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WELCOME!
The Natural Therapies Certification Board is now
accepting applications from experienced
acupressurists interested in helping us
build a viable and vibrant presence in the professional community.
Attention: Certified Acupressurists
Certified acupressurists are invited to
transfer their certification from any recognized certification organization to us by completing the
Application for Reciprocal Certification
and mailing it to Headquarters with your check or money order; or emailing it to
Headquarters or via Pay Pal. lease attach your
educational credentials/certificates of completion.
Level I: Certified Acupressure Technician - 150
Hours of Study
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Copy of Certification from school or training
facility
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Proof of Anatomy and Physiology course
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Complete an approved course on Professional Ethics
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Candidates are required to have studied and passed a Professional Ethics
course which includes: values clarification, mission statements, Code of
Professional Ethics, informed consent forms, and time management skills.
Level II: Certified
Acupressure Specialist 600 hours of study
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Introduction to Chi//Ki
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Yin/Yang
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Eight Principles
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Five Elements
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Seven emotional factors
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Elements and meridians
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Biological clock and meridians
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Fourteen Meridians/location lines
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Fourteen meridians and emotional states
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Six Pernicious Evils
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Moxibustion cautions and indications
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Magnet cautions and indications
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Tonification cautions and indications
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Cupping cautions and indications
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Acupressure diagnosis by means of:
- Sight
- Touch
- Smell
- Questioning
- Testing body rigidity/flexibility
- Sixth sense (Intuition)
- Spiritual insight
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Key acu-points on ears, tongue, face, hands, and feet
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Introduction to Chakras
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Self-acupressure therapy
- Candidates
will be expected to know: active listening skills, reflective listening,
supporting others, endorsing others, offering choices, and making requests of
clients. They will also be expected to know how to demonstrate and teach
self-acupressure techniques for at-home therapy for continued energy
rebalancing.
Level IV: Diplomate in
Acupressure 300 hours of study (1,050 hours total)
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Meditation
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12 organ meridian pulses on wrist
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Excesses and deficiency in pulse reading
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Eight strange flow meridians
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Advanced Chakra studies
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Exemplary lifestyle: knowledge/experience/wisdom
- Candidates would be
expected to learn the function and application of Intermediate Acupressure
Skills, as well as the cautions and contraindications when using those skills.
In addition, they should know how to make assignments, request clients to ask
self-investigative questions, and prompt client to embrace self-empowering
thoughts. They will also be expected to have a more in-depth understanding of
the basic esoteric (ancient and spiritual) aspects of Acupressure, which
prepares the acupressurist to transmit their skills, knowledge, expertise, and
wisdom to their clients. Also, candidates should have a basic knowledge of key
acu-points in the ears, face, tongue, hands, and feet.
- Candidates
will be expected to learn the function and application of Advanced Acupressure
Techniques, as well as the cautions and contraindications for using those
techniques. They will be required to continue expanding their study and
knowledge of Acupressure, with greater emphasis placed on the traditional and
esoteric dimensions. Candidates for Level IV certification will be expected to
know and understand, through personal experience: the psychological,
spiritual, and physical benefits of regular meditation practice; the
physiologic affects of compacted mental and emotional energy; the correlation
between specific emotions and its affect on related meridians; the spiritually
inspired, informative wisdom contained in each of the chakras, and the
influence of the external environment (weather, seasons, noise and air
pollution, etc.) on overall health and wellbeing.
- Candidate
must include two letters of recommendation.
Certified Acupressure
Instructor
- Currently
certified as a Diplomate
- Organizational/leadership
skills
- Communication
skills
- 2
letters of recommendation from qualified and experienced Acupressurists
- Pass
the NTCB Acupressure Instructor Certificate Examination
Certified Instructor Program
Certification as a Certified Instructor requires
concurrent certification as a Certified Master Reflexologist, Diplomate in
Acupressure or both and the completion of the
Free Short Course for Instructors.
Upon completion of this free short course, qualified applicants may petition the Education Committee for certification as:
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