A: Great question- and this has a pretty long answer that we feel VERY passionately about, so I’m going to give you the inside scoop… I know this is a bit long, but it’s important for us that you have all the details!

All of our classes are accredited by the WMA (the World Metaphysical Association), and also an approved training provider by IPHM (International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine).

For years now, we had accreditation from the NCBTMB (National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork), and our programs had qualified for more CE hours than any other crystal healing program out there. 

This worked great for our handful of students who were working towards becoming LMTs (licensed massage therapists), but we quickly found that more and more of our students wanted to practice crystal healing as an energetic therapy all on its own, with their sessions focusing solely on energy healing with crystals- rather than just as a complement to massage. Still, we continued to offer CE hours to accommodate the students who needed them.

Over the past few years, though, the NCBTMB has drastically and continually updated their policies on how energy healing qualifies for their accreditation… and at this point, they no longer offer accreditation for energy healing, or any programs that discuss things like intuition & spirituality (which is a BIG part of what we do here! ? )

So… yes, there are a couple of other crystal healing schools out there that currently offer CE hours. We’ve spoken to the NCBTMB directly about this issue, and they’ve told us that by keeping this accreditation, the other schools are saying that their programs & methods are meant to be used exclusively by LMTs (people who’ve been licensed to work with tissue manipulation, deep-tissue massage, stuff like that) rather than the larger group of energy-workers (people who practice crystal healing, the laying of stones, light-touch healing, energy work, and other forms of energy healing/therapy). 

As our own NCBTMB accreditation came up for renewal, we had a big decision to make. We could have kept our ability to offer CE hours, but we ultimately decided this would present a HUGE disadvantage for our students who want to practice crystal healing without becoming LMTs. This also presented us with the opportunity to make some changes to our program that move us more into alignment with spirituality and place greater emphasis on intuitive development, which we think is of great importance for all energy healers. Crystal healing sessions are in very high demand right now, and as crystals become more well-known and mainstream over the next few years, this demand is only going to rise. 

The bottom line is… we want to empower our students to actually be able to use their Crystal Healing Certifications, including the amazing intuitive & spiritual aspects that come along with this, rather than limiting them and their future practices just because CE hours look good on paper. The crystal healing industry is booming- and it’s vital for us that our graduates can safely practice crystal healing in the real world without putting themselves in murky waters. 

We know that it sounds nice to offer CE hours, but… if we continued offering CE hours at this point, it would mean that about 99% of our CCH grads would never get to practice healing with crystals, simply because they aren’t Licensed Massage Therapists. This didn’t seem like a worthy trade-off to us, which is why we decided not to renew our NCBTMB accreditation.

Phew… I know that was long and took a lot of explaining- but I wanted you to have ALL the facts so you can make an informed decision.