Yoga teacher / yoga therapist (certified)  (Region Zentralschweiz):
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The term "yoga therapist" is not protected in Switzerland. Nevertheless, it is possible to obtain the recognized title "Complementary Therapist with Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (Achtung: Englisch gleich gleichlich Dipl. HF!)" with a focus on yoga therapy.

The following requirements must be met for admission to the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE):

• Vocational qualification or equivalent qualification at upper-secondary level
• Industry certificate from the OdA KT
• 36 hours of supervision
• At least 2 years of professional experience in complementary therapy with a workload of at least 50% or at least 3 years of professional experience in complementary therapy with a workload of at least 30%.

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Within these individual sub-disciplines of art therapy, there is a whole range of interesting training and further education opportunities in Switzerland, both in the form of short seminars lasting several days, intensive basic or advanced courses or full courses leading to the higher professional examination. People who are not sure whether training to become an art therapist is really the right decision can, for example, first attend an introductory course or a basic course to get an idea of whether this professional field actually corresponds to their own interests and inclinations. People who are already sure that they would like to pursue a career in the educational or social field, or would like to expand their current work in these areas, have the opportunity to train in basic training, for example as a painting therapist, in body-oriented music or in movement therapy. Such training courses are basic training courses that last around two to three years and provide participants with the knowledge they need to work as an art therapist in an institution or in their own painting studio. It is then possible to continue training in this specialist area and obtain recognition from one of the professional associations (GPK, FIAC, SVAKT, VDT, ARAET, APSAT, BTK), which enables them to be recognized by health insurance companies. This can be a corresponding further training course with professional experience, or a higher professional examination with a corresponding specialization - such as art therapy.