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I'm still thinking...
One thing I should mention here is Practitioner insurance.
Insurance is an expense and one train of thought is 'why do we need insurance if Reiki is
totally non-invasive and can do no harm?' Well, it's not the Reiki you would be insuring against but Professional Indemnity,
Medical Malpractice and Public/Product Liability.
The Reiki Connection has a 'block' insurance with Balens Ltd which is made available to all
TRC members
Please click here for details of TRC membership
As we go into
2009 I think we will start to feel the effects of the huge amount of work that has been going on behind the scenes with regards
to Voluntary Self Regulation. As you may know, I am involved in the newly formed Reiki Council (RC) and the new RC web
site is in the process of being written. It has been a long haul getting this far and there is still discontent amongst
some Reiki Practitioners (and in the other Complementary Therapies involved come to that) regarding VSR. I have found
it an amazing experience to be involved in the meetings and one very good thing to come out of this is the co-operation between
the varying Reiki 'organisations'. So much so that in a recent meeting with the Government appointed 'Skills
for Health' where the re-vamping of the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for 'therapies' has been the agenda,
the Reiki group (not only members of the Reiki Council) have been in total agreement with the proposals. The NOS has
been re-visited and it is proposed that there will be generic NOS with each therapy/practice having its own appendage.
This is so much easier and clearer than the original NOS and is expected to be available for general consultation early in
2009. As soon as it is available I will post a notice on this site.
Another thing that has started to happen
is that national organisations are starting to ask what qualifications/registrations they should be looking for in practitioners/therapists
when an arm of their organisation is involved in CAM for any reason. I believe that this is the reason practitioners/therapists
should be made very aware of the current/forthcoming climate with regards to treating members of the public.
This
brings me on to my final point - once again.
This is Voluntary Self Regulation and I think there will be
many practitioners/therapists out there who already have an established clientele who see no need for VSR. That is their
choice and I am sure that they will carry on giving excellent treatments as they have in the past.
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