Program Outline

Bowen College courses are open to all. Students may take any courses offered by BCI as long as the individual course prerequisite is met. If you are seeking to qualify as a Certified Bowen Health Therapist© or a Registered Bowen Health Practitioner©, certain prerequisites are necessary. Please review our Training Programs and Course Descriptions below.

Introduction to Bowen

At Bowen College we offer a couple of options to become more familiar with Bowen Therapy.

Experience Bowen Firsthand – Basic Bowen Workshop #001

At this workshop you will have the opportunity to experience Bowen first hand and talk with a practitioner and instructor for Bowen College. You will be shown a short power point presentation which will cover the scope of practice of Bowen, what to expect during treatment, case studies and what the BCI curriculum offers. You will also be given the opportunity to experience firsthand the feel and touch of doing the Bowen move.

Experience & Learn Bowen - Basic Bowen Body Protocols #406

This one day course is an introduction to the Bowen protocols. It is designed for you to see whether this technique would benefit you on a personal level as a patient, be support to family members, a technique to add to your practice as a Health Practitioner, or a stand-alone profession as a Bowen Health Therapist or Practitioner.

This course is the first day of courses 101 and 102. You may choose to continue with the Basic Bowen Course in the subsequent 3 days of instruction. In Basic Body Bowen you will be introduced to one of the most powerful techniques to allow the body to reboot itself and begin its journey of healing.

Certificate Level Training - Certified Bowen Health Therapist©

To acquire the designation of Certified Bowen Health Therapist©, or CBHT© you must complete the following courses and requirements.

Courses:

All 90 series courses or have obtained equivalencies. If you have already completed any of the 90 series courses as part of another program you can qualify for transfer credits and be exempt from them.
All 100 level courses must be completed. All of these can be taken concurrently with the 90 series courses.

Practical Experience:

10 Practicum's consisting of 3-5 visits per client. You will be provided with a Practicum Package to document each session. (A practicum is a practice session in which you, as a therapist will give a treatment to a client). Of these 10 practicums, 5 case studies with treatment charts must be formally submitted for the Bowen College database and will be used for purposes of research and student reference.
Practicum Package:
1. Case Study Instructions and Form
2. Treatment Chart
3. Client Consent Form
4. Client Letter
5. Self Evaluation Form
6. Therapist in Training Assessment Form
3 Supervised Sessions - Supervised treatment sessions with a Bowen College appointed practitioner. These are treatments which involve discussion time with your supervisor giving you feedback on your technique. These sessions will be documented by your supervisor.
Preceptorships involving at least 5 patients. This is an opportunity for you to observe your peers in practice. You may choose a practitioner of your choice provided you inform BCI. You will be required to document your hours for this component
Current CPR certificate

Practical experience and requirement hours to be recorded must total at least 50 hours. This is a combination of Internship, practicums, preceptorships and elective courses.

Upon achievement of the above requirements a written and practical exam must be completed and passed with a minimum standing of 80%.

A current student from another institution or a Bowen certificate from another institution can apply to our program. Current practical experience and a BCI examination will be accepted towards completion of these standards.

Diploma Level Training - Registered Bowen Health Practitioner©

To acquire the designation of Registered Bowen Health Practitioner© or RBHP© you must fulfil the following requirements:

CBHT© Designation
Completion of all 200, and 300 series courses
Internship; Supervised sessions (10 hours). This is an opportunity to receive supervised practical review and critique
20 Practicums (3-5) session visits; 5 of the treatments for be formally submitted to BCI database
Preceptorships involving at least 15 patients
Elective seminars towards completion of required hours

Practical experience and requirement hours to be recorded must total at least 100 hours. This is a combination of Internship, practicums, preceptorships and elective courses.

We will transfer credits toward your training program for any courses that may be eligible. If you have already completed any of these courses as part of another program you can qualify for transfer credits and be exempt from them by providing Bowen College with adequate proof.

BCI currently recognizes the following elective seminars for the purposes of our diploma program:

Peter and Rebecca Hutchinson's "Assessment in Motion"
John Wilks' "Working with Back Pain"
Margaret Spicer's and Anne Schubert's "Mind Body Bowen"
Cheryl Gibson's "Equi-Bowen"
Emmette Technique's pearls

If you have taken an elective seminar that is not on this list, please let us know so we can consider it for recognition.

Grandfathering of Bowen Students and Practitioners

If you possess a Bowen Certificate from another institution or have completed any Bowen related courses and are applying to our program, your current practical experience, as well as the curriculum you have taken will be considered for eligibility and acceptance towards our program. You will also be required to pass a BCI's examination as well as comply by the standards of practice set for CBHT© or RBHP© designations in order to receive full certification.

Bowen College will consider transfer credits from the following organizations:

Bowtech®
Gene Dobkin's Neural Touch™ Bowen Training
Neurostructural Integration Technique (NST)
European College of Bowen Studies
Bowen Healing Systems – by Raymond Augustyniak
International School of Bowen Therapy
Fascial Kinetics – by Russell Sturgess
Smart Bowen – by Bryan Smart

If not listed, please verify course equivalent with BCI (register@bowencollege.com).