The American Holistic Health Association (AHHA) helps individuals who want to pursue a career in holistic healthcare. Their goal is to give people a general idea of holistic care and to align their interests and passions with the information on training, legal requirements, and career opportunities they will need to succeed in holistic health.
For those who want to help critically ill people through diagnosis and recommendations for treatment, the AHHA recommends training that includes supervised clinical experience. For those who wish to advise healthy individuals on how to enhance their level of wellness, AHHA suggests they take a variety of home study courses or weekend workshops, which will provide a broad understanding of healthy lifestyle options.
Helping to guide students is The American Holistic Health Association Complete Guide to Alternative Medicine by William Collinge, Ph.D. This tome offers a comprehensive overview of eight alternative healing traditions.
The practice of alternative medicine calls for different levels of training and expertise, depending on which subfield you choose. Some subfields require years of extensive training much like the training imposed on medical doctors; others may call for only a one- to two-year home study course. Regardless of which path you choose, you must be trained in the specific method of delivering healthcare--like acupuncture, chiropractic, psychology--that can be licensed or certified and gives you the authority to deal with patients.
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