From traditional chinese medicine therapist to herbal therapist
13 of the 26 essential skills of a herbal therapist are already essential for a traditional chinese medicine therapist — about 50% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 13
- would be new
- 50%
- of the target job covered
- 26
- essential skills of a herbal therapist
What a herbal therapist does
Herbal therapists use herbal medicine to relief pain and treat illnesses such as allergies, chronic physical conditions or stress-related conditions. They study the properties and benefits of plants and create a personalised treatment plan for the patients.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply context specific clinical competences
- develop therapeutic relationships
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- identify customer's needs
- listen actively
- maintain work area cleanliness
- observe healthcare users
- phytotherapy
- promote mental health
What would be new
13 skillsEssential for a herbal therapist and not for a traditional chinese medicine therapist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- acupuncture methods
- advise on mental health
- apply a holistic approach in care
- apply aromatherapy
- characteristics of plants
- collect healthcare user's general data
- communicate in healthcare
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- interact with healthcare users
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- provide health education
- study topics
- types of aromatherapy treatments
Other moves from traditional chinese medicine therapist
2 roles- acupuncturist14 skills in common
- shiatsu practitioner14 skills in common
← traditional chinese medicine therapistherbal therapist →The other way round
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How far are you from being a herbal therapist?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.