Sophrologist to traditional chinese medicine therapist
A sophrologist already meets 56% of what the traditional chinese medicine therapist role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
50.6/ 100
1 How much of what a traditional chinese medicine therapist is expected to do is already part of a sophrologist’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the traditional chinese medicine therapist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A traditional chinese medicine therapist role treats 13 of its required skills as things a sophrologist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply context specific clinical competences
- develop therapeutic relationships
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- human anatomy
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A traditional chinese medicine therapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sophrologist background worth leading with.
- already held complementary and alternative medicine health and welfare
- already held observe healthcare users information skills
- already held acupuncture methods health and welfare
- already held follow-up on healthcare users' treatment communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held relaxation techniques services
All 21 carried skills, including the 13 the traditional chinese medicine therapist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn pathologies treated by acupuncture required
- still to learn traditional Chinese medicine required
- still to learn pathology required
- optional, not held auriculotherapy optional
- optional, not held composition of diets optional
- optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
- still to learn refer healthcare users required
- still to learn apply massage therapy required
- optional, not held develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system optional
- optional, not held select acupuncture points optional
- still to learn counsel healthcare users on medicines required
- still to learn advise on healthy lifestyles required
- optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
- still to learn monitor patient's health condition required
- still to learn monitor patients' progress related to treatment required
- still to learn biomedicine required
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a traditional chinese medicine therapist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 biomedicine study this
- 02 counsel healthcare users on medicines practise this
- 03 monitor patient's health condition practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 21 skills that carry over
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held develop therapeutic relationships skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held follow-up on healthcare users' treatment skill
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held human physiology knowledge
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
- already held observe healthcare users skill
- already held phytotherapy knowledge
- already held promote mental health skill
- already held acupuncture methods knowledge
- already held address side effects of menopause skill
- already held apply acupuncture skill
- already held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions skill
- already held complementary and alternative medicine knowledge
- already held general medicine knowledge
- already held provide health education skill
- already held relaxation techniques knowledge
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held auriculotherapy optional
- optional, not held develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system optional
- optional, not held select acupuncture points optional
- optional, not held composition of diets optional
- optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
- optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
29 held skills the traditional chinese medicine therapist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on childbirth skill
- not needed by the target role advise on mental health skill
- not needed by the target role apply aromatherapy skill
- not needed by the target role assess physical conditions of clients skill
- not needed by the target role attend to sophrology clients skill
- not needed by the target role behavioural disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role behavioural therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role breathing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role correct potentially harmful movements skill
- not needed by the target role deliver sophrology exercises skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate professional attitude to clients skill
- not needed by the target role direct movement experiences skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of exercise environment skill
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role homeopathy knowledge
- not needed by the target role homeopathy remedies knowledge
- not needed by the target role inform clients of healthy lifestyle benefits skill
- not needed by the target role movement techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role neurophysiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare exercise session skill
- not needed by the target role prepare sophrology session skill
- not needed by the target role prescribe exercises skill
- not needed by the target role promote balance between rest and activity skill
- not needed by the target role promote healthy lifestyle skill
- not needed by the target role provide fitness information skill
- not needed by the target role safely instruct about fitness skill
- not needed by the target role sophrology knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervision of persons knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of aromatherapy treatments knowledge
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn biomedicine required
- still to learn pathologies treated by acupuncture required
- still to learn traditional Chinese medicine required
- still to learn pathology required
- optional, not held auriculotherapy optional
- optional, not held composition of diets optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
- optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
Common questions about this move
Can a sophrologist become a traditional chinese medicine therapist?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A sophrologist already covers 56% of what a traditional chinese medicine therapist is expected to do: 21 skills carry over, 13 of which the traditional chinese medicine therapist role treats as required.
What skills does a sophrologist need to become a traditional chinese medicine therapist?
10 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by health and welfare. The single most important is biomedicine.
How hard is the move from sophrologist to traditional chinese medicine therapist?
Its learning distance is 50.6 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.