Australasian College of Natural Therapies

Australasian College of Natural Therapies (ACNT) is an Australian private natural health college that offers both tertiary education and vocational education and training.

The college is owned by education provider Think Education, itself part of the Laureate International Universities group. Think Education was previously owned by SEEK Learning.

Other Think Education colleges include: Billy Blue College of Design, CATC Design School, APM College of Business and Communication, William Blue College of Hospitality Management, Southern School of Natural Therapies, Australian National College of Beauty and Jansen Newman Institute. Together these colleges have in excess of 10,000 students enrolled.

Australasian College of Natural Therapies was established in 1982 by Frieda and Peter Bielik (known then as the Eastern Suburbs College of Natural Therapies).

In the 1970s Freida Bielik, Principal and co-founder of Australasian College of Natural Therapies is said to have spent many years of sleepless nights at the local hospital with her son, Danny, who battled severe asthma for many of his early childhood years. Freida and her husband Peter were at a loss as to how to treat their son's health and through word of mouth were referred to an osteopath who had been treating asthma sufferers for many years. This osteopath treated Danny throughout his childhood and the results were astounding.

Today Danny Bielik is no longer a sufferer of asthma and has himself pursued a career in tertiary education including a period as Managing Director/CEO of the college. Danny was also appointed as the Ministerial Adviser for tertiary education to the Minister for Education, The Hon Adrian Piccoli, MP.

Freida was inspired so much by this form of medicine that she went on herself to study osteopathy, chiropractic and naturopathy. Once qualified, Freida started a small practice in Bondi. In 1982, along with her husband Peter, established the Eastern Suburbs College of Natural Therapies modest premises in Bondi Junction. The college then consisted of one classroom and four treatment rooms in an office building near the Bondi Junction train station. Quickly outgrowing the premises, the college moved to Double Bay where Freida and Peter ran a range of successful massage weekend workshops.

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