Purely and simply about holistic complementary therapy
I am a full member of the Complementary Therapists Association.
I began working with complementary therapies in 1997 when I trained as a Reflexologist. My natural healing practice developed from training, extensive experience and work in major trauma and loss. It developed from my training and work with people in crisis. I worked with Cruse Bereavement Care and a local authority trauma support service which trained to respond post major incident to give psycological and immeadiate support and counselling. I have a subsequent interest in stress management, relaxation and healing and I am able to work with my clients on many levels.
I saw clients who were suffering following a close, major and traumatic bereavement, by working at this level I was able to develop my listening, attending and people skills, supporting clients and eventually enabling them to find a safe place within.
Grief and trauma can be very physical conditions, grief is often held, ingrained not only in mind and spirit but very much so within the body itself. I very quickly identified how these emotional problems may affect the physical and spiritual body, this is the very principle of complementary medicine and this understanding has become the very basis of my complementary therapy practice itself.
I am subsequently especially interested in complementary therapies as relaxation therapy to help stress and associated emotional and physical pain. Complementary therapies may support and encourage healing and may help manage stress.
Clients do come with properly diagnosed problems and its important to explore these when taking client histories because this will give insight into the client's lifestyle. I will allways refer you to your GP if you have not had your condition properly diagnosed. However for me it is very important not to lose sight of the fundamental principles of complementary therapy; which is to treat the person and not the presenting symptoms.
I believe that by adhering strictly to this principle and by making my practice as simple as possible then the purer and more effective it becomes.
I look forward to working with you and your health problems with holistic therapies