complementary therapist

Complementary therapists use a range of complementary and alternative therapies to work simultaneously with the clients` body, mind, and spirit in a holistic approach. They offer practices and services for holistic wellbeing, health maintenance, health education, health promotion and prevention of illness, along with the sustainable treatment of certain illnesses, especially chronic illnesses.

The most in-demand skills for this role include human physiology, human anatomy, develop therapeutic relationships, follow-up on healthcare users' treatment, carry out preventative internal medicine interventions, ensure safety of healthcare users. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives complementary therapist a score of 0.45 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.