Press Release from the ICNM ICNM Best Complementary Student Awarded to Milton Keynes Practitioner / Rickmansworth Student The Institute for Complementary and Natural Medicine (ICNM) has named Amatsu student, Kim Holmes, as the Complementary Student of the Year. The Award, sponsored by Balen's insurance, is now in its second year, and is part of the ICNM's Complementary Medicine Awards. Kim was nominated by her tutor, Jane Langston at the Amatsu Training School in Rickmansworth. Battling a school phobia and previously undiagnosed dyslexia making reading and writing a laborious task, Kim developed new strategies to cope and with careful teaching and learning, went on to gain a distinction in her first year examination. Chief Executive, Yvonne Wilcox, says "Once again, we were delighted with the calibre of entries this year and we think all the nominees and winners reflect the growing importance and professionalism of complementary medicine". The ICNM administers the British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP) which is one of the longest-running registers of its kind in the country. Its members range from acupuncturists to aromatherapists, hypnotherapists and reflexologists, to name a few. In order to qualify to be a member of the BRCP, practitioners must prove their competence to practice by either completing an approved course or through an assessment made by the BRCP Registration Panel. For more information on complementary medicine, please visit www.icnm.org.uk