NATUROPATHY DIPLOMA COURSE 

NATUROPATHY DIPLOMA COURSE

This is a comprehensive modular course delivered via a combination of face to face, synchronised and online instruction, including 400 hours of clinical supervision.

Students who have previously successfully completed any of the associated modules conducted by the Institute can carry that module’s credit forward to the Naturopathy qualification. They will be required  to complete the final Naturopathy examination and submit all necessary case studies and research covering all modalities to receive their accreditation.

Below is a summary of each module:

1.      NATUROPATHIC HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND THEORIES

2.      BIO - MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE: ADVANCED A+P -ALL SYSTEMS OF THE BODY AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH CONDITIONS – INTERPRETING BLOOD AND MEDICAL TESTS

3.      TREATMENTS AND PRACTICE

PLANT BASED THERAPIES:

• PYTOCHEMISTRY AND BOTANY - 72 CHEMICAL PROFILES AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION OF PLANTS/ESSENTIAL OILS

• OLFACTOTHERAPY/AROMACARE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THE AGED SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA

• INTEGRATED CHINESE MEDICINE

• OLIGOTHERAPY: SCIENTIFIC APPLICATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS AND THE IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF TERRAIN/DIATHESES (DR MENETRIER) – training provided the Swiss Research Centre - Centre de Recherches et d’Application sur les Oligotherapy

4.      BODY MASSAGE: SWEDISH – LYMPHATIC – THERAPEUTIC: DIAGNOSIS VIA REFLEX POINTS OF FEET

5.      HYDROTHERAPY – THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF TREATMENTS BASED ON THE USE OF HOT AND COLD-WATER APPLICATIONS WITH AND WITHOUT PLANT BASED PRODUCTS

6.      APPLIED DIETETICS+EXERCISE – DRAINAGE – EVALUATING BLOOD TESTS – CREATING INDIVIDUAL REGIMES TO ADDRESS, GENDER, AGE AND STAGE

7.      PSYCHOLOGY/EMOTIONAL HEALTH 

• UNDERSTANDING OF MIND-BODY CONNNECTION: IDENTIFYING AND TREATING APPROPRIATELY THE DIFFERENT AND INTEGRETATED LEVELS OF PHYSICAL/MENTAL/EMOTIONAL HEALTH

•  APPLIED PYSCHOLOGY

• APPLIED ART THERAPY

• IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGING OF STRESS TRIGGERS ON EVERY SYSTEM OF THE BODY

• THE UNDERSTANDING OF AND TECHNIQUES TO MITIGATE PRE AND PERINATAL STRESS TRIGGERS THAT AFFECT THE LONG TERM PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLEING OF THE CHILD. 

8.      PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: LEGAL -ETHICAL – CLIENT CONSULTATION – INSURANCE -  PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

          NO LESS THAN 400 HOURS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE. 

9.      BUSINESS STUDIES

                   CASE STUDIES: EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT 50 CASE STUDIES

                   RESEARCH: EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING:

•  NATUROPATHY – MINIMUM 4000 WORDS

• PROFESSIONAL THESIS – MINIMUM 4000 WORDS

• BUSINESS STUDIES - 3000

FINAL EXAMINATION BY A PANEL OF EXAMINERS

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