therapeutic oils, produces a light suction action. This is known as the chimney principle, and works by drawing impurities gently to the surface, where they can be removed. Most deposits evaporate and are carried away through the candle ‘chimney’, but some are found in the condensed candle wax residue after it is removed from the ear. None of the candle residue actually goes into the ear. |
| 60 Hot & Cold Stone Massage |
| Hot & Cold Stone massage is a unique form of massage therapy using volcanic stones to warm and cool the body in a specific body sequence. Cover is dependant upon successful completion of the Hot Stone Massage Diploma Course, FHT Approved, provided by the Body Basics School of Body Therapy. |
| 61 Hyperton-X Kinesiology |
| Hyperton-X Kinesiology is an effective system for release of tight and restricted muscles and for muscle balance and neurological (brain) integration.
Hyperton-X uses a correction method based on Proprioceptor Neuro-Muscular Facilitation (P.N.F.) stretching . This releases stress which is held in the muscles of the body - which has the effect of improving physical as well as mental performance levels. |
| 62 Hypno-psychotherapy |
| Hypnotherapy combined with psychotherapy in order to interact directly with inner consciousness to find the core issues of a client life. Clients can examine beliefs and thought processes that are giving rise to emotional, physical, mental and spiritual problems and make changes at the core level from which the outer manifestation originates. With changes at the inner levels of consciousness the outer projection changes. |
| 63 HypnoBirthing |
| HypnoBirthing (registered trade name) is a complete antenatal education as taught and directed by Marie F. Mongan of the HypnoBirthing Institute. Birthing classes are intended to help pregnant mothers have the most natural childbirth possible, using easily-learned self hypnosis and breathing techniques.
A HypnoBirthing (registered trade name) practitioner is not required to be present at the birth and no insurance cover is provided while a practitioner attends a birth. |
| 64 Hypnotherapy |
| Hypnotherapy processes interact directly with inner consciousness to find the core issues of a client life. Clients can examine beliefs and thought processes that are giving rise to emotional, physical, mental and spiritual problems and make changes at the core level from which the outer manifestation originates. With changes at the inner levels of consciousness the outer projection changes. |
| 65 Indian head massage |
| Indian Head Massage is a technique of manipulating soft tissues in the shoulders and scalp. The therapist uses a range of different massage pressures and rhythms to stimulate the head and neck area. A typical massage lasts about 20 minutes |
| 66 Iridology |
| Iridology is an alternative medicine practice in which patterns, colors, and other characteristics of the iris are examined for information about a patient's systemic health. Practitioners match their observations to iris charts which divide the iris into zones that correspond to specific parts of the human body. The eye, therefore, acts as a "window" into the body's state of health. Iridology is a practice that is not recognized by mainstream medicine.
Iridologists highlight systems and organs in the body that are healthy and those which are described as overactive, inflamed, or distressed. These may point to a tendency in the patient towards certain illnesses, to reflect past medical problems, or to predict health problems which may be developing. Since iridology is not a method of treatment, its practitioners have often studied other branches of alternative medicine, such as naturopathy, and used the study of the iris as a diagnostic first step. |
| 67 Kalari Foot Massage |
| In Kalari, massage is done by the GURUKKAL. This is a form of massage, and for descriptive purposes may be likened to Chavutti Thirumal. Please see our definition for a description. Kalari embodies elements of dance, yoga and Ayurvedic medicine and this extraordinary massage was originally developed to heal, as well as to promote suppleness and flexibility, thus enabling the Kalari practitioners to perform their art with fluidity and dexterity. |
| 68 Kinesiology |
| The scientific study of man's movement and the movements of implements or equipment that he might use in exercise, sport or other forms of physical activity |
| 69 LaStone Therapy |
| LaStone® is a multifaceted technique designed to benefit the client and therapist. This is a bodywork and massage technique alternating hot and cold to the body. |
| 70 Laughter therapy |
Practitioners working with individuals or groups to promote the beneficial effects of laughing for the purpose of bringing more laughter and happiness into people’s lives, the benefits are claimed to be:
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| 71 Lymph Drainage Massage |
| A form of massage therapy applied to parts of the body or successively to the whole body, to aid the process of lymphatic drainage. It can be used to clear congestion, waste and fluid from the system.
