is anyone a homeopath? possible career?

[maisystar]

ds starts school next year and i need a career! i'm really sruggling to find something that will fit in with school hours, be flexible, enjoyable and provide a reasonable wage(am single parent). i've always been interested in alternative medicine but for some reason never considered it as a career before.

any info re pay, hours worked, flexibility and training nessacery would be much appreciated! tia

I regularly use a homeopath in Guildford and he charges £50 for a face to face consultation lasting around 15-20 mins including remedy. He will also do phone consultations which may help for you ref flexibilty. He's very experienced, is a qualified medical Dr and has written several books. I think he's excellent. So not qualified myself but may be helpful in terms of rates.

I think JimJams was training to be a homeopath, you are likely to find her in the SN threads.
My homeopath (not JimJams) charged about £35 per visit.

Hi maisystar, I am also thinking of training as a homeopath. It is a serious commitment, both in terms of time and money. I was looking at part time courses, and they are 4 years and approx. £1500 per year, though I guess the cost will vary depending on where you are. The courses seem to be very thorough, covering loads of different subjects, if you want to use it as a career. I am not sure I am ready for this kind of commitment at the moment, so may see if I can find a short evening class or something, to see if I like it. Also, if you do a proper course, you have to make sure it is accredited to one of the UK Homeopathy ASsociations (can't remember their names offhand) otherwise you may not be able to get insurance to practise.

I have also trained as a reflexologist. If you want something cheaper/shorter, then this might be an idea. Reiki too. If you want any more info, just let me know. Hope this helps.

cheers so far! i've used homeopathy for ds (excema) so know roughly what charges are but don't know how much actual profit(after remedys etc) you make iyswim.

also wanted to know how long the training was etc and whether i can do a course through OU.

sorry posts crossed! can't beleive it took me 3 mins to write that last post!

yes cq. would like a bit of info on those if you don't mind

I'll send you an email tomorrow maisystar if that's OK with you.

cheers

if you are unsure why not try a home study course for now, look at this or this . Not only are they cheaper, you don't have to commit yourself to loads of hours at set times. If you enjoy it, and still want to be a homeopath you can do a "proper" course afterwards, although in actual fact you will already be qualified and able to get indemnity insurance allowing you to practice even with one of these courses, its just that the original courses are well recognised. Also by doing one of these first, you will be well prepared and find further courses a doddle!

I'm doing the correspondance course at the Devon school of homeopathy. I chose it because the first 2 years are very flexible- you can take as long as you like over it and have study days every few months. For the last 2 years you transfer to the attendance course. It's also a well respected course. It's quite a tough discipline though. Quite philosophical in places (which is all new for me).

It's lucky I've chosen the flexible route as I have had so little time. Was ready to take it up with a vengence next year and am of course up the duff again! Will try my best though. I'm enjoying the little I'm doing though and have met some interesting people.

Converted to homeopathy overnight after not really believing in it at all (had a rather dramatic effect on ds1) and still find it fascinating.

My homeopath charges £28 for the boys and £35 for adults for an hour long consultation. (IIRC)

You get richer doing something like osteopathy. My old tutor reckoned that if you worked really hard you could earn up the the mid twenties, so its definitely not something to do for the money.

The only potential problem with windmills courses is that you may not be able to register with the society of homeopaths if you do one of those courses. If you are going to practice as a homeopath I would say that was a necessity. So it would be worth checking it out with them first of all.