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  • Aromatherapy and FHT’s Accredited Register featured in Practice Management

    An article about aromatherapy, by FHT Vice-president, Mary Dalgleish, has been published in Practice Management today, as part of a series featuring therapies listed on the FHT’s Accredited Register. This introductory piece covers different modes of applications; potential benefits and uses, including sleep problems, stress, pain and infection; and areas of caution. In addition, it…

  • Are you ready?

    With just a month to go, tickets are running out for FHT’s 2015 Gala Awards Dinner and Training Congress. For the first time ever, the two events will be held on the same weekend, giving you the chance to enjoy a weekend away, while catching up with friends, meeting new people, gaining some CPD points and…

  • International Therapist Summer 2015, Issue 113

    The summer issue of International Therapist is out now. This issue includes articles by Simeon Niel-Asher, who looks at common shoulder complaints; Kim Ford provides an introduction to analysing and treating darker skin types; plus a look at Finger Free® reflexology; vision boards; essential oils and head lice; and Jane Johnson talks about therapeutic stretching…

  • From bedbound to winner of the APCTC Courage to Change Award 2015

    FHT accredited course provider Elaine Wilkins was recently awarded the APCTC Courage to Change Award 2015 for her ground-breaking work in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia recovery.* The APTC is an umbrella body consisting of professional coaches, trainers and consultants, across a wide range of disciplines. Elaine told the FHT: ‘When they called my…

  • International Therapist Summer Issue

    The summer issue of International Therapist is on its way to members. This issue includes articles by Simeon Niel-Asher, who looks at common shoulder complaints; Kim Ford provides an introduction to analysing and treating darker skin types; plus a look at Finger Free® reflexology; vision boards; essential oils and head lice; and Jane Johnson talks…

  • What to see or not to see, that is the question

    Things to do at this year’s Training Congress in Stratford-upon-Avon Members making the most of the Training Congress weekend will have time to explore the sights of Stratford-upon-Avon and nearby Warwick before joining us for the FHT Dinner and 2015 Excellence Awards presentation, held from 7pm on Saturday 5 September. Stratford-upon-Avon is most notably the…

  • Develop your sensitivity, develop yourself

    Working with energy to enhance your treatments by Jan Trewartha Awareness of your own body is just as important as tuning into the client. For me, as a practitioner, a vital element of being a therapist is the development of my own awareness and sensitivity in order to have a better quality of life, to…

  • Health and beauty with crystals

    Crystal techniques for your beauty regime by Jacqueline Winters Crystals emit a natural form of light that can be used within both the health and the beauty industry. When you see beauty within yourself and within the world, you are at ease with life and in harmony with your inner being. Light therapy has been…

  • Training Congress update

    2015 FHT Training Congress – Sunday 6 September – Stratford-upon-Avon Speaker showcase: Simeon Neil-Asher Expert speaker and osteopath Simeon Neil-Asher writes about the importance of understanding shoulder pathology in the ageing population, “Shoulder pain affects 60 per cent of the population at one time in their life and its incidence increases with age, particularly as…

  • Guided meditation CD supports The Sam Buxton Sunflower Healing Trust

    Dr Kai Kermani’s ‘Empower and Heal your Life’ is a guided mediation CD that has been produced for The Sam Buxton Sunflower Healing Trust – a charity that supports cancer patients and their families by providing funds to employ complementary therapists in the NHS and hospices. Healing can provide an energising and balancing effect on the…

  • FHT News – July issue

    The July issue of FHT News is on its way to members. In our monthly e-newsletter, we update you about your membership and what’s happening in the therapy world. This month, updates include: FHT meets with healthcare professionals at Accredited Registers Round Table event Massage and FHT’s Accredited Register is promoted in Practice Management magazine Promote…

  • Accredited Registers – paving the way forward

    The FHT was pleased to attend an Accredited Registers Round Table event on Wednesday, 1 July, organised by the Professional Standards Authority. It was an excellent opportunity for the FHT to discuss with healthcare professionals and commissioners how the Accredited Registers workforce – including more than 10,000 therapists on the FHT’s Complementary Healthcare Therapist Register…