It can boost the imune system, reduce fluid retention and help detoxify the body. |
| 72 M technique |
| The 'M' technique is a method of structured stroking. Each movement and sequence is done a set number of times, in a set pattern, at a set pressure and set speed that never changes. Cover is provided subject to the practioner being qualified to Practitioner Certification or above with certified ‘M’ technique® instructor. |
| 73 Manipulative Therapy |
| Manipulative therapy is massage which is is the practice of applying structured or unstructured pressure, tension, motion, or vibration — manually or with mechanical aids — to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, joints and lymphatic vessels, to achieve a beneficial response.
A form of therapy, massage can be applied to parts of the body or successively to the whole body, to aid the process of injury healing, relieve psychological stress, manage pain, and improve circulation. Where massage is used for its physiological, mental, and mechanical benefits, it may be termed "therapeutic massage" or manipulative therapy. |
| 74 Manual Lymphatic Drainage |
| Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) is an advanced therapy in which the practitioner uses a range of specialised and gentle rhythmic pumping techniques to move the skin in the direction of the lymph flow.
This stimulates the lymphatic vessels which carry substances vital to the defence of the body and removes waste products. It can boost the imune system, reduce fluid retention and help detoxify the body. |
| 75 Massage |
| Massage is the practice of applying structured or unstructured pressure, tension, motion, or vibration — manually or with mechanical aids — to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, joints and lymphatic vessels, to achieve a beneficial response.
A form of therapy, massage can be applied to parts of the body or successively to the whole body, to aid the process of injury healing, relieve psychological stress, manage pain, and improve circulation. Where massage is used for its physiological, mental, and mechanical benefits, it may be termed "therapeutic massage" or manipulative therapy. |
| 76 Meditation guidance |
| The teaching of or guidance in meditation which is described as a state of concentrated attention on some object of thought or awareness.
It usually involves turning the attention inward to the mind itself. Meditation is often recognized as a component of Eastern religions, having originated in Vedic Hinduism. It has also become mainstream in Western culture. It encompasses any of a wide variety of spiritual practices which emphasize mental activity or quiescence. Meditation can be used for personal development, or to focus the mind on God (or the Gods). Many practice meditation in order to achieve peace, while others practice certain physical yogas in order to become healthier. |
| 77 Mentoring |
| The process in which an experienced colleague is assigned to an inexperienced individual and assists in a training or general support role |
| 78 Meridian Energy Therapy |
| Meridian Energy Therapy is a non-invasive energy therapy similar to and sometimes described as Emotional Freedom Therapy. Suitably qualified is defined as AAMET accredited EFT Level 2 Certificate or above. |
| 79 Metamorphic Technique |
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| 80 Mickel Therapy |
| A body-mind approach to healing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, ME and Fibromyalgia sufferers. The treatment involves face to face talking therapy with no medication, diet change or need for suppliments. All Mickel Therapists are supervised by Dr Mickel. More information can be found at: http://www.mickeltherapy.com |
| 81 Naturopathy |
| Naturopathy treats health conditions by utilizing the body's inherent ability to heal. Naturopathic physicians aid the healing process by incorporating a variety of alternative methods based on the patient's individual needs. Diet, lifestyle, work and personal history are all considered when determining a treatment. |
| 82 Neuro Linguistic Programming |
| NLP is the acromny for Neuro Lingusitic Programming. The goal-oriented approach to problem-solving and modelling success developed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder, characterised by a focus on structure and process rather than content.
Cover is provided ONLY where NLP is used in conjunction with Hypnotherapy and the practitioner is also fully qualified as a Hynotherapist. |
| 83 Nutritional Therapy |
| Advising on dietary and lifestyle changes required for the maintenance of good health |
| 84 Occupational Therapy |
| Occupational therapy is the assessment and treatment of physical and psychiatric conditions using specific, purposeful activity to prevent disability and promote independent function in all aspects of daily life.
