Practitioner Membership
Bringing practitioners together.
Building public understanding.
Shaping the future of integrative wellbeing.
The Alliance for Integrative Wellbeing is creating a powerful professional and public platform for the holistic, complementary and integrative practitioners who contribute to whole-person wellbeing.
Not another membership that gives you a badge and sends you the occasional newsletter.
AIW is being built to inform practitioners, promote the profession, increase public understanding, support practice growth and create serious opportunities for professional and personal development.
We're building the platform.
We're building the audience.
We're creating the events, publications, resources and conversations.
And we're inviting you to be a part of it.
AIW is one week old — and we're growing!
The Alliance for Integrative Wellbeing officially opened its doors just one week ago, and our first 17 practitioners have already joined us as Founding Members.
Practitioner Membership is now open to holistic, complementary and integrative wellbeing practitioners who would like to be part of what we're building.
You can now join with an annual or monthly Practitioner Membership — and for a limited time, a number of our Founding Lifetime Membership places are still available.
What will AIW do for you?
Keep you informed
Working in the wellbeing industry means navigating an evolving professional landscape.
Industry standards change.
Regulations and advertising requirements develop.
New research emerges.
Insurance requirements shift.
Questions arise around scope of practice, professional responsibilities, terminology and ethical practice.
Finding reliable information — and understanding what it actually means for your practice — isn't always straightforward.
AIW will help do that work for you.
We'll research and share relevant developments across the integrative wellbeing field and translate important information into clear, practical updates.
We'll keep an eye on:
Working in the wellbeing industry means navigating an evolving professional landscape.
Industry standards change.
Regulations and advertising requirements develop.
New research emerges.
Insurance requirements shift.
Questions arise around scope of practice, professional responsibilities, terminology and ethical practice.
Finding reliable information — and understanding what it actually means for your practice — isn't always straightforward.
AIW will help do that work for you.
We'll research and share relevant developments across the integrative wellbeing field and translate important information into clear, practical updates.
We'll keep an eye on:
- industry standards and developments;
- relevant rules and regulatory changes;
- advertising and marketing requirements;
- professional and ethical practice;
- scope-of-practice considerations;
- insurance developments;
- emerging research;
- government and industry announcements; and
- issues that may affect the way you practise or run your business.
See How People Will Find You
Your AIW membership isn't just about having a practitioner profile — it's about helping people find their way to you.
We're building the AIW Practitioner Directory so members of the public can search for practitioners in three different ways:
1. By what they would like help with
Sometimes people know what they need help with, but they don't know which type of practitioner or approach might be right for them.
They can start with what they're experiencing — from anxiety and stress to digestive health, chronic pain, menopause, healthy ageing and much more — and discover AIW practitioners who work in those areas.
2. By practitioner or approach
People who already know the type of practitioner or approach they're looking for will be able to search accordingly.
3. By location
People can look for practitioners in their own country and region, as well as practitioners offering online services around the world. Take a Look for Yourself
We’ve created the first working examples of the AIW Practitioner Directory so you can see how people will be able to find and connect with our members.
Have a little look around and see how it’s beginning to come together. You can explore how someone might search for the kind of help they need, find a practitioner by location, and ultimately arrive at an individual practitioner profile.
The directory is still growing and evolving, and new practitioners, locations and approaches will be added as our AIW community grows.
Build public understanding
This is one of the biggest reasons AIW exists.
We're here to make integrative wellbeing better understood, more visible, and part of a broader conversation about whole-person health and wellbeing.
We'll take that conversation beyond our membership through public education, media, interviews, articles, digital content, conferences, specialist summits and conversations with practitioners, educators, researchers and health professionals.
We want more people to understand that wellbeing doesn't have to be approached through one discipline alone.
Holistic and complementary practices don't need to compete with one another — or with conventional healthcare.
Different approaches can bring different knowledge, skills and perspectives to the bigger picture of supporting the whole person.
The more the public understands integrative wellbeing, the greater the opportunity for the practitioners working within it.
Give the industry a bigger voice
AIW will actively advocate for the integrative wellbeing industry.
AIW will actively advocate for the integrative wellbeing industry.
Our advocacy will be professional, constructive and informed.
We'll raise important questions.
We'll share research and information.
We'll invite knowledgeable people into the conversation.
We'll create forums where significant wellbeing issues can be explored from multiple perspectives.
And we'll actively promote greater recognition and understanding of the contribution holistic, complementary and integrative practitioners can make.
Our aim isn't to tell people what choices they should make.
