Accreditation & Recognition

C.I.N.T. Benelux Courses and Star Remedies courses have long been accredited by the bodies and professional associations listed below. Partly due to this national recognition, clarity is provided to both the beginning student and already practising professionals. C.I.N.T. Benelux Opleidingen gives since 1994 training.

To continue to grow and develop as a person and therapist, access to the right knowledge is a necessity. There is more than enough knowledge available, but the connecting bridge between supply and demand sometimes seems to be a long way off. This has resulted in an incomplete picture of training opportunities, which can unnecessarily inhibit therapists in their passionate search for the right training. And that is a pity. In fact, according to KTNO, there is a huge treasure chest, filled with knowledge, waiting to be found and opened. To optimise the connection between educators and therapists, KTNO was created. To improve this connection, they see working together not only as the key to success, but also as the key to health. By uniting professional bodies, trainers and therapists, the therapist is able to find the perfect education and thereby gain more transferable knowledge. The more that is shared, the better. KTNO wants to encourage therapists to choose the right education so that they can grow as a person and therapist to provide the very best care to their clients.

The NWP is an umbrella organisation of naturopathic occupational therapists. The NWP naturopaths have the common goal of forming a stand of competent and expert naturopaths and achieving legal recognition for this stand. As long as such a regulation is not yet in place, the NWP wants to create safeguards that enable the application of naturopathy by members of the association in a competent and socially responsible manner. In doing so, it is committed to combating socially irresponsible practices in its field. Furthermore, the NWP wants to contribute to the study and development of natural healing methods and to the collection of evidence for the effectiveness of these healing methods. An important goal set by the association is to educate about natural healing methods in word and writing and to promote a better understanding of the significance of natural healing methods for public health. NWP Accreditation: 3 credits per day - natural medicine licence

Dutch Association of Soma Therapists
In 1999, therefore, the association's General Members' Meeting took the decision to transform the Dutch Association of Shiatsu Therapists into a general association for body-oriented therapy named: Dutch Association of Soma Therapists.
Purpose of the association; To promote acceptance of the forms of therapy practised by members of the association, To stimulate the development of body-oriented therapy in the Netherlands, To monitor the quality of body-oriented therapy in the Netherlands, To look after the profession-related interests of member therapists, To promote cooperation between therapists affiliated to the NVST and mainstream care. Features include. The association consists of a group of skilled therapists who have been screened by its own organisation. This screening covers not only specialisation but also knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and pathology, Recruitment of therapists according to pre-established objective assessment criteria and The assessment of the practice of the profession against the professional profile.

Together with the BATC paramedical naturopathic therapists, BATC wants to form a stronghold of high-quality therapists, to bring about a better balance between regular and nature-oriented healthcare in the Netherlands within a few years. In the interests of therapists, consumers and health insurers, we strive for affordable, high-quality nature-oriented healthcare. BATC wants to ensure that consumers have an honest, clear and sincere perception of nature-oriented healthcare and give them the confidence that they can engage with health in a natural way. BATC simply strives to give consumers freedom of choice when it comes to health.

The NOAG is a foundation for naturopathic occupational therapists. The NOAG therapists have the common aim of forming a stand of competent and expert naturopaths and to commit themselves through registration in the NOAG register. This is to create guarantees to enable the practice of those registered in the NOAG register in an expert and socially responsible manner. In doing so, the NOAG is committed to combating socially irresponsible practices in its field. An important objective of the NOAG is to provide information about naturopathy and its registered naturopaths in the NOAG register, as well as to promote a better understanding of the significance of natural medicine for public health.

STIBAG is a foundation for independent practitioners of naturopathy and the public. STIBAG's main objectives are to provide information about naturopathy, register naturopathic therapists, counsellors and coaches, provide information about therapists, counsellors and coaches to the public, monitor the quality of care provided by therapists, counsellors and coaches, promote information exchange among therapists, counsellors and coaches.

The abbreviation V.B.A.G stands for: Association for the Promotion of Alternative Medicine. The V.B.A.G is a professional association of independent, professional practitioners of natural medicine (and is not an umbrella organisation!). Since 1984, the V.B.A.G has watched over the quality of its members in the interest of the patient. By means of strict selection criteria (including education), a registration system, professional code, a Complaint and Disciplinary Regulation and mandatory continuing education, a pool of competent and expert naturopaths is built up. All V.B.A.G. members are sworn in and are therefore bound by the rules of the Complaints and Disciplinary Regulation of the TBNG, where V.B.A.G. members and patients can go with complaints and where their interests are represented.

The Collective of Alternative Therapists: CAT is for all professional alternative healers, alternative therapists and complementary therapists.

As a VIV professional association, we are there for therapists in complementary care. We want to support these vitality professionals in the best possible way. So that they and their clients receive the best care. We are the professional association for therapists who work holistically and complementary. Therapists who pay attention to the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual side of people. Because they understand that looking at complaints in a holistic way ultimately gives the greatest improvement in quality of life. The VIV professional association has existed since 1999. For years, we have been committed to keeping the quality of alternative medicine high. Even more, we want people to stop seeing this form of medicine as alternative, but as a valuable addition to regular care.

Verbond Van Energetisch Therapeuten (VVET) looks after the interests, promotes cooperation, guarantees quality and individuality for the energetic therapists affiliated to us. Through expertise, cooperation and individuality, Energetic Therapy contributes to integral health care in cooperation with regular and complementary care.