All Bowen therapists are welcome to join the Bowen Therapy Professional Association.
Click on the button 'JOIN BTPA - ONLINE APPLICATION' and enter all your details, upload the requested documents, and (for Associate and Full member applications) find subscription fee payment details. If you have any queries with the form, please get in touch.
If we can represent a large number of Bowen Therapy practitioners in the UK and abroad then we will have a stronger 'voice' when dealing with other healthcare associations (including the voluntary regulator in the UK), health insurance companies, and government departments. We can also ensure the public are able to find a therapist in their area, benefitting individual practitioners, and helping to promote Bowen Therapy more widely.
Our members agree to abide by a professional code of conduct and ethics (as detailed in our Constitution document), assuring clients that they will be treated with respect and dignity. Full members are promoted on the public Register of therapists. This provides the public with a way of checking the status of a Bowen therapist, confirming that they are suitably trained, insured, able to cope with situations requiring First Aid, and are continually developing their professional skills.
The BTPA also supports newly qualified therapists, helping with clinic and business advice, offering networking and training opportunities (at our annual professional development day), providing mentors to help with any client or clinic issues, and providing professional marketing materials.
BTPA keeps its members connected via regular newsletters and a quarterly journal, which we encourage all members to contribute to - you may have previous experience that would help your Bowen peers, or wish to share an interesting case study. We welcome reviews of relevant books, courses and any general comments you wish to make about the Bowen world.
We have collected a range of Testimonials that you can reference - although the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) restricts the use of some testimonials on your personal website, you can use our social media images and reference the BTPA website to show your clients how Bowen has helped others with similar symptoms.
Therapists who live near each other are encouraged to form a Regional Interest Group, with help from the BTPA if needed, and meet up regularly to share Bowen experiences, treatments, and many tutors will travel to your group to offer a workshop.
Full members of the BTPA can be fast-tracked for registration with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC). The CNHC was set up with government support to protect the public by providing a UK voluntary register of health practitioners. CNHC's register has been approved as an Accredited Register by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, a body accountable to Parliament. Doctors may refer their patients to practitioners who are registered with the CNHC.
There are different categories of membership (Full, Associate, and Student). You can be a member of the association from the moment you start training, through to becoming a fully qualified therapist, and remain a member even after you retire (helping newer members through our Mentor scheme). If you have a Bowen qualification but haven't met all the requirements for Full membership, you can join as an Associate member and still receive many of the benefits of membership (see the table below for more details).
To join the BTPA you must have qualified from a recognised school or tutor, or have started training with one of those tutors (see our list of accepted tutors).
Student membership is FREE, with a 50% discount when upgrading to Full or Associate membership after qualifying.
Associate membership is £65 (renewals cost £55).
Full membership is £110 (renewals cost £100).
To become a Full Member of the BTPA you need to have completed 14 hours of 'hands-on' Bowen CPD training, undertaken in the last 12 months (unless your Bowen qualification was gained within that period). You must also hold Professional Indemnity insurance to a minimum value of £2 million, have an Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology (AP&P) qualification, and have a current First Aid certificate.
All members are encouraged to get involved in the BTPA's Committee work, helping to run the association and ensure we evolve to meet the needs of all members.
Full members may join as Committee officers, but any member can be involved as a Committee helper. We welcome everyone with any relevant skills they can share - usually only needing to spend a few hours a month on projects or admin work.
Members are welcome to get involved at any time, and anyone joining the committee would be ratified by members at the next Annual General Meeting.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements:
After becoming a Full Member you are required to undertake regular CPD activities. Have a look at our CPD requirements for more information.
Members are invited to attend our annual professional development day, where a Bowen school or tutor is invited to hold a workshop for our members. By attending these events each year a Full member would be guaranteed to meet the 'Bowen CPD' membership requirement (and will save money, as these workshops are subsidised by the BTPA).
| BENEFIT | STUDENT | ASSOCIATE | FULL MEMBER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterly 'In Touch' journal which is published in February, May, August and November which will be mailed to you (or emailed if you live outside the UK). | |||
| Regular e-newsletter with BTPA news and details about CPD workshops. | |||
| Email and phone support throughout the year. | |||
| Access to members’ area of the BTPA website, with business advice, ideas for PR and marketing, referral letter & report templates, research articles, etc. | |||
| Discounts on therapy products, courses, professional services, etc. | |||
| CPD & Networking events including discounted professional development day workshop (after the AGM). | |||
| Local Regional Interest Groups (RIGs) – meet up with other therapists in your area to share skills and ideas, discuss cases, organise CPD workshops... | |||
| Opportunity to join the Committee as a helper on various projects. | |||
| Mentor scheme — experienced therapists offer help and advice to members needing help. | |||
| Preferential insurance rates with additional therapies at no extra cost through our block booking scheme with Balens. | |||
| Advice if you receive a complaint (from a client or the ASA). | |||
| Professionally designed merchandise at discounted prices. | |||
| Your clinics listed in the 'Find a Therapist' public directory. | |||
| FREE WEBPAGE detailing all your therapies, clinic map, plus other information you wish to share with potential clients. | |||
| Free listing for animal Bowen clinics. | |||
| Free listing for children’s clinic and advice about running a clinic. | |||
| MBTPA – Full members can use the initials MBTPA (Member of Bowen Therapy Professional Association) after their name. | |||
| Use of BTPA Members' quality mark (logo) on your website and marketing materials. | |||
| Opportunity to join the Committee as a committee member to share your knowledge and help run the association. | |||
| Children’s Bowen video for use at events and in clinic. | |||
| 50 copyright free Bowen images for website/marketing purposes. | |||
| Online CPD log — easily keep track of all your CPD activities. | |||
| CNHC registration 'fast-track' application. |
Download a summary comparison table of costs, requirements and benefits of joining BTPA.