training and registration

My friend Charlotte is an excellent homeopath and one who you can easily tell is well trained, knowledgeable and professional.

Just looked at her website and found that she trained at the Northwest College of Homeopathy in Manchester ([url]Courses in Homeopathy - North West College of Homoeopathy - NS[/url]) and the course, I know, was 4 years long, part time with the teaching at weekends. (there's a lot to learn to do it properly). I'm not sure what professional body she belongs to, but the qualifications are certainly suitable for joining the proper regulatory body(ies) and I know she practices this professionaly now along with other therapies she offers.

Hope that's of help.

All Love and Reiki Hugs

Hi,
Whilst there are a lot of courses around, the only way to become a 'registered' homeopath is to do the 4 year course. This is available at various colleges in the uk and consists of 1 weekend a month at college and then enough work in between to probably take up half of each week, I would say. It increases as the course goes on and includes a compulsory component of practical supervised case taking within a 'student' clinic and also the taking of your own 'private' cases.
You need to check that the course is recognised by a uk regulatory body, the Society of Homeopaths is the most significant one but there are several others. After your course, there is then another assessment to become registered but you can practice whilst working towards the registration.
Homeopathic remedies are made from naturally occuring substances,-not only plants. If your interest is solely with plants, you might want to look into herbalism which is quite different. I'd also recommend that you definitely experience homeopathic treatment for yourself before making the course commitment- it's often very different to how you're thnking!
HTH but if you need further info, you can PM me. Hom

Thank you hom for the reply and the brilliant information and your time and effort
Nah-meed

To energylz

Once again thanks for the info. Iwill check out the college site.

Hi, Generally with 4 year courses, you will end up with a diploma, which is a licence to practice. You can then register with one of the various bodies: SOH or ARH are the main two. I would do some homework on this first, I don't mean to put you off, but it is hard to make a living in Complementary Medicine.

Regarding courses, that depends where you live and what 'kind' of Homeopathy you are interested in: Classical, Practical, Shamanic.. all interesting, i've studied them in London in various colleges/uni. Practical Homeopathy will probably be the most common. PM me if you want to know more.