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Last updated: 1/2/2012

Latest News Highlights:

• Executive Membership Launched
• Referral Program - New Gifts
• New 200% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee
• IICT Ventures into New Territory - UK
• New Memberships Launched
• New Membership Certiciate
• New Associate Membership Rates
• New: Online Insurance Registration Form
• New:  Distance Education and Correspondence course approved
  
• New: Affiliate Membership
• New book for Complementary Therapists
  
• IICT Opens in New Zealand
• IICT Top Referrers
• New Certificate - Re-issue feature
  
• Newly accepted Modalities
• Recent Member Testimonials

Executive Membership Launched
The IICT has recently launched Executive Membership. Executive Membership is the IICT's most comprehensive membership package which features access to our third party Australian call center Virtual Receptionists and online Calendar Management System. Executive Membership is an exclusive package specifically designed to replicate your own receptionist for all bookings and enquiries - at our members heavily discounted rates. Executive Members also receive Free IICT Business cards; Free Practitioner directory listings; Free Spiritual Marketing eBook, plus access to all of the benefits our Full members receive. For a full description of Executive Membership benefits, click here

Referral Program - New Gifts
The ever popular Referral Rewards Program just got better. In addition to the $10.00 referral commissions, the IICT has added two new gifts for our regular referrers. These include the new iPad 2 16GB, valued at $579.00 and iSubscribe magazine gift vouchers, valued at $80.00. To find out more about  these new gifts; the referral program and how you can get your share, click here

New 200% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee 
The IICT is now offering a new guarantee to all new members. All memberships now come with a 90 day, 200%, Double your Money Back Satisfaction Guarantee. We urge you to try IICT membership for 90 days and if we didn't perform exactly as we promised, we will refund double your membership fee, no questions asked*! *The 90 day Satisfaction Guarantee is redeemable after 90 days from the date of joining IICT as a new member. For more info about our customer promise guarantee, click here

IICT Ventures in New Territory - IICT United Kingdom
The IICT has now commenced operations in the United Kingdom, providing all the benefits of professional affiliation for natural therapists and healers in the UK. All UK residents can now access membership and insurance through our UK insurance provider: Holistic Insurance Services. The number of modalities covered exceeds 350 making the number of modalities the largest in the country. To visit the IICT UK website, go to: www.iict.co.uk

New Memberships Launched

The IICT has now launched two new memberships to cater to Students and Product Resellers. Student membership can provide students who have completed their training in natural therapies access to professional affiliation and insurance whilst completing their practitioner hours outside campus. Once a student has completed their practice hours and has completed their qualification requirements, they can choose to upgrade to Full or Associate membership.
To read more about Student Membership, click here.

Direct Sellers Membership caters to individuals who sell natural health products, devices or services. This includes resellers for network marketing companies. Direct Sellers IICT members can also access a specific insurance policy to cover themselves whilst offering product presentations in customers homes and trade fairs to name a few. They can also benefit from the IICT's broad umbrella of professional affiliation for the natural health industry.
To read more about our Direct Sellers Membership, click here.

New Membership Certificate Design

The IICT has recently revised the IICT members certificate. The example below is a revised design in keeping with our new-look website.

We hope you'll agree the new look embraces a contempory feel that our members will proudly display.


To see a larger version, click here

New Associate Membership Rates

After more than 7 years of keeping our Associate Membership rates at the same low price, we have reluctantly made a slight price increase due to the current economic climate. In order to continue to provide our high level of service and commitment to our members, the price increase was required to maintain our new services and online systems.

From September 1st 2010, our Associate membership rate will increase from $55pa to $66pa. Inc. GST.

We think you'll agree that the IICT still offers one of the most affordable alternatives for professional affiliation. We would like to thank all our members for your continued support.

Note: We have not made any changes to our Affiliate and Full membership rates.

New: Online Insurance Registration Form

The IICT is now hosting (in collaboration with OAMPS Insurance brokers) an online Insurance Registration form. This new feature is designed to accelerate the Insurance registration process to ensure you access your insurance cover sooner. To view this new online feature click here

New: Distance Education and Correspondence Courses

Besides recognising on campus training in natural therapies, the IICT now recognises courses through distance education and correspondence. This enables students who are not able to attend classes on campus due to geography, health issues or work commitments to take advantage of online learning platforms for health and wellbeing education.