Occupational therapists work in hospital and various community settings. They may visit clients and their carers at home to monitor their progress. When a course of therapy is completed, the therapist will analyse how effective it has been. |
| 85 Past Life Regression Therapy |
| Past Life Regression Therapy is described as - Using hypnosis to explore your previous life time for curiosity and therapy |
| 86 Physiotherapist |
| The Health Professions Council (HPC) protects the professional title "physiotherapist". |
| 87 Pilates |
| A technique invented 70 years ago by Joseph H. Pilates. According to The Pilates Studio, pilates (pronounced puh-LAH-teez) focuses on improving flexibility and strength for the overall body, but doesn't build bulk. Some of the first people to use pilates were legendary dancers Martha Graham and George Balanchine. More than just exercise, pilates are a series of controlled movements to engage one's body and mind |
| 88 PNF |
| Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) is a more advanced form of flexibility training that involves both the stretching and contraction of the muscle group being targeted. PNF stretching was originally developed as a form of rehabilitation, and to that effect it is very effective. It is also excellent for targeting specific muscle groups, and as well as increasing flexibility, (and range of movement) it also improves muscular strength. |
| 89 Pregnancy Massage |
| Massage by qualified massage therapists who have the the knowledge, confidence and awareness to work with pregnant clients, provide massage for labour and for instructing couples on labour massage strokes. |
| 90 PSYCH-K |
| PSYCH-K™ is a unique and direct way to identify and change subconscious beliefs that perpetuate old habits and behaviors that you would like to change.
It is a simple process that helps you communicate with your subconscious mind so you can change beliefs that sabotage your self-esteem, relationships, job performance and even your physical health! PSYCH-K™ is a user-friendly way to rewrite the software of your mind in order to change the printout of your life! |
| 91 Psychobiology |
| Psychobiology is the application of the principles of biology to the study of mental processes and behavior. A psychobiologist may compare the imprinting behavior in goslings to the early attachment behavior in human infants and construct theory around these two phenomena. Biological psychologists may often be interested in measuring some biological variable, e.g. an anatomical, physiological, or genetic variable, in an attempt to relate it quantitatively or qualitatively to a psychological or behavioral variable, and thus contribute to evidence based practice. Biopsychology is another synonym for biological psychology. |
| 92 Psychology |
| Psychology is the science of the mind. The human mind is the most complex machine on Earth. It is the source of all thought and behaviour. Psychology attempts to explain why humans think and behave in the way that they do and the many branches of psychology, which are extremely wide-ranging, are inevitably linked together. |
| 93 Psychometric assessment |
| The branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and personality traits |
| 94 Psychosynthesis |
| Psychosynthesis was conceived by the Italian psychiatrist Roberto Assagioli (1888-1974) and is a unified conception of human development and an organised system of techniques which can be applied in the fields of therapy, education and medicine.
It is concerned with the realisation of individual potential and harmonisation of all elements of the personality. Among the methods used are creative visualisation, free drawing, the training of the will, physical expression, writing, disidentification, meditation, interpersonal and group work. |
| 95 Psychotherapist |
| Minimum qualification (or equivalent) AFFILIATE MEMBER (ANCP)- The National Council of Psychotherapists
Applicants for Affiliate status must either have a minimum of three years experience within the field of counselling/therapy and/or be a graduate an NCP Affiliate accredited course and may, over time apply to upgrade to Licentiate status within the Council. It is a condition that applicants agree to abide by the Code of ethics of The National Council of Psychotherapists Which can be found by following this link: - http://www.natcouncilofpsychotherapists.org.uk/Membership/coe.htm |
| 96 Quantum-Touch |
| In principal the Quantum-Touch practitioner learns to focus and amplify life-force energy ("Chi" or "Prana") by combining various breathing and body awareness exercises - PROVIDED THAT: this is not practiced on TV/radio or other media shows. |
| 97 Radical Forgiveness |
| When we think about ‘forgiveness’, we think in terms of 'letting bygones be bygones. The need to forgive vs. the need to condemn the one who hurt you can become a struggle in which there is rarely a winner. Even if you are able to completely forgive, you probably will never forget, so is it true forgiveness?
