aromatherapy council

The Aromatherapy Council Member Associations are

Aromatherapy & Allied Practitioner’s Association - AAPA (Fellows display FAAPA and full members MAAPA behind their names)

Association of Physical & Natural Therapists - APNT (Members will display MAPNT behind their names)

British Register of Complementary Practitioners - BRCP Members will display MBRCP behind their names)

Complementary Therapists Association - CThA (Members will display MCThA behind their names)

International Federation of Aromatherapists - IFA (Members will display MIFA after their names)

International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists - IFPA (Members will display MIFPA after their names)

International Holistic Aromatherapy Foundation - IHAF (Members will display MIHAF behind their names)

 

• have trained and practice to the standard of the National Occupational Standards for Aromatherapy and the Aromatherapy Core Curriclum.

• undertake Continuing Professional Development to the standard required by the AC or above

• are insured to practice

• abide by their Code of Ethics and Conduct

• practice within a legal framework

 

Any Aromatherapy or multi disciplinary association can become a member of the AC. We require you to meet the standards for your full members detailed opposite. If you are working towards these standards but have not yet achieved them you may join as long as you undertake to achieve those standards within a 2 year period. This will be indicated on our Member Association list.

 

If you want to contact the AC about the contents of this website or for information about aromatherapy that cannot be answered by your professional association, please complete the form below and e'll get back to you as soon as possible

The CNHC Aromatherapy Register was launched in May of 2009. The CNHC is endorsed by the Department of Health. At the bi-annual meeting with Professional Associations on 17 November 2009, Kate Ling Head of European and Specialist Legislation at the Department of Health confirmed that “CNHC is the only voluntary regulatory body for complementary healthcare which has official government backing. No other organisation has the same exacting criteria or focus on patient safety and quality across a range of therapies…..

The more people who register with the CNHC the more it will be recognised as the only organisation which provides the guarantees that members of the public are looking for.

The CNHC works with the AC to ensure that all aromatherapy registrants meet the National Occupational Standards for Aromatherapy and have fulfilled all the requirements as set out in the AC Core Curriculum. The AC member associations verify to the CNHC that their members meet the CNHC standards for registration
To download the CNHC guide to aromatherapy approved by us, please click here
The CNHC accepts qualifications that meet the Aromatherapy National Occupational Standards AND the AC’s Core Curriculum together which is the AC minimum standard for its Member Associations membership