Fully qualified reflexologist - yippee - scary!

[Alan]

Hi All

I have not been on here for a while - problems with my broadband....new email address soon!

I have now passed my VTCT level 3 diploma in Reflexology and ready to go!! Hey how scary is this !!

All sorts of things are going through my mind like I should know all the things that reflexology can help, all the areas I should press with the foot to relieve symptoms and of course reality then hits me and says I cannot learn it all in one day! It is pretty scary though.....I feel I should know more information though......does anyone else feel like this. I don't feel very knowledgeable and I am worried that someone will come to me and ask me a question about a particular ailment and I will just look blank at them !! I know we cannot know everything as it comes with practice and experience and we are not doctors but Oh my goodness I need to do some reading on things like ME, M.S, Arthritis etc.......for certain ailments it is difficult to know what reflex points to stimulate and what ones to avoid !! I am sure I will get there !!! Heres to the advanced course I reckon!

Best wishes to those studying and good luck to you all.
xx

 

[mrsd]

Hi Tracey!

Congratulations! Good Luck!!

And by the way, you have just voiced ALL my concerns!! It is a bit scareeeeeeeeeeee! I'm in the middle of case studies for VTCT level 3 diploma and should qualify June. Already, I feel impatient to get onto advanced reflexology as I feel the current course just may not go deep enough! I get the feeling when I ask the tutor questions on conditions and alleviation and reflexes to work, he knows where I'm coming from, would like to adivse, but can't due to the limitations of this course!

We use Better Health With Foot Reflexology by Dwight C. Byers as recommended course book. But already, things in the book are ahead of what we can claim to address on the course!! I have just today received Stories The Feet Can Tell, Stories The Feet Have Told Thru Reflexology (Eunice Ingham)in the hope that it will suddenly enlighten me!!

I think from experience with case studies that we can answer the majority of questions and talk our way through the principles and reflexes and benefits, but you are right that we can't help worrying about people coming for help with particular chronc ailments as there is more to learn.....

I am excited for you and understand your emotions! Please let us know how things go as you take on your first "real" clients!

By the way, how did your case studies go? Did you have some good results which should give you confidence and add to your experience? Perhaps you already have some "client testimonials" which you could quote to future clients? As our tutor reminds us, we would not get the qualification if we were not of a professional standard and the training counts for a lot, but there is always room to learn, develop, specialise, continue our development.............

I am interested to hear the response from others on this!!

Best wishes

Sarah

 

[Jairo Avila]

Hi

Dont worry you cannot learn it all in one year or even two.
But i am sure that you have been taught enough to manage (remember all your case studies), just have faith in yourself and I wish you the best of luck.

 

[Sue C]

Well done Healistic, you said in three lines what it took me a page to try to say!!!! Thanks!

 

[bonzii]

Hello Tracey,
Well done for becoming a fully qualified reflexologist......
Im still doing case studies at the momentbut like you should be qualified soon,
Istill havesoooo many questions to ask and feel that i need to know more.........?!
And i too have been looking into advanced reflexology courses....(see thread below)
[link=http://www.healthypages.net/forum/tm.asp?m=433701]http://www.healthypages.net/forum/tm.asp?m=433701[/link]

Good luck

[sm=sandrine.gif]RACHEL

ps who did you go for insurance/membership with?

 

[gvsxfeyx]

Hello there

I am with the FHT. I am a member and I have my insurance with them also. I also buy my leaflets from them too. I am doing a Baby massage course in October and i am going to buy my doll from them too. The MICHT is part of the FHT (International council of holistic therapists) so I am a member of them also.

Best wishes to you all.

 

[D McC]

Hi Sparkie

Yes I had some good results. I did 3 case studies.......6 treatments each....that was the miminum requirement. The first client - my husband !! He has a snoring problem - and I noticed whilst 'doing his feet' his snoring was reduced, but he is back to snoring again now !! But not as bad......my 2nd case study a 13 year old teenager - she was and is very hormonal but not as much and the 3rd client does not sleep very well and she now sleeps much better sometimes right through the night now ! She also has a husband who snores!! During the 1st treatment I noticed that she had a 'strange bit' around the appendix!! She had forgotten to tell me that she had her appendix taken out some years ago!! This gave me a huge boost of confidence as I then felt I was at least in the right spot!!

