Listed below are the professional bodies for some of the different complementary and alternative medicine disciplines in the UK, under the proviso that not all may have active professional bodies.
A professional body exists to support the profession and the individual in practice, advise on best practice, to develop the profession and where relevant perform trade union activities. It relies on its members for funding so therefore must be active in providing a service for them. Please note that if the professional body is, or, is not listed this is not indicative of any endorsement by the RCCM.
The RCCM has links with many professional bodies to help maintain a link between traditional and complementary and alternative medicine.
Some of the bodies below also provide courses which the RCCM itself does not accredit.
Click on the name and it will take you through to the website:
General Complementary Medicine Organisations & Professional Bodies
British Association of Therapeutic Hypnotists
British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
Complementary Healthcare Information Service (CHIS-UK)
Complementary Medical Association (CMA)
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
Acupuncture
Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ATCM)
British Academy of Western Medical Acupuncture (BAWMA)
British Acupuncture Council (BacC)
British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS)
Alexander Technique
Society for Teachers of Alexander Technique (STAT)
Anthroposophy
Council for Anthroposophic Health & Social Care (CAHAS)
Aromatherapy
International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists
International Federation of Aromatherapists
Ayurvedic Medicine
Ayurvedic Professionals Association (APA)
Bach Flower Remedies
Bowen Technique
The Bowen Therapy Professional Association (BTPA)
Creative Therapies
Association for Dance Movement Therapy UK (ADMT)
British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT)
British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth)
British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT)
Chiropractic
British Chiropractic Association (BCA)
Colour Therapy
International Association of Colour (IAC)
Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral Therapy Association (CSTA)
Upledger Institute for Cranial training
Crystal Therapy
Affiliation of Crystal Healing Organisations (ACHO)
Feldenkrais Method
Healing
Healer Practitioner Association International (HPAI)
Herbal Medicine (including Oriental Herbal Medicine)
National Institute of Medical Herbalists
British Herbal Medicine Association
European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association (EHTPA)
International Register of Consultant Herbalists and Homoeopaths (IRCH)
Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM)
Homeopathy
British Homeopathic Association (BHA)
European Committee for Homeopathy (ECH)
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International Register of Consultant Herbalists and Homoeopaths (IRCH)
Hypnosis
British Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BSCH)
International Guild of Hypnotherapy, NLP, & 3 Principles Practitioners Trainers
National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists (NRHP)
Iridology
Guild of Naturopathic Iridologists International (GNI)
Kinesiology
The Academy of Systematic Kinesiology (TASK)
Massage Therapy & Bodywork
The Council for Soft Tissue Therapies (GCMT)
Meditation
London Buddhist Centre (LBC)
Transcendental Meditation (TM London)
Naturopathy
British Naturopathic Association (BNA)
General Naturopathic Council (GNC)
Nutritional Therapy
British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT)
Nutritional Therapy Education Commission (NTEC)
Osteopathy
Polarity Therapy
UK Polarity Therapy Association (UKPTA)
Psychotherapy
British Association of Psychotherapists (BAP)
Radionics
Reflexology
Association of Reflexologists (AoR)
British Reflexology Association (BRA)
International Federation of Reflexologists (IFR)
Reiki
Shiatsu
Sophrology
Sophrology International Foundation
Tai Chi