Complementary Therapies

Complementary Therapies
Supported Home Study
Course Summary

Reach Your Potential in Complementary Therapies
Complementary Therapies are fast becoming a popular addition to conventional medicine.

If this is a field that interests you, then this distance learning course will give you a better understanding of current approaches in complementary therapy.

The DCA Course in Complementary Therapies introduces the many disciplines that fall under the heading of ‘natural medicine', including homeopathy, acupuncture, osteopathy and medical herbalism.

To work in the field of Complementary Therapy you don't have to be an expert or practitioner in a specialist field. However, you do need a good working knowledge of all the different fields so you can explain alternative options to other people, advise them on an appropriate starting point and then help them with referrals to those who can provide the treatment they need.

You will find this Course invaluable if you are working, or planning to work, in the fields of natural medicine, herbal medicine or health foods. Or, perhaps, you already work in formal medicine and want to broaden your understanding of complementary therapies?

Complementary Therapies Course Outline

If you want a career as a Complementary Therapist, our tutor supported open distance learning Complementary Therapies course provides the necessary knowledge, skills and qualification without disrupting your current lifestyle.

The DCA Home Learning Complementary Therapies course provides training in the core skills needed to embark on a rewarding career in Complementary Therapy. The DCA supported self-study Complementary Therapies course is specially designed, allowing you to learn the skills of Complementary Therapy through flexible and cost-effective home study at your own time and pace.

With the DCA Home Learning Complementary Therapies course, online study resources and a personal tutor are available to guide you throughout the course, and your Student Advisor is a Freephone call away. What's more, because the distance learning Complementary Therapies course is so comprehensive, no prior knowledge or skills are required. The DCA Complementary Therapies course provides an entry level diploma as proof our your competence and skills.

If you'd like to earn more money and enjoy working in Complementary Therapies, the DCA home study course is the ideal distance learning training course for you.

Natural diagnostic techniques
Complete therapeutic systems

• Naturopathy
• Asian systems
• Shamanism

Therapies

• Chiropractic
• Osteopathy
• Cranial osteopathy
• Rolfing
• Myotherapy
• Rosen Technique
• Bowen Technique
• Massage
• Aromatherapy
• Reflexology
• Polarity Therapy
• Herbal medicine
• Dietary and nutritional therapies
• Homeopathy
• Flower and tree remedies
• Acupuncture
• Acupressure
• Shiatsu
• Clinical ecology
• Geopathic therapy
• Psychotherapy and counselling
• Hypnosis and hypnotherapy
• Relaxation therapies
• Reiki
• Radionics
• Crystal and gem therapies
• Light and sound therapies

Ailments by body system

Homeopathy

• Origins of homeopathy
• Preparing and finding a remedy
• Visiting a practitioner
• Guide to the Materia Medica
• The Materia Medica - principal homeopathic remedies
• Repertory index
• The home medicine chest
• Herbal remedies
• Herbs in the holistic context
• Wholeness and prevention
• Practical herbalism
• Chiropractic
• Reflexology
• Acupuncture
• Reiki and homeopathy
• Finding and preparing a remedy
• Weight control
• Drug and alcohol abuse
• Gathering herbs
• The preparation of herbs
• The chemistry of herbs
• Herbs for infections and infestations
• Anti-microbials
• Diabphoretics
• Anthelmintics
• Treating infections
• Treating infestations
• Herbal remedies in the home

The Herbal Index: individual profile of herbs

• Herbs for particular systems of the body
• The circulatory system
• The lymphatic system
• The respiratory system
• Ears, nose, throat and eyes
• The digestive system
• The nervous system
• The skin
• The musculoskeletal system
• The glandular system
• The reproductive system
• The urinary system
• Health counselling
• Enhancing physical health: the counsellor's contribution
• The process of health counselling: strategies, skills and concepts
• Counselling applications
• Weight control
• Smoking cessation
• Drug and alcohol abuse
• Exercise motivation
• Sleep difficulties
• Sexual health
• Chronic pain
• Coping with illness
• Towards a wellness perspective.

Complementary Therapies Career Opportunities

Increasingly, it is recognised that no one discipline or philosophy of treatment has all the answers all the time. However, by working together, the various disciplines of human health can achieve far superior results to what any of them alone have managed in the past.

People working in the field of complementary therapy are not necessarily experts or practitioners in any of these specialist fields.

DCA's Complementary Therapies Course will be of great value to those who are working or plan to work in the fields of natural medicine, herbal remedies or health foods. Furthermore, it will be of interest to many people involved in a formal medical environment who wish to broaden their understanding of complementary therapies. Indeed, the field is so interesting and relevant that many are eager to find out more simply out of concern for their own personal health and a desire to become wiser about alternative health care.

Complementary Therapies Learning Method

Learn at home in your spare time, using proven learning methods perfected by DCA - leaders in the field of home learning.

Home learning is a convenient way of earning a DCA diploma at a pace and time that suits your lifestyle.

Thousands of people enrol in home learning course every day.

With DCA, you can study when you feel like it. This might be relaxing in the comfort of your own home, relaxing on the sofa. It may be on a train or in the park on a hot summer day.

Your materials are delivered directly to your home in bite-sized chunks, which means that you can take them wherever you want to.

As you have all the materials to study your course, there is no need to attend any classes so you are free to fit your studies around a current job and earn as you learn or balance your learning with family life, hobbies and other commitments.

As a DCA student, you will have access to your own courses tutor on a FREEPHONE helpline or if you choose by e-mail. Your tutor will be with you throughout your course.

DCA Diploma

DCA Home Learning awards a personalised diploma to all students who have successfully completed their course. Students who achieve an average score of 90% or higher will earn a "Diploma with Highest Honours."

Students undertaking an accredited course will receive the appropriate certificate from the awarding body.