Radical Forgiveness, on the other hand, is simple, easy to do and effective immediately. Any one can learn how to do it. You need no special knowledge or skill and, best of all, depends on no ‘guru’. Radical Forgiveness is not really something we do; it is a spiritual viewpoint we are willing to take. |
| 98 Reality Therapy |
| The core of Reality Therapy is the idea that regardless of what has 'happened' to us, what we may have done, or how our needs may have been unmet or violated in the past, to be happy and effective we must live and plan in the present. It enables people to clarify how they can best fulfil their needs; to evaluate their own behaviours and make more effective and need satisfying choices, both now and in the future and, importantly, without infringing the needs of others. For more information visit: http://realitytherapy.org.uk |
| 99 Reconnective Healing |
| Dr. Eric Pearl is the founder of The Reconnection® which teaches people how to tap into a new form of energy healing called Reconnective Healing®. Dr. Pearl explains that the frequencies "reconnect us with our own innate abilities to heal, not just ourselves,but also to help facilitate dramatic healings for others. They reconnect us with our original fullness and oneness with the universe."
Reconnective Healing is often a life-changing experience, engaging you in a new bandwidth of energetic light and information, allowing for the healing of mind, body and spirit. Reconnective Healing® allows you to experience a broader reality as you engage in this evolutionary bandwidth of energetic light and information. When you make contact with these frequencies, your consciousness expands to connect with your multidimensional nature which gives you the experience of connecting to your essence and discovering who you really are. In the presence of this experience, obstacles that separate you from your divine connection to the perfection of the universe (whether they are physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, or even combinations of these), are removed. The illusions, that separate you from your truth and what you have been called to do, fall away as they are unable to hold on to this higher vibration of light. Energetically it re-aligns you with your divine blueprint and allows for the alleviation of dis-ease on all levels |
| 100 Reflexology |
| A form of massage in which pressure is applied to certain parts of the feet and hands in order to promote relaxation and healing elsewhere in the body. A science based on the belief that each part of the body is interconnected through the nervous system to the hands and feet. Stimulating specific reflex points in the feet can bring needed nutrients to poorly functioning areas of the body. This can help restore balance throughout the body |
| 101 Reiki |
| Reiki (pronounced Ray-Key) is a system of Enlightenment and a Hands on Healing art developed in the early 1900's by Mikao Usui in Japan. It is an art that is passed from Master to student. The word Reiki comes from two Japanese words - Rei and Ki, meaning Universal Life Force Energy. The term "Reiki" is used to describe both the energy and the Usui system of using it. The original system by Usui was called Usui Reiki Ryoho |
| 102 Relaxation therapy |
| The use of simple relaxation and breathing exercises to enable an individual to relax |
| 103 Remedial massage |
| Remedial massage is deep tissue massage that efficiantly treats injuries. |
| 104 Reverse Therapy |
| Reverse Therapy is the name associated with the Reverse Therapy Organisation's unique service.
It is a Bodymind healing process in which the Reverse Therapist teaches the client to attune to and understand the messages that the client's Bodymind is trying to communicate through the symptoms. In this way Reverse therapy is really an educational process in which the client is taught how to eliminate the Body’s need to produce symptoms. With the help of the therapist the client puts into words and action the underlying needs indicated by the symptom-message. These include the need for protection, self-assertion, intimacy and joy. Records are used to track the effect of the client's actions on reducing the symptoms and to gather more information about other situations that trigger increases in the symptoms. |
| 105 Rolfing |
| Rolfing® Structural Integration is a hands-on manipulation developed by Ida P. Rolf 50 years ago. It works on the connective tissue to release, realign and balance the whole body. Rolfing enhances your posture and freedom of movement. It can resolve pain and discomfort from many different causes, including back pain, repetitive motion injury, trauma, and aging. Rolfing is also an excellent foundation for and complement to yoga, pilates and other personal wellness practices. |
| 106 Scenar therapy |
| Scenar therapy is a holistic form of treatment which stimulates the nervous system and teaches it to heal itself. Electrical impulses, the parameters of which are similar to endogenous nerve impulses, are transmitted through the skin to the nervous system. Fast-reacting, informational biofeedback means that each impulse is different from the previous one.
