Martin Grasby: Acupuncture, Bowen Technique, Psoas Release
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Martin trained in Five Element Acupuncture after benefiting from treatment himself. He later learned the Bowen Technique, which has proved to be a valuable addition to his practice.
He has a particular interest in the influence the physical body has on our mental and emotional health and vice-versa which he witnessed in its extreme when working with war victims in Bosnia & El Salvador. Casualties spoke of physical symptoms whilst often suppressing the horrors of the mental anguish they experienced.
Acupuncture and Bowen have the capacity to relieve physical pain and also to alleviate emotional trauma, without the need to relive the event.
Martin treats cause/s not symptom/s in isolation. Many clients present symptoms that are yet undiagnosed/ or are unable to be treated by medical intervention. Moreover, clients who are on medication maybe seeking to reduce their reliance on them.
In the course of his continuing professional development he has studied the significant roles of both the psoas muscle and the body’s fascia and their impact on health and illness.
He practices meditation and QiGong to focus and relax and enjoys the great outdoors – coast, dales and hills!
Victoria Stockton: Acupuncture
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Victoria obtained a Licentiate in Acupuncture at the College of Traditional Acupuncture, Warwick and a First Class BA (Hons) Traditional Acupuncture at Oxford Brookes University. As a member of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC), the leading national regulatory body for professional acupuncture practitioners, she adheres to their strict standards of care in clinical safety, ethical and academic requirements.
She has extensive experience in treating a range of conditions both physical and emotional from headaches, sciatica, sports injuries through to stress, depression and anxiety.
Considering each patient as an individual, acupuncture follows an imperative, holistic approach to diagnosis and subsequent treatment to return you to balance and ultimately to live a more fulfilling life.
“Fundamental to my practice is the holistic approach of acupuncture. Our health and well-being depend on myriad factors, such as lifestyle, relationships, work, diet, emotions, constitution, as well as climate, environment and our living conditions. I am passionate about supporting and playing a part in helping each individual find the path to healing that is right for them. I never cease to be amazed at how small changes can make a big and profound difference.”
Angela Way: Reflexology, Indian Head Massage, Reiki Healing
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Angela qualified as a reflexologist in 1995. Her love of the subject led her to take an advanced examination some 2 years later.
Since then she has continued training with post graduate classes to advanced level in a variety of strands of reflexology e.g. occipital and cranial-sacral, meridian therapy, lymphatic stimulation, endocrinology, maternity and auto-immune. Most recently, neurological foot reflexology.
She became interested in Reiki and obtained Reiki Master teacher in 2005. She felt that a natural progression would beIndian Head Massage It allows me to access the reflexology points on the ears - auricular therapy - and on the face.
During her training Hopi Ear Candling was a part of the course thus enabling her to offer this to my clients as well as reflexology.
Jennifer McCabe: MBACP, Accredited Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
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Before joining the masters’ programme in Psychodynamic Studies at Oxford University, Jenny represented vulnerable adults in the community and worked with NHS mental health and community services in a professional capacity.
She helps clients with problems such as depression, anxiety, sleep and eating disorders. Someone who feels stuck and helpless can then feel more alive and worthwhile.
Jenny has also undertaken infant observation with the British Psychotherapy Foundation and is training in EMDR to help furthero inform her work helping people recover from trauma.
Finding the right person in the therapist is just as important as qualifications, experience, or even the type of therapy being offered.
You are encouraged to have a free initial consultation with Jenny before you invest in what is the beginning of a unique therapeutic relationship.
Please email: mccabetherapy94@gmail.com
Rebecca Brewster: Counselling and Psychodynamic Therapy
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Rebecca takes an integrative and holistic approach to helping clients who experience emotional trauma, anxiety, phobias, addictive behaviour or any dysfunctional emotional episodes that hinder their sense of wellbeing and personal/ professional relationships. She supports women going through the Peri/ Menopause by integrating energy work and emotional therapy along with nutritional advice.
Her work largely centres around building a clients self confidence and guiding them to gently resolve unhelpful or dysfunctional core beliefs and patterns of behaviour.
She aims to fully empower and restore a clients deep sense of self worth, personal awareness and emotional wellbeing. Clients are then able to use these tools to reach their potential both personally and professionally.
