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Opportunities: Living Your Passion
Becoming a therapist can be an objective for many, but there are
in fact numerous ways to professionally increase the value of your
training, convictions and passions. In fact, when this education takes
an entirely new direction from what was previously chosen, then it
becomes possible to integrate acquired skills to new and vast knowledge,
based on prevention and health education. Everyone gets to choose
his/her own path. Here are a few.
Educate and Accompany
Consultation
The therapist can choose to work alone, as
an independant worker, or with a group of other therapists of
complementary skills. It is also possible to be an employee in a
health-oriented organization (rejuvenation centers, for example).
Health and Research
For a number of medical, paramedical and social professionals, the
naturopathic approach offers a way of growing their practice with more
of a global perspective of the individual, rather than simply a symptom
perspective.
Sports club, rejuvenation centers, thalassatherapy centers
Here
the therapist offers an often new and complementary service to those
offered within the establishment. The emphasis is on prevention and
education. Any number of positions can be envisioned, from accompaniment
to facilities management.
Transmit and Share
Education, training and animation
The therapist will be
either an independant worker, employed by an organization or business
and will fulfill an increasing and varied demand for information and
training from the public, schools and businesses (restaurants,
cooperatives, daycares, retirement homes, etc.). It will involve
animation: anything from occasional to regular courses, mentoring,
organized internships or thematic retreats, etc.
Communication and specialized journalism
Because of the
increasing interest in alternative medicine from the public, even
general media offer opportunities to the specialist: managing a health,
well-being or nutrition column, for example. The same applies to
communications, public or private, in as much as the environment and
health become at stake.
Promote and Sell
Advertising and marketing
In light of public interest, a
number of companies are created, or refocus themselves, to fulfill these
new demands. They need knowledgeable contributors or consultants in
this new field because the approach largely exceeds that of business.
Events
Seminars, expos, organic fairs, and eco-festivals
are growing in numbers and require personnel that is in tune with such
the spirit of such events.
Sales, store management
Organic boutiques of all kinds,
librairies, research labs: this retail sector is growing regularly.
These establishments must fulfill the expectations of their clients, not
only with specialized marketing, or even offering "products", but
especially by providing quality information dependant on a good
knowledge of health concerns.
