If you want to pursue a career in complementary therapy the first step is to find the right course. Apart from costs and location that may be limiting factors the main considerations should be:

Training Staff - Make sure that the staff who'll be teaching you have at least three to five years clinical experience and ideally, though not essential, teaching qualifications. Teaching is a skill in itself.

Student Numbers - Smaller classes are better. Make sure that there won't be more than 12 students to a teacher.

Breadth of Knowledge - Find out what is covered in each module, for example how many different types of massage are covered. Anatomy and physiology needs to cover the skin, the skeletal/muscular system, the respiratory system, the nervous and endocrine systems as well as many common disorders of these systems.

Supervised Practice - Look at opportunities for supervised clinical experience - how much practice will you get?

Assessment - Some people are better with coursework; others prefer a written exam. Make sure the balance is the most appropriate for you.

Visit the college - talk to students and try to sit in on a class before signing up for any course.

Gateway Workshops -  London, UK, Scotland & Ireland
Massage Courses/Beauty Training UK and Ireland

Owner of Gateway Workshops TM Sue Bailey,I.H. Dip, BCMA Ind, Tera Mai tm Reiki / Seichem Master, NLP Practitioner
Herb Specialist
Complementary Therapy Agent For Certified Massage & Health Courses

Looking for a Career in Massage or Beauty, a beginner or an experienced therapist? We can help; we specialise in offering you the most popular courses available today. A Trusted & Established Company for over ten years, we are recognised by the top professional bodies making our insurable training courses popular with thousands of therapists and beginners year after year.

Welcome to Gateway Workshops™ training school, we have many courses and venues to choose from. Various areas in London and Essex, Richmond, Staffordshire, Manchester, East Sussex, Suffolk, Scotland, Hertfordshire, Ireland, Bristol, Cornwall & Somerset. We run regular week and weekend monthly dates.

Course fees include VAT, practical tuition, training materials- towels, blankets, creams/oils. Massage tables or chairs are also provided on the day and a full comprehensive manual. For many of our courses we offer a useful DVD for just £10 which is available on the day, an excellent visual aid and covers the complete technique - an ideal way to remember what you have learnt during your training.

Specialising in small training classes to ensure individual and personal attention. We have a proven ten year track record and our tutors are passionate, caring, friendly and specialists in their fields.

For your peace of mind - Our Massage Courses are insurable and recognised/registered with many Professional Bodies. Our tutors offering massage are registered with the following bodies:

The CMA (Complementary Medical Association), Guild of Professional Beauty and Holistic Therapists (The Guild) & Embody . We also promote two ITEC/BTEC registered schools offering many professional courses. This means you will be able to obtain insurance with our training and practice as a professional therapist. Many of our courses are also registered with FHT (Federation of Holistic Therapists)

Courses  Offered: Please visit our web site for full details and dates of our monthly certified courses on offer.

Affordable Massage Tables, Hot Stone Kits, Meditation CD's and other Health Products available in our Store. Many items includes next day delivery & free delivery - photos available to view on our web site.

Email: [email protected]
http://www.gatewayworkshops.com
Tel: 020 8852 0742

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