Do You Have an Alternative Healing Practice? What I Discovered About How To Reduce Potential Legal Risks (A checklist—what I learned from my experience!)
Rue Anne Hass EFT Founding Master Spiritual Life Path Coach
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is not meant to be legal advice and is for educational purposes only. If you follow any of these suggestion, you do so upon your own initiative. Please learn what is appropriate for your own geographical area. This information is particularly directed to meridian methods practitioners, but it could be useful for anyone who is a “people-helper.”
1—Use language in your materials and marketing that will not trigger the attention of professional regulating bodies for medicine or psychotherapy. Unless you have a degree in the field, you cannot use words like therapy, counseling, or psychology. Even using the word “pain” is not allowed in some state regulations if you are not a physician. The word “healing” is a borderline term, not proprietary, but it still might flag your website.
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