If you are a complementary therapist... we need you

For our register to meet the needs of those clients who use it, we need professional therapists, just like you, who are ethically minded, committed to helping others and want to maintain/build their business. Therapies United is looking for professional and committed, self employed therapists to join the register. Here are some of the reasons why you may wish to join.

Benefits to You of Joining Therapies United

• Exposure to Potential Clients - the reason we set up the register intially was to respond to the requests of the Maggie's Centres for cancer. The Edinburgh centre alone has 4000 clients a year - 70% of them ask about complementary therapies and Maggie's use our register as a key resource. If you join us then you would be one of the registered therapists client's at Maggie's see and may choose to book an treatment with.

• Web Profile - Even if you already have a business website, our website has links from the Maggie's Centres website and is listed in the SAMH for mental health and Breast Cancer Care leaflets on complementary therapies. Your Therapies United web profile helps people learn more about who you are, what you specialise in and links to your website too. It offers you the opportunity to have direct contact from potential clients by email or phone.

• Promoting Specialist Skills - You have the opportunity to tell people about your specialist experience. Thousands of people who are linked to Maggie's Centre, Breast Cancer Care and SAMH (see other partner organisations too) will be signposted to Therapies United looking for a therapist like you with your skills. Remember that family and friends, of someone diagnosed, needs support too.

• Local Promotion - Our links with Maggie's Centres and other partner organisations allow us to place your details manually into each centre. Staff often use this version too when asked about complementary therapies. We keep this updated monthly to ensure that details are correct and therapists are fully insured.

• Free Promotion - many of our therapists can choose to publish an article on an aspect of health or the complementary therapy they offer. It's a free and excellent way to make people aware, and help us educate clients about complementary therapies. We also encourage therapists to tell us about their special offers so that we can list this on the website and make our subscribers (circ approx 2,200) aware too.

  

• Cost Effective Promotion - the registration fee works out at £4.90 per month and it's a very cost effective way to promote your business compared to other opportunities.

• Access to Exclusive Opportunities- our Partner Organisations allows our therapists exclusive access to offer free therapy taster sessions onsite in their centres.
• Further Money-Saving Benefits - as a self employed therapist it can be quite isolating to work on your own. We encourage our members to offer each other discounts on treatments/training and we also negotiate discounts on services that you need to run your business - from print buying or website development to finding someone to fix your PC!

Commercial Marketing Opportunities

• Commercial Work - this is an additional part of the register. Therapists who 'sign up' for this are offered the opportunity to be kept informed of paid therapy taster sessions or workshops. Our reputation is growing with companies and schools and we have over 40 corporate clients Scotland wide who use our services. It's an excellent way to let people try your therapy as a taster and/or promote your business through workshops too. Our minimum payment for this is £25/hour.

A Therapist's Experience...

"I have been with Therapies United for over 2 years now and I have had many contacts from the directory at the Maggies Centre, some are people with cancer and others are carers or family.

We have also had 'taster session' evenings at the Maggies centre itself which were a great success.This gave people who were maybe a bit unsure, about complementary therapies, a chance to come along and try things out. I think for someone with cancer or any kind of illness this is very important. I think Therapies United is a fantastic organisation and I have met many good friends and clients through them. D Taylor, therapist

A Client's Experience...

"Just a note to say thanks very much for the taster sessions at Maggie's last Wednesday. The evening was a great success - fantastic setting to experience some little known therapies - in my case cranial-sacral massage and shiatsu. It was also a great opportunity to meet some of the lovely folks who visit Maggies. Following the event, I have a Shiatsu session booked, and also have a coffee in the diary with a fellow Maggie's patient to look forward to." C Mitchell, client

How much does it cost?

From £4.90 per month. We would love to just let therapists join for free but it takes a lot of work to do the checking and running of the register. We charge a registration fee of £59. This fee alllows you to be listed on Therapies United website and the manual register of your most local Maggie's Centre. After 12 months you will be invoiced for the reduced annual fee (£10 discount) or you can choose to leave.

If you belong to a therapist clinic, let us know. We can offer reduced rates to therapists joining from a local clinic.

In addition - once you are accepted on to the main register you will have the optional opportunity to join our commercial listing to be informed of potential paid marketing opportunities through our therapy tasters sessions/workshops. If you choose to join this part of the register we charge a monthly fee of £7.50 - or pay annually and save 25%. Please note that you must be accepted and listed on the Therapies United Register before you can be included on the listing for sessional work. Please remember that this opportunity is optional.

Free Annual Membership - Once you are accepted you can also benefit from our 'recommend a therapist' programme - for every therapist you recommend who joins Therapies United, you receive a £10 credit towards your annual fees. So if you recommend enough therapists and they join, your annual membership is free!

Important - Please note that if your website lists other therapists who are not members of the register - we will clearly state this on your entry. To be accepted, you must agree to the terms and conditions as stated on this website.

Next Steps...

If you wish to join Therapies United, please complete the form with your details and information will be forwarded to you to start the registration process or you can download the forms direct from here (see below)

Or if you have any further questions - just click on 'contact us' and email us. Our opening hours for telephone calls are 10 - 5, Monday to Friday.

The following files are available for you to download, print, complete and return for processing. Click on each link to open the document.
guidelines	terms and conditions	TU registration form	standing order form	Click the following link to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader
Alternatively if you complete the following online form, we will post the forms to you.