IAAPT Registration

Welcome to the
Complementary Health Register

This register is operated by the International Academy of Alternative Psychology and Therapy (IAAPT), a voluntary regulator of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapists and an accrediting and awarding organisation.

We seek to increase public confidence in all qualified, competent and insured CAM therapists / practitioners in the UK.

Find A Therapist

Search the UK Register for a Complementary Healthcare Professional.

I Am a Therapist

Raison d'être
Our raison d'être is to safeguard the public by registering only those therapists that are, in the public's view, qualified competent and insured. We also list as many as we are told about or are able to source from information in the public domain.

The regulatory function we perform is based on the recommendations of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology in their Sixth Report. IAAPT is a Community Interest Company formed in 2008, regulated by the Regulator of Community Interest Companies and recognised as an Independent Voluntary Regulator by the Advertising Standards Authority.

It is our mission to provide a unified collaborative register and be a consumer advocate for therapists. We achieve both aims by providing this Register. It is our view that all professionals should be Qualified, Competent and Insured and the register provides those details.

The history of CAM Regulation
In 1993 Prince Charles established the Foundation for Integrated Health (FIH) to explore "how safe, proven complementary therapies can work in conjunction with mainstream medicine" ... read more

What the House of Lords said
In November 2000, the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology reported on complementary and alternative medicine and considered the public health policy needs and NHS provision of these treatments ... read more

Who are the Regulators in this area?
There are four. The HPC is a statutory regulator and only regulates 2 of the CAM therapies. Then there are IAAPT, GRCCT and CNHC ... read more

To visit IAAPT web site - click here

To read IAAPT views on Insurance - click here