It's to make sure integrative wellbeing is part of the conversation.
Help people find you
Promoting the industry is important.
Promoting the practitioners within it matters too.
Every AIW Practitioner Member will have the opportunity to create their own dedicated Practitioner Profile Page within the AIW website.
This is much more than a directory listing.
Your page can become your own professional space within AIW, with a unique web address that you can share with prospective clients, include on your social media profiles, add to your email signature or use wherever you promote your practice.
Your Practitioner Profile Page can include:
- your name and professional title;
- your photograph;
- your business name and logo;
- an introduction to you and your practice;
- the modalities and services you offer;
- your areas of professional interest;
- your location and whether you work online;
- your contact details;
- links to your social media profiles;
- links to your booking platform;
- a link to your existing website, if you have one; and
- information about how prospective clients can work with you.
If you already have a website, your AIW page provides another professional pathway for people to discover you and connect with your practice.
And if you don't have a website yet, your AIW Practitioner Profile Page can give you a simple professional online presence without needing to build one.
Practitioners will also be searchable through the AIW Practitioner Directory, helping people explore different approaches to integrative wellbeing and find practitioners offering the services they're looking for.
As the AIW audience grows, we'll also create opportunities to showcase members and their expertise through practitioner features, articles, interviews, educational content, social media and other AIW channels.
Our aim is not simply to tell the public about integrative wellbeing.
We want to help them find the practitioners putting it into practice.
Help you build your practice - and yourself
Professional knowledge is only part of building a successful wellbeing practice.
You also need:
- people to know how to find you and book with you;
- the skills and resources to build and manage your business;
- opportunities to continue learning and developing professionally; and
- support to prevent burnout, protect your own wellbeing and create a working life you enjoy.
Build and market your practice
Access education and practical resources covering:
- attracting and retaining clients;
- educational marketing;
- social media and content creation;
- websites and online presence;
- professional credibility and communication;
- ethical marketing and appropriate claims;
- referrals, workshops and programs;
- pricing, budgeting and financial confidence; and
- building a sustainable practice.
Keep developing professionally
Stay informed about relevant developments across the holistic, complementary and integrative wellbeing industries, with access to professional-development workshops, mini-courses, resources and events when you want to develop further.
Support the person behind the practice
Access personal-development opportunities covering practitioner wellbeing, burnout prevention, confidence, boundaries, professional relationships, communication, financial confidence and the challenges of working with people.
Many workshops, resources and mini-courses will be free as part of your membership, with significant member discounts on selected additional programs.
Less theory - More practical support you can put to work in your practice — and your life.
Share Your Knowledge & Build Your Professional Visibility
As a Practitioner Member, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute educational articles to the Alliance for Integrative Wellbeing Resource Library in areas that fall within your professional qualifications and scope of practice.
Our Resource Library is being created to provide members of the public with accessible, responsible and balanced information about holistic, complementary and integrative approaches to wellbeing.
Approved articles will be published under your name and can include information about you and your professional work, with a link directly to your Alliance Practitioner Profile.
This gives you the opportunity to:
- Share your knowledge in the areas you genuinely understand and work within
- Build your professional profile and demonstrate your expertise
- Help the public better understand the contribution integrative approaches can make to wellbeing
- Be discovered by people already searching for information about the areas you work with
- Connect interested readers directly with your Practitioner Profile and services
You contribute the knowledge.
We help give it a platform.
We help give it a platform.
All submissions will be reviewed against the Alliance’s editorial and professional guidelines before publication to help ensure our Resource Library remains informative, responsible and worthy of public trust.
Professional events created for your industry
The Integrative Wellbeing Conference
Specialist Summits
A major part of AIW will be our professional conference program.
The Integrative Wellbeing Conference will bring together practitioners, educators, researchers, health professionals, industry partners and speakers for two days of professional and business development.
This isn't intended to be a wellness festival.
It's a professional conference for the integrative wellbeing industry.
Expect professional education, emerging research, practice development, business and marketing education, experiential learning, expert speakers, panels and opportunities to discover what is happening beyond your own discipline.
AIW Practitioner Members will receive preferential member pricing for selected conferences and events.
Specialist Summits
Some wellbeing issues deserve a dedicated conversation.
AIW will develop specialist summits that bring together people with different expertise and perspectives to explore significant physical, mental, emotional and social wellbeing issues.
Rather than asking one profession for all the answers, we'll ask: What can we learn when we bring the right people together?
