complementary therapist
Complementary therapists use a range of complementary and alternative therapies to work simultaneously with the clients` body, mind, and spirit in a holistic approach. They offer practices and services for holistic wellbeing, health maintenance, health education, health promotion and prevention of illness, along with the sustainable treatment of certain illnesses, especially chronic illnesses. Their practices include but are not limited to acupuncture, aromatherapy, banotherapy, homeopathy, and herbal medicine.
Also called: naturopath, complementary therapy practitioner, complementary medicine practitioner, traditional practitioner of natural health, naturopathic practitioner, traditional therapist, alternative therapist, alternative medicine therapist
- 7
- essential skills
- 66
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- acupuncturist6 skills in common
- homeopath6 skills in common
- sophrologist6 skills in common
- herbal therapist5 skills in common
- physiotherapist5 skills in common
- shiatsu practitioner5 skills in common
- specialist chiropractor5 skills in common
- traditional chinese medicine therapist5 skills in common
Optional skills
66- acupressure
- acupuncture methods
- advise on healthy lifestyles
- applied kinesiology
- apply a holistic approach in care
- apply acupuncture
- apply aromatherapy
- apply massage therapy
- apply systemic therapy
- attend to sophrology clients
- auriculotherapy
- ayurveda medicine
- balneotherapy
- behavioural therapy
- breathing techniques
- characteristics of plants
- communicate with customers
- complementary and alternative medicine
- conduct a homeopathic consultation
- conduct cupping therapy
- conduct physical examinations
- deliver sophrology exercises
- dietetics
- electrical stimulation in acupuncture
- energy therapy
- ensure safety of exercise environment
- etiopathy
- fasciatherapy
- first aid
- give massages
- give shiatsu massages
- homeopathy
- homeopathy remedies
- identify energetic meridians
- inform clients of healthy lifestyle benefits
- iridology
- kinesiology
- kinetics
- movement techniques
- multi-professional cooperation in health care
- offer advice on diet-related concerns
- osteopathy
- pathologies treated by acupuncture
- phytotherapy
- play therapy
- prepare oils
- prepare sophrology session
- prescribe exercises
- prescribe topical therapy
- promote healthy lifestyle
- promote mental health
- reflexology
- reiki
- relaxation techniques
- safely instruct about fitness
- select acupuncture points
- shiatsu
- skin types
- sophrology
- sterilization techniques
- tai chi
- therapeutic massage
- traditional Chinese medicine
- types of aromatherapy treatments
- types of essential oils
- vojta therapy
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