Code of Ethics

Green Heart Healing Space is owned and operated by Jade Hodgkin, who is committed to ongoing learning and growth to ensure the space invites safety and offers comfort and support to all who visit.

Jade’s cultural background is Australian, with Scottish, German, and English ancestry. In her teaching career, she worked as an English language teacher and understands the significance of language and one’s connection to culture and the impact this has on well-being. Jade welcomes you to share any relevant cultural information supporting your treatments or learning experiences with her.

Jade uses the pronouns she/her.

Jade is qualified to offer the following services to clients:

Massage Therapy, Reiki treatment and courses, Flower Essence Therapy, Intuitive Energetics, and Intuitive Intelligence Training. A complete list of qualifications can be found on the website.

The creation of this Code of Ethics is a commitment by Green Heart Healing Space to provide professional services delivered to all clients with integrity and respect. This includes adhering to the Australian Natural Therapists Association Code of Ethics and Scope and Standards of Practice, the Reiki Australia Code of Ethics, and the National Code of Conduct for Healthcare Workers (Queensland).


Terms Defined:

Client: Any person who engages in the paid services of Green Heart Healing Space.

Flower Essence Therapy: Flower Essences are produced by imprinting a flower’s unique vibrational healing signature onto a carrier solution and are used to treat imbalances at a higher level, bringing about emotional and spiritual balance and well-being in the whole person. 

Healing, as defined by Reiki Australia, refers to the concept of making ‘whole’ and incorporates aspects of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual dimensions. The healing process is not focused on curing, which commonly implies relief from the physical or total absence of disease.

Informed Consent: The client’s right to self-decision can only be effectively exercised if they possess enough information to make an informed choice. The practitioner’s obligation is to present facts accurately to the client and make recommendations in accordance with good professional practice. The practitioner has an ethical duty to assist the client in choosing therapeutic alternatives consistent with good practice.

Integrity: Integrity is the practice of being honest and consistently adhering to strong moral and ethical principles and values.

Massage Therapy: Massage therapy is kneading or manipulating a person’s muscles and other soft tissue to improve their well-being or health. It is a manual therapy that includes holding, moving, and applying pressure to the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia.

Reiki: Reiki is a spiritual practice and healing modality. The English meaning of the Japanese name for the practice is commonly translated as Universal Life Energy or Universal Life Force.

Reiki Master: A person who has completed master training and teaches in their chosen form of Reiki.

Reiki Practitioner: The Reiki practitioner is a conduit for the energy called Reiki.

An Intuitive Intelligence Trainer Is qualified to support you in meeting and releasing your subconscious fear programs, which will activate your superconscious intuition. As defined by the Institute for Intuitive Intelligence.

An Intuitive Energetics Practitioner Is qualified to identify and clear subconscious patterns and programs from a client’s subtle anatomy (energy body). They assist in moving stuck energy, low-frequency thought forms and negative self-beliefs, often at the centre of creating disharmony in their client’s energy fields and lives. As defined by the School for Metaphysical Practice.

PRACTITIONER AND THE CLIENT

Client Care

Green Heart Healing Space shall:

·   Practise only the modalities in which a qualification is held and only to the scope of their qualification.

·   Do no harm; the practitioner shall do nothing that will physically or emotionally injure the client.

·   Practice according to the principle of informed consent.

Patient Records

Green Heart Healing Space shall:

·   Maintain client confidentiality with exceptions that include explicit consent from the client or are required by law.

·   Maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date client records.

·   Ensure security of storage, access, and utilisation of client information.

Practitioner – Client Relationship

Green Heart Healing Space shall:

·   Recognise that a therapeutic relationship between practitioner and client is respected.

·   Refrain from engaging in sexual or romantic activity with the client.

·   Respect a client’s individual needs, values, and culture.

Financial Considerations

Green Heart Healing Space shall:

·   Place an appropriate value on professional services when determining any fee.

·   Ensure a current fee schedule is displayed in the clinic and on the website to ensure clients know relevant fees where possible.

PRACTITIONER AND THE PROFESSION

Professional Conduct

Green Heart Healing Space shall:

·   Build a professional reputation based on integrity and ability.

·   Acknowledge lineage, teachers, and trainers.

·   Maintain a safe and hygienic clinic environment, including infection control standards.

·   Remain up to date on relevant professional knowledge, codes of professional practice and legal responsibilities.

·   Meet the required number of hours for professional development as per professional membership requirements.

Referral to Other Health Service Professionals

Green Heart Healing Space shall:

·   Refer a client to another health service professional when it is believed that the client will benefit.

·   Recognise and respect the roles and expertise of other healthcare providers in the provision of client care.

·   Recognise their scope of practice and make appropriate recommendations or referrals to the broader health care system in their client’s best interest.

ADVERTISING

Green Heart Healing Space shall:

·   Adhere to all relevant federal and state legislation advertising codes.

·   Not bring the profession into disrepute.

·   Advertise professional services in a manner that contains information reasonably needed for clients to make informed decisions about the services’ appropriateness.