Benötige ich unbedingt eine Ausbildung, um in der Alternativ-Medizin tätig zu werden?
Do I absolutely need training to work in alternative medicine?
In principle, you do not need to attend a course or training program at a school to be able to work in alternative medicine. You can learn everything you need to know from books and the internet, from friends and acquaintances and from therapy sessions. You can spend years acquiring in-depth knowledge that will give you more knowledge and skills than any two-year course, but you will struggle to get this training recognized by health insurance companies. This is because they require therapists in the field of complementary medicine to undergo structured and precisely defined training that enables them to distinguish professional therapists from charlatans. Only with training that is recognized by the health insurance companies can patients bill the sessions and therapies through their supplementary insurance and receive a portion of the costs reimbursed. Therefore, if you are a therapist in an area of alternative medicine who is not recognized by health insurance companies, you will probably run out of patients sooner or later. You should therefore definitely consider this factor before deciding on training.
