Dear Stephen, This is my point of view but, taking into consideration that there is a strong initiative to regulate training in all health matters in Europe, there should be some consensus for everybody. Yes, each European country has its own point of view and regulations regarding health matters, but if we go that way it is no use to have a body which represents all European nations but without some common requisites to them all, in particular regarding NF. Jorge -- ------- Prof. Dr. Jorge Alvoeiro, Ph.D.(Hull,UK), C.Psych.(BPS,UK) 2000-119 Santarem Portugal URL: http://www1.terravista.pt/Enseada/8146/ E-Mail: ex_ip276239@xxxxxxx On Monday 21 Jun 2004 11:38, you wrote: > dear members > > concering the degree one needs to achieve before being able to offer > nf-services, much i wanted to write about has already been pointed out by > cornelia dollfus. personally i do favour an independent european society > which takes the special european situation into account. i see that there > are various prerequisits in different countries concerning regulation of > offering nf-services. in switzerland, for instance, there is a possibility > for people out of the complementary medicine sector to work with nf and to > be even covered by health insurance. so by just accepting practitioners > with certain degrees, these folks (including myself) would not have the > chance to get under the roof of san. > > so my suggestion is to take into account the different country's laws and > make membership available for all those who meet the regulations of their > own countries, apart from the neurofeedback-education they went through, > which standards will be set by san. > > best regards > > stephan odermatt, switzerland