Yes, but most of what exists still leans on a training course. Voluntary registers check your qualification, insurance and conduct. Membership bodies check your certificates and offer insurance. Breathwork bodies set minimum training hours. The Henosis Certified Practitioner mark works differently: a human being assesses the practitioner themselves, nobody can apply for it or pay for it, and it can be revoked.

Four things that get called accreditation

People use one word for four different things. It helps to split them.

  • A training certificate. A school says you completed its course. It is proof of study, usually issued by the same organisation that sold the course.
  • A membership body. An association you join. It usually checks your qualifications on entry, offers insurance and publishes a directory.
  • A voluntary register. A register that holds practitioners to set standards, requires insurance and continuing education, and handles complaints. Joining is voluntary where the law does not require it.
  • An assessment of the person. Someone looks at the practitioner, their own inner work, how they are with clients and what changes for those clients, and makes a judgement. This is what the Henosis Standard does.

The first three mostly measure hours and paperwork. The fourth looks at the human being.

In the UK

The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) is the closest thing the UK has to official oversight for these therapies.

  • It calls itself a voluntary regulator, not a membership organisation. It says it acts in the public interest and is the only organisation set up with government support for that purpose.
  • Its register is approved as an Accredited Register by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, a body accountable to Parliament.
  • It says the Department of Health has recommended that people looking for complementary health practitioners use someone registered with CNHC.
  • Registrants need professional indemnity insurance and continuing education, and are held to a Code of Conduct, Ethics and Performance, with complaints investigated.
  • The PSA lists the roles it covers, including Reiki, reflexology, massage, nutritional therapy and yoga therapy.
  • CNHC recommends its registrants also belong to a professional association.

The Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) held a register in the PSA's Accredited Registers programme until it withdrew, effective 9 January 2022, according to the PSA.

International membership bodies

The International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT) offers membership and insurance for natural therapists.

The entry check is your certificate. That is how membership bodies are built, and for insurance it makes sense.

In the US

There is no single national licence for complementary practitioners. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health says state governments decide what credentials practitioners need to work in their state.

  • Licences are granted by government agencies.
  • Certification comes from professional organisations.
  • States use mandatory licensure, title licensure or registration, and requirements vary widely.

Where a state does not license a modality, a certificate from a school or an association is often the only paper a practitioner holds.

For breathwork

The Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA) describes itself as the international organization for Professionalism, Ethics, and Training Standards in Breathwork.

  • Ethically Compliant Breathworker: at least 50 hours and 9 months of training.
  • Certified Professional Breathwork Practitioner: at least 400 hours and 2 years of training.
  • Members adhere to its Code of Ethics.

It is a serious effort to give breathwork shared standards. Its levels are still counted in training hours.

An assessment of the person

Henosis is a global network of practitioners and spaces, each assessed by a human being against the Henosis Standard. The mark is earned, never bought.

Here is how it differs from everything above:

  • No course leads to it. Henosis does not train anyone and does not accept a certificate as the qualification.
  • No application. You cannot apply. Henosis comes to you, or someone already inside puts your name forward.
  • No fee. Practitioners are certified free and cannot pay to be listed.
  • No tiers. A Henosis Certified Practitioner holds one standard, with nothing above or below it. Teachers who train practitioners carry their own mark beside it.
  • What is looked for. Embodiment: you have done your own work and it can be felt. Integration: your triggers are learning opportunities. Integrity: clear boundaries, kindness, and working from abundance and not lack.
  • Revocable. Certification is assessed, awarded and revocable.

Every certified practitioner and space has a profile in the directory.

It does not replace a licence where the law requires one, and it is not clinical. Plenty of practitioners will want both: a register or membership body for insurance and complaints, and a mark that says something about who they are in the room.

Questions

Is CNHC registration a legal requirement?

CNHC describes itself as a voluntary regulator. It is approved as an Accredited Register by the Professional Standards Authority, and registration is a choice the practitioner makes.

Can I apply to become a Henosis Certified Practitioner?

No. The practitioner mark does not open by application. Henosis approaches practitioners directly, or someone already certified puts a name forward.

Does a training certificate count toward the Henosis Standard?

Training is part of a practitioner's story, but the Standard does not award the mark for it. It looks at the person: their own work, how they hold clients, and whether they are still reachable afterwards.