These summits will help create conversations that cross traditional professional boundaries and contribute to the wider public and professional understanding of integrative wellbeing.
Member Rates for Alliance Conferences & Events
Practitioner Members receive access to special member pricing for Alliance conferences, professional events and selected educational opportunities.
Practitioner Members receive access to special member pricing for Alliance conferences, professional events and selected educational opportunities.
The Journal of Integrative Wellbeing
AIW members will receive access to the Journal of Integrative Wellbeing — bringing useful professional information together in one place.
The Journal will explore:
- emerging research;
- industry developments;
- integrative approaches;
- professional practice;
- expert perspectives;
- practitioner interviews;
- business and marketing;
- professional development;
- new ideas and emerging disciplines; and
- important conversations affecting whole-person wellbeing.
Our goal is simple: Find information worth knowing - Bring together people worth listening to - Make it useful to your practice.
CLAIM A FOUNDING LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP
What does your membership include?
As an AIW Practitioner Member, you'll receive:
✓ AIW Practitioner Membership
✓ Professional AIW Member badge✓ Membership certificate
✓ AIW Practitioner Directory profile
✓ Listing in AIW Practitioner index
✓ Industry and professional updates✓ Relevant regulatory and standards information
✓ Research and professional information
✓ Journal of Integrative Wellbeing - monthly
✓ Business and marketing education
✓ Practical business and marketing resources
✓ Professional-development opportunities
✓ Member Rates for Alliance Conferences & Events - special member pricing for Alliance conferences, professional events and selected educational opportunities.
✓ Opportunities for practitioner visibility through AIW channels
✓ Access to additional member benefits and industry partnerships as they are developed
✓ Ability to contribute articles to the AIW resource library
Your own Practitioner Page with a unique URL where you can include all your business information and contact details - even links to your social and booking pages!
Your Practitioner Page Can Be Your Web Presence
Don’t have a website yet?
Your AIW Practitioner Page can give you a professional presence online without the expense or complexity of building and maintaining your own website.
Your page can introduce you and your practice, explain the services you offer, and provide links to your booking system, social media, contact details and other places you’d like potential clients to find you. For practitioners who simply want a professional place online where people can learn more about who they are and what they offer, your AIW Practitioner Page may be all the web presence you need.
Want to see what your Practitioner Profile could look like?
Take a look at our example Practitioner Profile Page and see how your professional information, services, areas of support and contact details can all come together in one place.
And we're only getting started.
As AIW grows, so will the opportunities available to our members.
As AIW grows, so will the opportunities available to our members.
We're exploring relationships with organisations that can provide additional professional services and member benefits, and we'll continue developing resources based on what is useful to people actually working in the industry.
We won't fill your membership with benefits simply to make the list longer.
We want AIW membership to be useful.
Become an AIW members
STANDARD PRACTITIONER MEMBERSHIP
$187 per year
$187 per year
Full AIW Practitioner Membership, including all standard member benefits and your Practitioner Profile Page.
Or $22 per month
Join immediately and access your AIW member benefits, with your Practitioner Profile Page becoming available after three consecutive months of membership.
JOIN AS A PRACTITIONER MEMBER
Join immediately and access your AIW member benefits, with your Practitioner Profile Page becoming available after three consecutive months of membership.
JOIN AS A PRACTITIONER MEMBER
FOUNDING LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP
Available only while the remaining Founding Member places last.
$275
A limited number of our original 100 Founding Lifetime Memberships are still available.
Receive all standard Practitioner Member benefits, plus:
✓ Lifetime AIW Practitioner Membership
✓ No annual renewal fee✓ Lifetime AIW Practitioner Membership
✓ Exclusive Founding Member badge
✓ Founding Member certificate
✓ Permanent recognition on the Founding Members Honour Roll
$275 once.
No annual membership fee.
Be part of what comes next.
Integrative wellbeing encompasses an extraordinary range of knowledge, skills, disciplines and professional experience.
AIW is creating a platform to bring those strengths together, increase their visibility and demonstrate the important role they can play in supporting whole-person health and wellbeing.
Together, we can help make integrative wellbeing better understood, more accessible and available to more people — giving individuals greater knowledge, greater choice and more opportunities to actively participate in their own wellbeing.
Bringing practitioners together.
Building public understanding.
Shaping the future of integrative wellbeing
Because when we support the people who are out there every day helping others live healthier, happier lives, we strengthen communities and contribute to a better world.
Bringing practitioners together - Building public understanding - Shaping the future of integrative wellbeing.