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Complementary therapies: Get a better result!

So you’ve taken the plunge and booked yourself in for a complementary therapy, but how do you get the best out of your treatment?

So you’ve taken the plunge and booked yourself in for a complementary therapy, but how do you get the best out of your treatment?
Therapists often talk about the fact that patients don’t reveal enough of themselves when being treated. Complementary therapists who have their training completed at recognised schools or associations have to work to rigorous standards of education and methods of practice. Usually a training course will take a minimum of a year, often longer, and embrace many aspects of a practitioner’s life beyond the skills required for the therapy itself. This can include maybe 50 case studies to demonstrate their ability to put theory into practice and an ability to ‘look beyond the obvious.’

When you give your therapist any information it is totally confidential. Be sure to tell them everything you think is relevant, in fact anything that is causing you unhappiness since it often has major relevance to the visual and obvious symptoms. You should expect to be received by a properly and cleanly-attired therapist who has the right equipment to give the treatment as efficiently and as comfortably as possible. The premises must be clean and well organised with a proper record-keeping process. Efficiency, comfort and safety are paramount in the training process. Although most complementary therapies cannot do you harm, their effectiveness can be diluted or even prevented if the therapist’s training does not cover all of these issues, so make sure you are getting the treatment you deserve!

Article by

Terry Cullen

Terry Cullen is the chairman of the British Complementary Medicine Association

Terry Cullen is the chairman of the British Complementary Medicine Association.

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Article by

Terry Cullen

Terry Cullen is the chairman of the British Complementary Medicine Association

Terry Cullen is the chairman of the British Complementary Medicine Association.

Discover more