I am a fully qualified therapist in several practices and all of my qualifications came from fully attended courses certified and accredited by ITEC - worldwide recognised qualifications. However, these courses cost a fortune and whilst the solid 'tools of my trade' needed, in my opinion, to be done through ITEC (A&P, Massage, Sports Massage, Reflex etc) I have also added information by way of using SNHS. I find their courses to be light, interesting and just enough to give me enough information for personal use or to help my clients alongside my other therapies. Its a great way to find out if a course is for you and then you can go on and get a more professional diploma / certificate if you want to or more importantly need to. Its also another way to keep fresh and up to date without spending a fortune. They currently have 6 courses for £295. It's not about being a certificate junkie but more about having a taster of things that interest me. You cannot get insured with a professional body, ie FHT as they do not accept long distance learning but you can get insured with other companies for not very much at all. To put it into perspective I just did my reflexology with ITEC and it cost me just over £800. I can now do colour therapy, dream therapy, past life therapy and 3 more for £50 each? That has to tell you to be sensible, think of it as an addition to your other therapies but, rather than buying a book, this does allow you to get insured and practice these if you so wish. I use all of these to complement my other therapies. I think SNHS offers value for money and I love learning in my own time and selecting courses that are not available locally to me or, if they are, they cost over 10 times as much!