Thai Massage Certification Program Overview
Thai Healing Massage Academy offers two types of certificates for our online Thai Massage courses. Both can be conveniently completed right from your home, and from anywhere in the world:
1. International Certificate
Valid for : Students from all countries including the US
2. Continuing Education Certificate
Valid for: US therapists who need CEUs to maintain their licence.
These two certificates are meant for different purposes and are explained in detail below.
1. The International Certificate
Thai Healing Massage Academy’s certificate verifies that you took the online course and fulfilled all requirements to demonstrate active participation.
This massage certificate is available to all students worldwide, if they fulfill the requirements to qualify for the certificate.
International Certification is available for the following courses (click on course title for more information):
Where is our International Certificate valid?
We often receive inquiries from students asking if our certificates are recognized in their country towards obtaining a massage license. We cannot answer this question.
Thai Healing Massage Academy has online students in many countries around the world. Laws and regulations are different in all of them, ranging from no rules to very strict rules. In addition, rules can differ within the same country.
For example in the US all 50 states have their own rules.
Some countries have different rules for Thai Massage than for other types of massage.
It also depends on what exactly you are planning to do with your Thai Massage.
There are so many factors that there is no way for us to give you a correct and up to date answer. It is not possible for us to keep up with changing massage laws in other countries, and we do not want to be in a position to give inaccurate advice about legal issues.
We recommend that you contact the relevant authorities in your country and inquire from them, or contact a local massage school in your area and ask them what the rules are in regards to massage licenses.
The only answer we can give is that the acceptance of our certificate for licensing purposes depends on your local authorities.
CLICK HERE to see a sample of Thai Healing Massage Academy's international certificate
COST: The International Certificate is provided free of charge. However qualifying is required.
2. Continuing Education Certificate
This massage certificate is only applicable to licensed massage therapists from the USA who need continuing education credits (CEUs) to keep their licence or professional memberhips up to date.
Shama Kern, the director and principal instructor of Thai Healing Massage Academy, is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a Continuing Education Approved Provider (provider number 451985-12).
You can get continuing education hours for our longer courses (with a video run time of at least 4 hours, qualifying for a minimum of 8 CE hours).
PLEASE NOTE: As of June 2017 the NCBTMB has made it a requirement to specify the course type on all certificates. In our case this means that the CE certificate will list the course as an “online/home study course”. Please do not ask us to change or omit this since this would be illegal for us to do.
CLICK HERE to see a sample of Thai Healing Massage Academy's CE certificate.
Where are our CE certificates valid?
CE hours can be used either for license renewal in your state or for membership renewal in professional massage organizations like NCBTMB, AMTA or ABMP.
NCBTMB CE hours are accepted nationally. However all 50 states have different regulatory agencies and different laws regarding massage therapy.
If you want to be sure about the license renewal requirements in your state, you should contact the agency in your state which regulates massage licensing and inquire if they accept interactive online home study training courses with NCBTMB CE hours for the renewal of your massage license.
The elements of Thai Healing Massage Academy's training programs:
Our certification program is a structured online training that includes instructor support and the opportunity to connect with other students through our Facebook group and/or forum. For each course offering an International and/or CE certificate, you’ll need to complete a quiz and achieve a passing score in order to receive your certificate.
Not all CEUs are the same:
States may distinguish between different categories of CEUs: live in person training, online training, and home study.
Online courses may be accepted as live training if they include an interactive feature which allows students to communicate with their instructor. This depends on the definition of the rules in each state.
Thai Healing Massage Academy cannot be up to date on the license renewal rules in all 50 states. The individual states decide what their specific requirements for CEUs are, and for accurate information you should contact the relevant authorities.
New York state therapists: Please note that our CEUs will only be valid for membership renewals of professional associations like AMTA, ABMP or NCBTMB. They cannot be used for the renewal of your massage license.
Florida state therapists: Our CEUs are approved by the Florida Board of Massage Therapy through CE Broker, and all course completions are reported directly to the system.
CEUs are available for the following courses (1 CE hour = 1 CEU):
(click on course title for more information)
Requirements for obtaining a certificate
Test questions (Applicable for BOTH International and CE certificates)
In order to obtain a certificate from Thai Healing Massage Academy, you will need to take the certification quiz for the course that you are enrolled in.
Please note that certificates are available for our medium and large courses with more than 3 hours of training. We do not issue certificates for our smaller courses with less than 3 hours of video training.
You need to get a score of 80% or higher in order to pass the quiz and receive a certificate from Thai Healing Massage Academy.
You’ll see your result immediately on the same page after completing the quiz. If you pass, your certification from Thai Healing Massage Academy will be emailed to you within 48 hours!
CE certificate for US students
Whether you’re pursuing the International or CE certificate, you’ll complete the same set of test questions.
In compliance with NCBTMB requirements, students enrolled in the Continuing Education Certificate program must answer five test questions per CE unit. This requirement is met through our course quizzes.
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Registration for certification
Specific details about Thai Healing Massage Academy’s certification programs are available in the course manuals and on our website once students are enrolled in a course.
When you purchase a course that is eligible for certification, you will have access to the registration page from within your membership portal.
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