Acupuncture training & CPD events

The popularity and value of our programme of continuing professional development (CPD) events is well established.  Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine practitioners from this and other colleges come to Reading to develop their knowledge and meet their peers. 

To book a place (or read further info), please click on the title of the event you are interested in. If you have any queries please email Jo Vinall JVinall@cicm.org.uk or call her on 0118 950 8880.  

Please note that your place is only confirmed once we receive payment. 

All handouts are digital copies only for all our courses including CPD.

To ensure the government guidelines regarding Covid-19 are met, the college has postponed the following CPD events and will let you know when the new dates have been confirmed.

• The Point of the Journey: the art of choosing Acupuncture points with Lorraine Taylor
• Master Tung Acupuncture with Philip Weeks
• Treating Musculoskeletal Conditions: Integrating East and West with Alex Brazkiewicz
• Electroacupuncture for Musculoskeletal problems with Stephen Lee

• Introduction to Chinese dietary therapy (3 days)

  23 September 2020

  An in-depth understanding of Chinese dietary principles With Danny Blyth and Greg Lampert

   

  Meet the team for the 3 day course

   

  Greg Lampert has been in practice since 1989. His interest in Chinese Medicine began after some life changing acupuncture treatment a few years earlier. At this point he studied holistic nutrition and immersed himself in Chinese medicine.  Greg has been working in various roles at the college since its inception in 1993.  He was involved in setting up the college’s first herbal and pre-prepared patent remedies course with John Hicks. He has a strong affinity with the energetics of foods and has co written a book called Chinese Dietary Wisdom. In Greg’s spare time he is generally somewhere near the kitchen. 

   

  Daverick Leggett is the author of Recipes for Self Healing and Helping Ourselves, both of which have become seminal works for practitioners, students and clients of Chinese Medicine. He is a frequent lecturer in nutrition at colleges throughout the UK.  Daverick is also a Qigong teacher with thirty years experience.  He lives in Devon where much of his time is dedicated to growing food and managing land for conservation and biodiversity.

   

  Danny Blyth loves to integrate nutrition, qigong and yangsheng into his acupuncture and herbal medicine clinic. Danny has taught many aspects of Chinese Medicine at CICM since 2001, co-authored Chinese Dietary Wisdom (essentially the handouts and recipes of nutrition days that Greg and Danny have taught for many years), and is a level seven (fortitude master) teacher of practical tai chi chuan and qigong.  His days off are spent chopping vegetables and wandering the Cotswold hills. 

   

  Kate Dimmer is a Cheltenham-based Registered Nutritional Therapist with an MSc in Nutritional Therapy from University of Worcester. She is a member of BANT (the professional body for Nutritional Therapists) and CNHC, (a regulatory body established by the government). Using scientific research and clinical practice, Kate provides one to one nutrition and lifestyle advice to clients with a range of health issues and has a particular interest in gut health.  As a mum of two, Kate understands the importance of realistic, practical and achievable diet and lifestyle changes that can be sustained.  Kate’s background is in teaching and she has a BA(Ed) (Hons) degree from University of Reading.

• Healing the eyes with acupuncture

  1 - 2 October 2020

  Learn the principles and practice of treating eye conditions with acupuncture with Julian Scott

• Acupuncture treatment of acute pain and injury

  15 - 16 October 2020

  Learn how to bring rapid relief and recovery in acute cases of many pain conditions with John Kelly

• Nurturing the young: Chinese medicine principles to help children thrive

  05 November 2020

  To enable participants to better understand what may be health-promoting and health-limiting for children and to provide concrete ideas that can be immediately implemented to further the health and happiness of children with Rebecca Avern

• Trigger points and beyond. The new Protocols

  21 - 22 January 2021

  Learn theory and practical needling techniques with Nicholas Garner

• Cancer rehabilitation and renewal: Managing long-term consequences of cancer and its treatments with acupuncture

  04 February 2021

  Exploring acupuncture’s vital role in helping people to recover their health following cancer and its treatment with Beverley de Valois

• Food intolerance testing made easy

  18 February 2021

  Learn how to perform simple muscle tests to determine patient’s food intolerances with Marek Urbanowicz

• The inner library of 5 emotions

  05 March 2021

  Explore how each CF experiences the different emotions with Kim Chan and Sarah Matheson

• The art of feeling qi

  22 - 23 April 2021

  Learn how to relax and open up into feeling your own and others’ qi with Bill Ryan

• The art of needling with qi - point location and needle insertion

  24 - 25 April 2021

  Build on your ability to feel qi and extend that skill into your needling with Bill Ryan

• Recognising and ‘being with’ trauma in our patients

  13 May 2021

  Learn about the effect of trauma on the body, qi and shen with Charlotte Brydon-Smith

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