Welcome

Empowering Holistic Touch & Trauma Recovery
Explore the deep connection between body, mind, and emotions. Unlock healing through integrated touch therapies that support trauma release and whole-person transformation.

Welcome to the School of Holistic Therapy, a space created for students to grow and transform personally as they learn to work deeply and effectively to encourage healing while paving the way for fulfilling professional journeys.

The School of Holistic Therapy was established in 2000 by Simonetta Logan. As an experienced holistic therapist, practicing since 1993, she was keen to share her knowledge and skills and teach a new generation of therapists. Having now trained over 300 students, the school continues to inspire the next generation of practitioners.

The School promotes the use of holistic treatments by realising the significant link between the physical body, the emotions and the intellect. We encourage liaison with general medical practice to advance ethical complementary practice and the growth of interest among many allopathic practitioners.

We believe that counselling skills and personal development should underpin all complementary therapies. The empathic stance of a good practitioner often brings strong emotions to the surface and the use of counselling skills enables the client to work through their feelings positively and productively. This has obvious benefits for both client and practitioner. The School emphasises ethical and professional practice.

Our courses

Our courses offer students, whether at the beginning of their learning or those wishing to extend their services, the skills, experience and knowledge needed to practice as a confident, effective therapist. They also impart new ways of being, sensing and working that will inspire you to live more fully.

All our courses are led by the School Director, Simonetta Logan and her team of course facilitators and assistants.

“The team at the school put their hearts into our courses because, as therapists, we love the work we do” - Simonetta Logan

The school is affiliated to the Massage Training Institute (MTI), a national examining body and professional association specialising in holistic massage. The MTI is a member of the General Council for Massage Therapy and is active in setting accreditation standards in the UK. It is also accredited with the Federation of Holistic Therapies (FHT) for our Somatic Trauma Therapy course.

We also recommend some courses delivered by external trainers for advanced learning - as noted below.

To ensure participants achieve the utmost benefit from our courses, both personally and professionally, we’ve designed them with the following features:

• Small Class Sizes: Each group is limited to a maximum of 8-15 participants (depending on the course) to foster personalised attention and a supportive learning environment.
• Dedicated Support Staff: For every 3 to 4 students, there is a co-facilitator or assistant providing additional guidance.
• Continuous Feedback: Allocated tutors are available to review your work and provide tailored feedback throughout the course and between weekend sessions.
• Ongoing Group Supervision: When applicable, we offer bi-monthly group supervisions to deepen learning and collaboration.

For more information about our courses, click the links below:

Accredited courses

Somatic Trauma Therapy - 1 year course, 6 weekends (every 2 months), 6 supervision sessions

Holistic Therapeutic Massage Diploma - 1 year course, 10 weekends, plus exam weekend

Introductory courses and workshops

Introduction to Somatic Trauma Therapy - weekend course

Family Constellations - weekend course

Advanced courses

Myofascial Release - 3 weekends over 6 months

Myofascial Release for Trauma - 2 weekends over 3 months

Energy healing - 3 weekends over 6 months

Somatic Therapy Trauma Refresher (school graduates only) - weekend course

CPD

Emergency First Aid at Work - one day course

External Advanced Training Courses

We can recommend external advanced training courses delivered by AMTS and the Muscle & Movement Company, for those who wish to undertake them.  Further details of these can be found on our External Advanced Training Course page.