Scenar action influences adaptive processes of the organism and helps to harmonize them. In response to Scenar impulses the nervous system releases neuropeptides. They are delivered into the blood stream and broken down into many compounds which are themselves, bioactive. As a result, homeostasis is gradually and gently restored. |
| 107 Seichim Healing |
| Seichim or Faith or divine healing, is the use of spiritual means in treating disease, sometimes accompanied (in extreme instances) with the refusal of modern medical techniques. Another term for this is spiritual healing. Faith healing is a form of alternative medicine |
| 108 Shiatsu |
| Treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body |
| 109 SoulTalk |
| The SoulTalk - Registered Trade Mark - Method is a program that enables you to locate and overcome your unconscious blocks that keep you from moving forward in life. It is a unique approach to mental and emotional wellness.
It combines elements of modern psychology, alternative healing, body polarity work, neuroscience, and years of original research and hands on experience. Once unconscious limitations have been located and removed on any given issue, you are left with the potent power you were born with to make deliberate and conscious choices. You may find yourself no longer living the life you were handed, but choose to create a life of your design and choice. |
| 110 Sport Massage |
| Sport massage is the practice of applying structured or unstructured pressure, tension, motion, or vibration — manually or with mechanical aids — to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, joints and lymphatic vessels, to achieve a beneficial response.
Sport massage is specifically directed so as to be beneficial for anyone engaged in sport. |
| 111 Stress Management |
| The most commonly accepted definition of stress (mainly attributed to Richard S Lazarus) is that stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that “demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilise.” Stress Management is working with individuals so they may manage their stress to within the resources they have available. |
| 112 Stress Massage |
| Massage originated in Sweden. Swedish body massage is the original massage technique involving a sequence of movements working superficially and deeper into the tissue layers.
Please see our definition of Swedish Massage. Stress massage is Swedish Massage that concentrates and specialises in the relief of stress in the patient. |
| 113 Swedish Massage |
| Body massage originated in Sweden. Swedish body massage is the original massage technique involving a sequence of movements working superficially and deeper into the tissue layers.
Movements such as effleurage work over the skin with the palm of the hand producing relaxation, whereas movements like petrissage work deeply. Petrissage movements such as wringing and kneading will help to relieve tension promoting deep relaxation in the tissues and muscles. As no two people are alike, the body massage sequence will be adapted to the client's needs. Areas massaged in a full body massage are normally, legs, arms front of shoulders, abdomen (optional) back of legs or thigh and back. |
| 114 Tapas Acupressure Technique |
| Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT)
Description:
TAT is one of the new ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY techniques.
Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT) has been developed by Tapas Fleming, an American acupuncturist, to treat allergies.
It is an incredibly simple and fast technique used to treat the negative effects of allergies, trauma and beliefs. This powerful Energy Psychology healing technique is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine and uses a set of points on the head where many acupuncture meridians merge and enter the brain. Contact on these points opens up a flow of energy that allows the brain to rapidly process and release “stuck“ information, thought patterns and beliefs. |
| 115 Thai foot massage |
| Thai Foot Massage is a massage of the hands, legs and feet that originated in Thailand about 2000 years ago. It is a part of traditional Thai massage and has elements of Shiatsu, Chinese massage and Yoga incorporated into the massage itself |
| 116 Thai Yoga Massage |
| This is an ancient, Eastern form of bodywork. The treatment works on the body's sen (energy) lines and incorporates the use of acupressure, yogic stretches and twists as well as breath work.
