I have delivered face to face training in ‘CPD Cancer Care Workshops’ for Massage, Reflexology & Reiki to over a thousand therapists in the UK & Australia. Over the years I spoke with many therapists who had problems attending face to face workshops, either due to family restrictions; cost of travel and accommodation, or simply not having the time. I was asked many times whether I could offer the training as an eLearning course.
When I was thinking about how to celebrate Aromatherapy week back in June, what posts to create, which blend of oils to recommend, I remembered an experience I had with a very special person and felt this was such a lovely story it had to be shared.
Stillness
How does this serve you and your client?
I cannot claim to be anything other than a chatty person, as anyone who knows me will testify. I love meeting new people and I am genuinely interested in hearing about their lives. Yet, for all my chattiness I can still access deep stillness for myself and my clients.
We are so excited to have received the news that our very own trainer Marie Duggan has been nominated in the FHT Excellence Awards in the category ‘Tutor of the Year’, for the third year running.
All professional complementary therapists are required to complete Continual Professional Development (CPD) every year to demonstrate keeping up to date with industry standards and to expand their skills set.
Sunrise Meditation has been created for patients with cancer and in palliative care to help reduce anxiety, stress and sense of isolation.
Marie was recently interviewed by DJ Gary Philipson from BBC Radio Tees on the subject of end of life care and the importance of complementary therapies during this time. Marie was able to talk honestly with Gary about her own mum, their shared experience of hospice care, and the journey that ultimately led Marie to become a Complementary Therapist in Cancer Care – and now a trainer.
Butterfly Touch Therapies trainer Marie Duggan has delivered a seminar at this years FHT Virtual Congress, as a chosen expert in Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care.
Clinical Practice Placements is a new initiative created by Butterfly Touch Therapies Training to benefit supporting patients, healthcare services and complementary therapists alike.
This initiative has been created so qualified massage, reflexology or reiki therapists can gain clinical experience under the guidance of a Complementary Therapy Lead in hospices or cancer care centres.
My name is Marie Duggan, I am a reflexologist, complementary therapist and a therapy lecturer for cancer care. For this year’s Reflexology week, I wanted to contribute by sharing with you the following client experience. I have removed real names and for the sake of this post I have called her Alice.
I received a phone call from Alice asking to book in for a reflexology session. Upon her arrival I carried out a client consultation. Alice was 70 years young and in good health, but she had been widowed 12 months prior.
