Craniosacral Therapy Association of the UK (CSTA)

Overview:

Profession(s): Craniosacral Therapy
Member Type(s): Craniosacral Therapists
Scope: National - United Kingdom
Formed: 1990
Address: Monomark House, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3XX, UK
Phone: 07000 784 735
Email: info@craniosacral.co.uk
Website: www.craniosacral.co.uk

Description:

An association to maintain standards of craniosacral practice in the UK and to make it more widely known.

Mission/Aims:

To provide an organisation for persons engaged in the study and practice of Craniosacral Therapy and to prescribe the standards of competence and suitability for the election of applicants to membership, thereby conferring upon them a recognised status by virtue of their membership.

To regulate the training organisations accredited by the Association, and to assist those seeking such accreditation, in order to maintain standards of training for entry into the profession.

To establish and uphold the Association's Code of Ethics and Practice.

To develop the Association as a responsible, professional and ethical body and to ensure that it is recognised as such by other branches of the healing professions and the general public.

To aid the understanding and practice of Craniosacral Therapy; hence to:

Provide an information centre from which to disseminate knowledge of Craniosacral Therapy, its standards of practice and practitioners recognised by the Association, to provide names of Full Members and Fellows to the general and professional public;

Encourage the availability of books and information in the media and to hold conferences which may promote the objects for which the Association is formed;

Act as a centre and stimulus for persons undertaking research concerning Craniosacral Therapy.

Principal Activities:

Maintaining a register, accrediting training organisations, and spreading awareness of the therapy among health professionals and the public.

Member Benefits:

Membership of register, provision of information about training opportunities, and more.

Training/Licensing/Certification:

Membership of register for individual practitioners.
Accreditation of training for training organisations.

Verification Criteria:

Membership of the register.