Insurance when offering various therapies?

[Pompal 09.]

Hello
I am currently about to gain a diploma in Womens Stress Management, which is what I wish to practise in the future. I am now doing a course in aromatherapy at nightschool, and although it appears to be quite detailed with lots of practise, it is onlya 10 week course. If I wanted to offer basic aromatherapy as part of my overall stress management practise, would I need to qualify in it at a certain level to gain insurance to practise, or would I just gain insurance from having done my Stress Management diploma? This goes for other therapies such as basic relaxation and breathing techniques etc. too. Do I need to qualify in each element to gain insurance or what?

thanks, abi

 

[Erica L]

Hi Abi,

In order to get insurance for a therapy you really need to have trained in it. How much training you do depends though. Some insurance companies will only accept recognised courses such as ITEC etc, while others are prepared to accept distance learning courses as well as official ones.
What all of them will say though, is that you will have to have had training in the therapoy you want to be insured for.
E.g. if you trained in reiki you cannot ask for your policy to cover you for massage, however, if you trained in hypnotherapy you could get covered for EFT, NLP etc as they recognise that this is all interlinked.
Obviously if you want to include aromatherapy then you would need to take a course. There are some good distance learning courses out there, although a lot of people feel that without 'hands on' practise you cannot get the correct training. Ultimately it is up to you which route you take, as both distance learning & hands on courses have benefits and drawbacks.

what ever you decide, i wish you the best of luck in yuor new venture!