Thai massage is a whole body technique. Attention is given to feet, legs, hips, the stomach, the lower and upper back, the shoulders, the head and face which is why sessions are often longer than many Western massages. Thai yoga massage is given in a meditative manner and is often called 'the physical application of loving kindness' because the giver wishes good health and happiness upon the receiver. |
| 117 The Reconnection |
| The Reconnection is the umbrella process of reconnecting to the universe that allows for Reconnective Healing to take place. These healings and evolutionary frequencies are of a new bandwidth and are brought in via a spectrum of light and information that has never before been present on Earth. It is through The Reconnection that we are able to interact with these new levels of light and information, and it is through these new levels of light and information that we are able to reconnect. |
| 118 Thermo-Auricular Therapy |
| Otherwise known as Hopi Ear Candling, the original source of the technique seems to be from medical ceremonies performed by a native American Indian tribe called the Hopis (meaning ‘peaceful people’).
A Hopi ear candle is a cotton tube, impregnated with beeswax, honey and therapeutic oils, that is painlessly inserted into the ear to draw out impurities, relieve pressure in the head and sinuses, and aid hearing problems. The candles are made from natural ingredients that include sage, St John’s wort, camomile and beta-carotene.
Clients are usually advised to remove makeup and jewellery before the treatment starts. Fully dressed the client lies down on their side, with their head supported on a pillow so the auditory canal is vertical. The candle is then lit and the non-burning end is placed gently into the outer ear passage and is turned lightly to seal it in place. The candle then generates a pleasant crackling sound and a warm, comfortable feeling while it draws out the impurities from the ear. After around 10 minutes the process is repeated on the other ear. This is followed by a period of relaxation, and sometimes a facial massage concentrating on the sinus areas. When lit, the ear candle generates a gentle heat which, when combined with the therapeutic oils, produces a light suction action. This is known as the chimney principle, and works by drawing impurities gently to the surface, where they can be removed. Most deposits evaporate and are carried away through the candle ‘chimney’, but some are found in the condensed candle wax residue after it is removed from the ear. None of the candle residue actually goes into the ear. |
| 119 Thought Field Therapy |
| Non invasive therapy by suitably qualified practitioners to Algorithm and diagnostic standard (callahan technques)
More information is available at http://www.thoughtfieldtherapy.co.uk/ |
| 120 Time Line Therapy |
| A collection of techniques developed by Dr Tad James that enable you to very quickly and easily release negative emotions from events in the past, delete limiting decisions, and literally put goals into your future in such a way that they happen just the way you want them to. Time Line Therapy™ is a registered trademark of Dr. Tad James, licensed exclusively to the Time Line Therapy Association, Inc. Association members are authorised to use this trademark in conjunction with their practice of Time Line Therapy™ techniques. |
| 121 Trager |
| Utilising gentle, non-intrusive, natural movements, The Trager Approach helps release deep-seated physical and mental patterns and facilitates deep relaxation, increased physical mobility and mental clarity. These patterns may have developed in response to accidents, illnesses, or any kind of physical or emotional trauma, including the stress of everyday life.
Because many of the effects are cumulative, clients most often appreciate and will benefit from a series of sessions. One of the most potents aspects of this method is the ability to recall the feeling of deep relaxation and how it feels to move freely and easily. |
| 122 Visualisation |
| The process of creating internal mental images (internal visualization and imagination) for the purpose of change |
| 123 Vitamin Therapy |
| Any therapeutic use of vitamins, whether necessitated by nutritional deficiency or not. Excluding mesotherapy and/or injecting. |
| 124 Wax hair removal |
| To remove unwanted body hair for cosmetic reasons using wax. Cover is provided subject to the practitioner having as a minimum qualification the Hair Removal Certificate offered by The Northern College of Beauty and Holistic Therapies or equivalent. |
| 125 Whole Food Therapy |
| An alternative therapy to encourage and maintain peak health by the use of whole food. The promotion of whole and unprocessed (or minimally processed) food instead of the packaged and highly processed food that is consumed in large quantity by many people today |
| 126 Yoga |
| The Sanskrit word yoga is translated as 'union' between mind, body and spirit. In the West, the most widely taught form of yoga is Hatha Yoga with classes offering students exercises to stretch and flex the body, develop breath awareness, relaxation and sometimes meditation |
