
ABOUT SSNT
School Information
SSNT seeks to make a contribution to the good health and well-being
of the community through the teaching of professional level courses,
and by means of the development, practice and utilisation of natural
therapies.
The school is particularly concerned with training primary contact practitioners
who are dedicated to helping people take responsibility for their own
health and to include in all health guidance, the promotion of a balanced
lifestyle. The holistic approach to health and the environment is, therefore,
stressed, with particular emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion.
Come along to an Information Session to learn more about the school.
The Southern School of Natural Therapies is situated in a recently renovated
three-storey building at nos.21 - 43 Victoria Street in the inner Melbourne
suburb of Fitzroy. We offer Degree courses in Naturopathy, Myotherapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Diploma's in TCM Remedial Massage (An mo tui na) and Remedial Massage, Certificate IV Massage and the Introduction to Naturopathy Certificate. The excellent facilities include The Alf Jacka Library which houses one of Australia's largest collections of natural medicine
texts and journals, the student clinic's, three large lecture rooms with
the latest audiovisual facilities,
common areas for students and staff, together with student access to
computers, the internet and photocopying services.
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HISTORY & AIMS OF THE SCHOOL
In 1961 Alfred Jacka formed the Victorian Branch College of the Australian
National Naturopathic Association. The school and the Association have
undergone a number of name changes in the intervening years to emerge
respectively as the Southern School of Natural Therapies (S.S.N.T.),
and The Australian Natural Therapists Association (A.N.T.A.).
Graduates of the SSNT Bachelor Health Science - Naturopathy are eligible
to apply for full professional membership of the Australian Natural Therapists
Association (A.N.T.A.), Australian Traditional Medicine Society (A.T.M.S.),
the Complementary Medicine Association (C.M.A.), and the National Herbalists
Association of Australia (N.H.A.A.).
In 1981 the school sought and obtained registration with the Australian
Securities Commission as a Non-Profit Organisation. The basic goal of
the school is the promotion of good health within the community, and
this it seeks to achieve by providing students of naturopathy with training
of the highest standard. The school's status as a Non-Profit Company
ensures that any surplus of funds at the end of the year is directed
back into the school in order to further improve the services it provides
to its students and the community.
SSNT takes the view that naturopathy is a system of health care which
should be complementary to conventional western medicine rather than
alternative to it, and the school is constantly working towards bridging
the gap between the two.
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