NFSH provides training for those who wish to become Spiritual Healers and accepts into Membership those who meet the organisation's standards. The Charity has over 50 Healing Centres throughout the UK, staffed by volunteers, where Healing is available to the public on a regular basis, and runs a Referral Register of qualified Healer Members.

Spiritual Healing is a natural energy therapy. It complements conventional medicine by treating the whole person - mind, body and spirit. Spiritual Healers act as a conduit for healing energy, often described as 'love and light' which relaxes the body, releases tensions and stimulates self-healing. The benefits of healing can be felt on many levels, not just the physical, and the effects can be profound.

What is Spiritual about it?

• Spiritual in this context relates to spiritus; the life force energy and breath that is within us all.
• Spiritual Healing is about treating the whole person. It energises body, mind and spirit and so its effects can be felt on many levels, not just the physical.

Isn't it Faith Healing? What's the difference?

• No. Spiritual Healing is not Faith Healing. The term 'Faith Healing' implies that the recipient needs to believe in a deity and that that deity is the source of healing.
• Spiritual Healing is not linked to a particular religion. Faith by the patient is not required and healing can help people regardless of their religious beliefs.

Where does this 'energy' come from?

• Healing energy is all around us. In essence it is 'universal' - part of nature itself. It is available for everyone to use for the greatest good. Healers learn to use their ability to tap into this natural energy and pass it on.
• Depending on their individual beliefs some healers and recipients see the energy as divine; others see it as pure universal energy. It is often visualised as simply 'love and light'.

Are Spiritual Healers properly trained? How are you regulated?

• Healers who belong to NFSH complete a two-year comprehensive programme of training, practise and development as Probationer Members before they are eligible to be considered for Healer Membership.
• All NFSH healers are insured for the protection of the public.
• NFSH members are bound by a Code of Conduct which sets standards for practising healer members and which acts as a reference on those standards for the public.

What does the NFSH do?

• NFSH is the largest Spiritual Healer membership organisation in the UK. It is a registered charity (number 1094702) established to promote public health by the promotion of spiritual healing for the benefit of the public.
• The charity provides opportunities for members of the public to receive spiritual healing through its UK Referral Service (0845 123 2767), at NFSH Healing Centres, at Exhibitions, and through NHS support services.
• NFSH develops and sets standards for healers which our members must meet and in conjunction with other organisations has set standards to be met by healers in a large number of different healing organisations. In recent years the training courses have been revised in line with the NFSH commitment to raise standards for the protection of the public.
• NFSH works closely with the medical profession and supports research into Spiritual Healing.
• NFSH was established during 1954/5. Harry Edwards, probably the most well-known and significant healer of his generation became the first NFSH member and later President of NFSH.