As a Complementary Therapist, you will need to master following:

• develop therapeutic relationships
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• follow-up on healthcare users' treatment

More generally, a complementary therapist is also versed in:

• human anatomy
• human physiology
• maintain work area cleanliness

It also helps to know the following:

• accept own accountability
• acupressure
• acupuncture methods
• administrative tasks in a medical environment
• advise on childbirth
• advise on healthcare users' informed consent
• advise on mental health
• applied kinesiology
• apply a holistic approach in care
• apply acupuncture
• apply aromatherapy
• apply context specific clinical competences
• apply massage oil
• archive healthcare users' records
• attend to sophrology clients
• auriculotherapy
• ayurveda medicine
• balneotherapy
• behavioural therapy
• biomedicine
• clinical psychological treatment
• collect healthcare user's general data
• complementary and alternative medicine
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• conduct a homeopathic consultation
• conduct cupping therapy
• conduct physical examinations
• counsel healthcare users on medicines
• deliver sophrology exercises
• dietetics
• electrical stimulation in acupuncture
• ensure safety of exercise environment
• give shiatsu massages
• homeopathy remedies
• identify customer's needs
• identify energetic meridians
• inform clients of healthy lifestyle benefits
• iridology
• kinesiology
• maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
• monitor patient's health condition
• monitor patients' progress related to treatment
• monitor stock level
• multi-professional cooperation in health care
• observe healthcare users
• obtain healthcare user's medical status information
• osteopathy
• oversee spa maintenance
• pathologies treated by acupuncture
• phytotherapy
• play therapy
• prepare exercise session
• prepare oils
• prepare sophrology session
• prescribe exercises
• prescribe topical therapy
• promote balance between rest and activity
• promote healthy lifestyle
• promote homeopathy
• promote inclusion
• promote mental health
• provide health psychological advice
• record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
• refer healthcare users
• reiki
• safely instruct about fitness
• select acupuncture points
• shiatsu
• sophrology
• spa products
• study topics
• tai chi
• traditional Chinese medicine
• types of aromatherapy treatments
• types of essential oils
• types of spa
• undertake clinical audit
• undertake healthcare examination
• use e-health and mobile health technologies
• vojta therapy
• work in multidisciplinary health teams
• advise on healthy lifestyles
• apply business acumen
• apply deep tissue massage
• apply massage therapy
• apply organisational techniques
• behavioural disorders
• biology
• breathing techniques
• characteristics of plants
• chemistry
• communicate in healthcare
• communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
• communicate with customers
• comply with legislation related to health care
• composition of diets
• consultation
• deal with emergency care situations
• demonstrate professional attitude to clients
• develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
• develop personalised massage plan
• direct movement experiences
• discuss the medical history of the healthcare user
• educate on the prevention of illness
• empathise with the healthcare user
• energy therapy
• ensure proper appointment administration
• etiopathy
• fasciatherapy
• first aid
• follow clinical guidelines
• general medicine
• give massages
• health care legislation
• health care system
• homeopathy
• interact with healthcare users
• kinetics
• listen actively
• manage healthcare users' data
• manage staff
• manage supplies
• marketing principles
• massage theory
• massage types
• movement techniques
• neurophysiology
• offer advice on diet-related concerns
• older adults' needs
• pathology
• pedagogy
• pharmacology
• process medical insurance claims
• provide health education
• psychology
• record healthcare users' billing information
• reflexology
• relaxation techniques
• sell products
• sell services
• skin types
• special needs education
• sport and exercise medicine
• sterilization techniques
• supervision of persons
• therapeutic massage
• train employees
• use communication techniques
• use foreign languages for health-related research
• use foreign languages in patient care
• work in a multicultural environment in health care
• work with chemicals