Good luck to everyone - it is scary though!! I have my first pamper party on 28th April - wish me luck!!

 

[hignGunny]

Hello Tracey,

Thanks for the info about insurance etc. Dont forget you can use F.H.T letters after your name: Tracey Griffin. MICHT. and if uve done a vtct course use IIHHT aswell........

Good luck for your pamper party.

Take care,
[sm=sandrine.gif]Rachel

 

[Penny Odel]

Hi TJG

Congratulations on your recent qualification. I too have just finished the same course last week. Looking to do some more advanced courses as soon as I can. Trying to find one on Palliative care in Leics.Notts/Derby and it is proving difficult. Fairly easy to do maternity and baby ones in the locality. How are you enjoying the real world of treating? Any advice welcome!

John

 

[Gerald Cline]

Congratulations on becoming qualified. If you weren't up to scratch they would've failed you so you're obviously on the right track
Everything is a learning curve and of course with experience comes lots more knowledge. I've got my exams in mid-July and of course have the same worries as you.. I'm venturing into unknown territory but looking forward to exploring this new chapter in my life and know I'm on the right path to find fulfillment and happiness in my chosen career path! (no longer will I beunhappy in a "dead-end"job!)

Good luck and all the best.

Kathy

 

[Curious gurl]

Hi John
I have now been qualified for 2 months and I have had a regular client she is on 5th treatment next week out of her 6 block bookings. I also had last week a pregnant lady who is now 37 weeks. The baby was quiet the whole time until I gently touched the uterus and the baby kicked so i stopped and the baby stopped so I gently touched the uterus again and the baby kicked again! It was amazing. I have not heard from the lady in question so I am not sure if she has had the baby yet! The other lady is being treated for infertility and this is the route I want to go down - so hopefully there will be some good news soon about a little bump!
It is scary but I enjoy it - the difficult thing is when friends want a treatment or family - for example a friend wanted a treatment and I did not expect to charge her at all, but she slipped some money in a CD I had lent her!! i felt awkward. My sister wants a treatment but I cannot charge her I would feel awful. So i may ask for choccies instead if she feels she has to pay me !!
It is a little quiet now though and I put it down to holiday season. Plus the fact I have not actively been advertising as I have a 3 year old at home with me. Until he starts nursery I cannot really promote the business full time.
I do advertise on findareflexologist.com and that has brought me 2 clients.
Good luck in your new ventures and to all those who have exams coming up.
It is exciting stuff.
Oh before I go I wrote an email to the local fire service commenting on how important it is to keep stress related absence to a minimum in the workplace and I had a phonecall from them asking if I can do a demonstration on indian head, reflexology and holistic facials- so next Thursday I am doing a demo for 11 firefighters. Oh what a drag!!! Someone has to do it!!
I am so excited !!
Bye for now
Trace x

 

[vdpksvwq]

Well done Tracey, thats great for contacting the fire service, need to get myself in action, i have a few clients but not enough, doing a health fair this weekend, so looking forward to that.

Like you i tend to get pg ladies and infertility clients, which i enjoy. Its amazing with the babies in tummies, i always say hello to baby and goodbye to baby during my treatments, after starting with kidney i move gently across to womb area and introduce my touch to the baby, mums always say baby relaxes during treatment.

I really need to do a proper course for maternity and infertility clients, but my plan was to save up money for my courses from money i have earned but as yet the pot is still very empty, think next time i see a course advertsied i will just have to go for it!!

Jess xx

 

[Aerohead]

Cool TJG

The local fire station is around the corner from me as well .. mmmmm. I have friends who can do the Hopi or IHM or possibly holistic facials. Will probe further when I have time next week. Launch date for me is hopefully August 07! Time is flying

John

 

[liamjlewis]

Hiya
If you concentrate on the emergency services in your area it may be worth a lot of pennies!! But also on an important note it can seriously help all those who suffer with the back (firefighters) and nursing staff - (lifting patients) and also the police and ambulance service.

It may prove to be a worthwhile thing to do. I will keep you posted.
I am getting nervous now I am just worried about not being able to answer questions like - what is lymph and being tongue tied!! and what does the thymus gland do. I can answer them normally but in a crowded room - aaarrrrggggghhhhh!!!

Will just have to say things like - part of the endocrine system, part of the ciculatory system, etc, part of the respiratory system, etc.

Oh well - catch up with you soon.
Trace x