What Qualifiaction????

[blmezenq]

What do you reckon does my IHM course need to be VCTC or would one run at a beauty school etc do. Theres one by me thats run over 2 days and you get a diploma from them and can join some beuty federation that gives indemnity insurance or do you think it deffo has to be VCTC ITEC or similar???
TIA
MrsMoby

 

[lostinsidemyself]

Hey!

You will probably find that some insurance companies insist on the course being recognised by them for you to be able to get insurance, however you can get insurance through companies that don't require a particular course. What you will need to check first if you do go down this route is that they can cover you for all of the therapies that you currently practice, as there is no point going with a company that can cover you for IHM without the course being ITEC etc, if you cant get insurance through them for your other work!

I'm with a company called SMG and I know that they do not require your IHM course to be an offically recognised course, but you would need to check that they can cover any other therapies you practice.

Hope this helps!

 

[prettylittlething]

Thanks will look up SMG as I am a level 2 Reiki healer as well so they sound ideal for insurance.
MrsMoby

 

[zessneits]

Hi Mrs Toby,

I would definitely recommend that you do a longer course with a proper qualification than only a two day course. You can learn a lot in two days but not as much as you would do if you did it over a longer period and practise with case studies. People would not be as happy to go for a massage with someone who only studied two days. I went on a day course in London a year ago, won't mention the name. It was great to learn a few skills in a day but didn't give methe confidence you will need when dealing with people and especially if they will pay you to have an Indian Head Massage. So I then did a few months course, an ITEC qualification. It requires you to have Anatomy & Physiology first which requires some hard and long study hours, but a great achievement and something that you can have with you all your life. Anatomy & Physiology is a skill that won't change much over time like IT. And if someone comes to you for an Indian Head Massage and talks about a certain condition you will sound sooo much more professional if you know and understand what they are talking about. There are some Beauty Schools that run proper courses too I think. Otherwise a lot of the local colleges do Indian Head Massage courses, ITEC etc.Good Luck! Invest in the time to learn Indian Head Massage itis great! And we therapists want people to take us seriously, don't we?

 

[shenis]

Sorry Mrs Moby (not Mrs Toby!!!)

 

[hpeyzuarifdixseyn]

Talk it over with your insurers and any professional bodies you are with, they should be able to confirm which courses they are able to recognise. Nothing worse than forking out on a course only to be told you need to find another insurer to get it recognised.

Above all else, however is finding a course provider you feel happy with and an instructor you feel you can get along with who will build your own confidence. If you want to talk to them about the course and your expectations most will talk through everything with you, it can be just enough to spark you into gear and book.