The IICT makes every effort to ensure our approved training providers who offer correspondence and distance education meet our required standards to ensure credible outcomes for practitioners in the natural health industry.

Due to the timely nature of electronic correspondence and for the ease of students, distance education students can take advantage of online educational facilities and programs through training providers recognised by the IICT.

To view our current list of IICT Approved Training Providers, click here

Affiliate Membership

This new level of IICT membership offers affiliation with the IICT for practitioners who do not hold qualifications. It is a membership which is suitable for Psychics; Tarot Readers and Clairvoyants, for example where qualifications are not applicable. Until now anyone who practiced these arts were unable to gain access to insurance and professional affiliation. Recognising a need for this industry the IICT set about creating a specific membership for these practitioners.

For a comprehensive overview of Affiliate membership as well as important information for new and existing IICT members, click here

For a full description of Affiliate Membership benefits, click here

The Secrets of Spiritual Marketing
By Lawrence Ellyard, CEO and Founder of the International Institute for Complementary Therapists 

The Secrets of Spiritual Marketing offers for the first time in one handy volume everything you need to know about advertising and marketing your natural therapy business. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or just starting out this book will provide you with all the proven tools you need to create a successful and profitable practice.

This book is filled with proven marketing tools that guarantee results and will enable you to reach those who can truly benefit from your talents.

By using these marketing secrets you will make more money doing what you love without compromising your values.

For more about this new book click here

IICT Opens in New Zealand

The IICT is proud to announce the launch of IICT NZ. For the last three years the IICT has been at the negotiation table with our brokers with a desire to offer all complementary therapy residents in New Zealand access to the benefits our Australian members receive. [read more]

 

IICT Top Refers 

The IICT has recently acknowledged our top referrers. 

Announcing this month's top IICT referrers and the referral bonuses they have qualified for.

IICT Top Referrers - Congratulations go to:

• Mette Sorensen - 82 Referrals, plus x 1 Free i Pod Touch
• Susie Mulholland - 49 Referrals, plus x 1 $50 Myer Gift Voucher
• Peter Jackson - 33 Referrals, plus x 1 $50 Myer Gift Voucher
  
• Maggie Adkins - 21 Referrals, plus x 1 $50.00 Coles/Myer Gift Voucher
• Shaki Druga - 19 Referrals,  , plus x 2 Free Adult Movie Passes
• Michelle Locke - 18 Referrals, plus x 2 Free Adult Movie Passes
• Artemis Raindrop Technique - 14 Referrals , plus x 2 Free Adult Movie Passes
• Tad James Co -  14 Referrals, plus x 2 Free Adult Movie Passes

The IICT is one of the few organisations who pays its members who refer new clients our way. For more information about this innovative rewards program click here

 

New Certificate - Re-issue feature

Lost your membership certificate? The IICT has recently launched an online feature where you can have your membership certificate re-issued, either in PDF format and emailed or in hard copy posted.

To view our re-issue online form click here

Newly accepted Modalities

The IICT now has over 650 accepted natural therapy modalities. The IICT is also leading the way by assisting many new healing practices in becoming accepted nationally within the natural therapy industry.

We have helped dozens of emerging natural therapies to be recognised in Australia and New Zealand, enabling practitioners of these modalities to practice within these countries and obtain insurance by belonging to the IICT.

Some of our recently approved modalities include:

• Active Release Technique (ART)
• Animal Communication
• Angel Therapy Practitioner
• Bamboo Massage
• Birth Skills™
• Body Acceptance and Appreciation for Women
• Body Acceptance and Appreciation for Youth
  
• Body Stress Release
• Canine Rehabilitation
  
• Calmbirth
• Chi Walking
• Channeling
• Childbirth Educator
  
• Clairvoyants
• Cleopatra Skin Natural Face Lift Massage
• Cleopatra Skin Face Lift Yoga
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Crystal Light Bed Therapy (John of God)
  
• Cycloid Vibrational Therapy
• Dancing for Birth
• Di Morrow Method
• Diversional Therapy
• Ear Piercing
• Emotional Rescue
  
