Professional / Verified Practitioner Requirements & Application.

REIKI FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

TRC/Reiki Council – CNHC Verification

Reiki Council verified practitioner logo There are now National Occupational Standard (NOS), as agreed with Skills for Health (established in 2002), the Sector Skills Council for Health for the UK. Skills for Health helps to inform policy and standards focusing on health, education and improving the wider well-being of public health and as such worked with the Reiki Council to produce NOS for the giving of Reiki in a professional setting such as orthodox medical institutions. The National Occupational Standards also form the basis of the Core Curriculum (CC) for the teaching of Reiki. The Reiki Council CC was first published 10 years ago, There is also a CNHC CC for Reiki that came into being in February 2018.

This is the form of accreditation that is often needed for those Practitioners wishing to work, or volunteer in conventional medical settings like hospitals and hospices.

Reiki Practitioners can apply direct for Reiki Professional Practitioner status through TRC should they meet the criteria listed below. Alternatively a TRC Reiki Council/CNHC Reiki Professional Practitioner course can be undertaken which will ensure the Reiki Practitioner meets the criteria. An application for a Reiki Council Verified Practitioner will then be made through a Reiki Verifying Organisation – TRC is one, and, if approved, the applicant may request that they be fast tracked to the CNHC Register.

STEP 1

With this in mind TRC offers 2 routes for Practitioner verification.

Route 1

For experienced Practitioner with a minimum of 3 years practice:

A Reiki Council ‘check sheet’ will be issued to assess any shortfalls in the verification criteria to be met. If all the criteria has been fulfilled then the application procedure can be followed.

For this there is an administration fee of £70.
For TRC members this is £35.

Should the criteria not have been met then a plan can be put in place to help fulfil the required criteria.

Route 2

For Reiki Practitioners who have undertaken a Reiki Council/CNHC verified course. This course ensures the initial criteria has been fulfilled.

The cost of this will depend on the course provider.

STEP 2

PRACTITIONER VERIFICATION APPLICATION PROCESS – Carried out by a CNHC Reiki Verifying Organisation only.

Which ever route the Practitioner takes the verification process needs to be undertaken:

To complete the Reiki Council Questionnaire – hand written. This Questionnaire test the applicant’s knowledge and understanding of Reiki and how the National Occupational Standards are applied.
To carry out an assessed, independent Observed Treatment. It is not the Reiki that is being assessed but the manner in which it is being given. The applicant gives a treatment using their style of Reiki.
There is a separate charge for this – a discussion and monitory transaction between the applicant and the person observing and assessing the treatment.

All applicants need to have insurance to practice Reiki.

The verification fee for the independent assessment is £75

For clarification, questions or to apply please contact TRC.

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PRACTITIONER REQUIRMENTS

To understand why attunements/initiations need to have been given in person by a Reiki teacher.
To be able to give a definition of Reiki and to be able give a history according to the system of Reiki they have studied.
To have a copy of a recognisable lineage to Mikao Usui.
To understand the importance of this lineage.
To be able to demonstrate a sequence of hand positions appropriate to style they have learnt (hand positions may vary with style).
To receive Reiki 11 if they do not already have it.
To have experience of both giving and receiving Reiki, to include self-healing.
To have the knowledge and understanding to run a professional practice.
To have compiled a portfolio of evidence of working with Reiki.
To understand, appreciate and accept the differences between the styles of Usui Reiki.
To have the knowledge, training and understanding to meet the National Occupational Standards for Reiki; CNH1, CNH2 and CNH12*.
To have given a minimum of 75 full treatments, in person, five of which have been observed by another Reiki person (this does not include Reiki on animals) – this to be evidenced,
Included in the 75 treatments is to be 10 case studies each with a minimum of 4 treatments – to be evidenced
To have been practising Reiki i.e. attuned/initiated to Reiki for a minimum of 9 months. NB This is not applicable to Route 1, only Route 2.
To have received a minimum of 65 hours in-person training from their Reiki Master(s) or other experienced Reiki Practitioners (this can include. Reiki 1 & 11 training; Reiki workshops; Reiki Shares etc.)
To have an overall minimum of 140 hours of additional Reiki training/study from the start of their first Reiki attunement/initiation, (e.g. case studies, home study/distance learning, reflection on practice etc.)
To have received 100 hours of Reiki either from self treatment or from other practitioners.
To have developed appropriate levels of skills in the fields of Communication, professional relationships, work role and practice, understanding of confidentiality, Consent, record keeping, health and well-being and basic anatomy and physiology.
To have developed appropriate levels of skills and knowledge in the fields of: professional standards and code of practice, relevant legislation, employment and organisational policies and practices, business finance, insurance.

NOTES *NOS – National Occupational Standards – are available from a link the Skills for Health page in this website.

CNH1, CNH2 – General standards for complementary therapies, CNH12 – Reiki specific standard