Fellows of the Society of Holistic Therapists & Coaches
www.societytherapistscoaches.co.uk
About
Us:
Insured
Professionally
Registered
Qualified
to
real standards
Adhering
to
NOS
Dedicated
to
Ongoing development
Adhering
to
codes of ethics
Involved
in
training provision
Therapists
with Supervision access
First
established 1993
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to Scotland's
Premier Therapy and Holistic Personal Development Site
'Therapeutic care
& Personal Development - The solution to your problems is in
you'
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WARNING
PLEASE READ FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY
This page is provided free of charge to all persons looking for
assistance. Please use it to ensure you take proper care when choosing
any therapist.
There are plenty of providers of therapy, life coaching and personal
development out there. Of course we would like you to choose us, we
have a business to run!
We
do however have another reason for this page.
If you choose a poor quality therapist, then the danger is you will
come away feeling that complementary health therapists and life coaches
are no good. This reflects on all of us, good and bad. Therefore please
let us help you with the following check list. Hopefully this will
allow you to choose a good quality provider and come away able to
recommend therapists and complementary health.
Safety
Check List: Expect NO LESS than the following:
Please
feel free to print and refer to this page
1. Does
the therapist
adhere to the National Occupational Standards for therapies offered?
These represent nationally set standards for practice and safety.
Without these you have no way of knowing what standards if any your
potential therapist adheres to!
Naturally we adhere to NOS National Occupational Standards in ALL
therapies offered. These include general therapy NOS where no specific
NOS apply.
2. Is
the therapist
qualified with an award recognised by anyone?
Unfortunately most therapists have awards with NO REAL RECOGNITION!
Look for real qualifications that mean something! For example
degrees from real universities, NVQ's, SNVQ's and awards from SQA and
QCA (Qualification Curriculum Authority - England, Scottish
Qualification Authority - Scotland) approved awarding bodies, for
example City and Guilds, VCTC, and ASET. These should be to a minimum
professional level of level 3. Level 3 represents supervised
competence.
Naturally we have awards from recognised sources such as degrees, NVQ
and ASET. These range from level 3 to creation of level 5.
3. Is
the therapist
professionally insured and registered?
The therapist
should be registered and insured so that they are subject to
appropriate standards of behaviour, performance and ethics as well as
being insured against accidents and poor practice. This is for your
protection!
Of course we are fully registered and insured with a number of
professional organisations. These include the Society for Holistic
Therapists and Coaches, IPTI, and in the case of our senior therapist,
the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health and the Institute of
Health Promotion and Education.
4. Is
the therapist
"just qualified"? In other
words have they managed to get
a qualification but have no real experience? Some such therapists are
of course very competent, but always ask about depth of qualification
and experience. Do not accept amateurs!
Naturally we have many years of experience, indeed we were established
in 1993. Our senior therapist has been assessed in actual practice in
order to attain an NVQ Level 4 Training and Development Award in the
industrial area of complementary health education and stress management
education. Both practitioners have backgrounds in relevent
industries: Stuart in Social and Youth work, and Denise in Childcare.
Stuart has a UK degree in a related subject prior to specific
training, and additional international degree recognition in related
subjects (in real international standards, not degree
mills!). Denise has real nationally recognised experience and
qualifications in Social Care prior to training as a therapist.
Bother therapists have a full range of therapies that they
have trained in to accredited standards.
You are recommended not to accept "therapists", "coaches" or
"practitioners" with no background, no experience and no practical
additional training to fall back on!
5.
Is the therapist
supervised / supported?
According to the National
Occupational Standards therapists should have access to appropriate
supervision and support.
Yes of course we have access to professional and personal support.
6. The
therapist should
have a commitment to ongoing professional development and training.
Of course if you want to consult someone who does not get training
updates and does not keep their qualifications up to date, then "buyer
beware"! The NOS National Occupational Standards and indeed
common sense indicate that therapists should stay up to date and
current with additional training.
Naturally we stay up to date with ongoing properly accredited training
programmes. At present (2007) we both have multiple
accredited professional courses and awards underway.
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We do not have any desire to assist people looking for a "magic
cure",
or people incapable of following simple instuctions.
We have NO INTEREST in business programmes, advertising scams and in
particular YELL.com agents. Do not Bother, we delete you automatically!
Staff taking your message may have no knowledge of therapy and training
issues!
This helps to ensure your
confidentiality.
Please be polite to staff trying to take your details!
If you leave a message and have not left an email or SMS contact
method, you will have caused us to be charged for no reason. This
means unless you contact us properly, we will ignore you.
From 2010 psychological therapy will also contain elements of
mindfulness and CBT in order to increase client development between
sessions.
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