• En-Orgone Method, The
• Egyptian Emotional Clearing Technique
• Equinology
• Equine Acupuncture
• Equine Hoof Care
• Equine Muscle Release Therapy (EMRT)
• Equine Naturopathy
• Equine Podio-Therapy
• Equine Touch
• Equine Shiatsu
• Equus Muscle Management
  
• Extended DISC System
• Flame Tree
• Forensic Healing System
• Fraternity of Caritas
  
• Hairdressing
• Halo Therapy
• Hasya Yoga (Laughter Yoga)
• Health Cousellor
• Healing Dance
• Integrative Coaching
  
• Ionic Foot Bath
• Iso- Chi
• Japanese Cosmo Face Lift
  
• Joint Anchor Technique
• Laughter and Horseplay for Stress Relief
  
• Lifeline Technique
  
• Life Sparkle
  
• Luminous Angel Way
• Living Authentically
  
• Living Love
• Manual Body Zapper
• Mask and Traditional Healing
• Mediums
• Meridian Psychotherapy
• Metatronic Energy
  
• Mind Detox Method
• Move to Calm
• Musculo Skeletal Acupuncture and Dry Needling
• Nambudripads Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET)
• Natural Breastcare
  
• Natural Horsemanship
• NIA Technique
• Numerology
• Neuro-Muscular Transmission - NMT
• Oneness Blessing
  
• OSHO Craniosacral
• OSHO Meditation Instruction
• OSHO Multiversity Modalities
• OSHO Neo-Reiki
• OSHO Rebalancing
• Path of Love
• Palmistry
• Personal Trainers
• Pet Psychics
• Pellowah Healings
• Posture Dynamics
• Psychics
• Psychometry
• Quit Cigarettes in 60 Minutes
• Reference Point Therapy
• Rising Star Healing System
  
• Rotai Pain Relief
• Sacred Kurradji Science & Wisdom
  
• Saddle Fitting and Shoeing Dynamics
• Salt Therapy
• Shamanic Studies
• Shamanic Healing
• Shamanic Bodywork
• Shamanism and Transformational Mask
• Shifting Gears
  
• Souls Purpose
• Sweatlodge
• Tarot Card Readers
• TAT for Weight Loss
  
• Tellington Touch Therapies
• The Emotional Code
  
• The Mace Energy Method
• Wellbeing Consultancy & Coaching
  
• Yoga for Kids
  
• Zenith Omega
• Zentai Therapy
• Zoopharmoconosy
• ZPoint Process, The
  

To view our entire list of approved modalities, now with over 650 modalities click here

Recent Member Testimonials

"I just wanted to thank you and IICT for the wonderful service and professional approach to your organisation.  Everything is so clear and straight forward which is rare in this day and age. I am referring lots of clients to your site." - Cathy Wood, IICT Member

"I was surprised to find that many services were included for a low rate of full membership, and that the price of insurance was very, very competitive. You have saved me approximately $300 in annual membership and insurance." - Narelle Stratford, IICT Member

"It's great to have one-stop-shop, so to speak, where multiple modalities can be covered in one go. Excellent, fast, efficient service. Keep up the great work assisting complementary therapies get the go ahead and recognition they deserve. Thank you." - Loretta Prowse, IICT Member

"By being a member of IICT I have finally been able to obtain reasonably priced insurance for one of my modalities ~ TAI-CHI- KUNG, & feel I am part of a wider family of Therapists linked through our association together." - Elaine DAVIDSON, IICT Member

"This is a great no fuss organization, you don't end up with a huge paper trail either". - Carolyn Clark, IICT Member

"I practise a number of modalities and some of them are not widely known. The IICT was extremely helpful in recognising new modalities, adding them to their list and accrediting them all. Membership, accreditation and insurance all became very convenient". - Manninder Sekhon, Colour Vibrations, IICT Member

"Having qualified in the UK as a complementary therapist, I found IICT extremely helpful in recognising my modalities and therefore providing cover for insurance and membership at an extremely competitive rate." - Denise Barrett, IICT Member

"IICT - always prompt and helpful with any queries I may have. The offers and supports they source for members are relevant and well priced. I am proud to be a member of IICT". - Ann Beck, Clinical Hypnotherapist Senior Lecturer, IICT Member

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