She has practised Therapeutic Counselling/Healing/Holistic Therapy since 1996, both in private practice as well as being part of the Stress Management team at Unipart in Oxford.
She describes herself as always being a natural empath and intrinsically fascinated by human behaviour.
In 2005 she took a 12 year break to pursue interior design, and raise a family.
Between 2018-2021 she retrained and reinstated her practising membership qualifications.
She says “I feel truly privileged to be able to work with so many clients and support them on their individual journeys to become more empowered, confident and self aware.”
Away from client work is usually spent facilitating the needs of a busy family, walking in nature and gardening. Her passions also includeI researching the nutritional and medicinal use of herbs and how these support digestive health and our general wellbeing.
Memberships:
Emotional Therapeutic Counselling. MFETC
Accredited Practising Member of the National Counselling Society. MNCS Accred.
Emotional Freedom Technique. Cert EFT
Practicing Healer Member of the Healing Trust. MNFSH (former Trustee) Qualified Holistic Therapist. (Inc Nutrition)
Qualified Aromatherapist with the International Federation of Aromatherapists.
Karen Undrill: MBACP Individual and Couples Counsellor
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Karen has been counselling for over twenty years. First as a volunteer counsellor on a phone line and then with various organisations including working with a mediation service, a cancer centre, an agency for older adults and other various charities and the NHS. She now works with couples and individuals.
She is interested in the whole person and sees herself as a holistic counsellor. She has a flexible approach and will employ the approach she thinks is best suited for you as a person, or couple together with the issues you present. She has trained as an integrative counsellor and in couples counselling.
Karen offers short-term and long-term counselling and is happy to meet or talk with you over the phone or zoom to assess and understand more about your needs before deciding how to move forward. This is free and without any obligation. This way, you can get to know Karen and understand a little more about how counselling works.
She is a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) adhering to their ethical framework (code of practice). As a counsellor members are expected to have continued support and training which she fully endorses .
Dr.Simon Barnett: Clinical Hypnosis
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As a child, I spent a lot of my time wondering how everything worked. If I could, I would take things apart so I could learn how they worked, before putting them back together again. I was fascinated by the need to know how all the parts worked together and how to fix them when things went wrong. I have never lost this fascination.
During my 25 years as a Dental Surgeon, I learned so much more about the mental needs of my clients, rather than simply working on ‘their teeth’. During this time, I was lucky enough to attend a clinical hypnosis course aimed specifically at doctors and dentists, to help alleviate patient’s anxiety.
Over the next 20 years, I developed a deep and extensive understanding of how the healthy brain, mind and hypnosis works. It isn’t something I ‘do to’ people but it is a way of working to help discover ways to break through self-limiting barriers. Clients often report feeling liberated at being able to break free from their own constraints.
Hypnosis when used effectively can have a profound and lasting impact for clients reporting a variety of symptoms and difficulties.
‘So, is hypnosis magic?’ I am sometimes asked. ‘Is it real?’ Magic uses language and gestures in a bid to redirect an individual’s attention whilst the magician makes changes. So yes, it could be argued hypnosis is possibly loosely like a form of magic. However, there is one major difference. A good magician will carefully work to leave you bamboozled, confused and them looking clever. A good clinical hypnotist will leave you with a clear understanding of yourself and show the clever you, tools to make real changes to your life. Your tools. The ones you didn’t even know you had!
Simon currently teaches Clinical Hypnosis to healthcare professionals at Birmingham City University. It is a course he created with colleagues and is currently the only university accredited post graduate course on the subject in the UK. They have former students engaged in research to demonstrate the real benefits clinical hypnosis can bring to people’s mental health and physical wellbeing.
Samantha Beishon: Counsellor/CBT Psychotherapist & EMDR Practitioner
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Life can throw many challenges at us, sometimes navigated well but at times can become overwhelming, and some help is welcome. I have worked with adults and young people to help them find their way through emotional and mental distress. I also have experience working with victims of domestic and sexual abuse.
With an understanding of how issues such as anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and trauma impacts everyday life, I offer a confidential space to work with you to find relief from these emotional challenges. Therapeutic techniques are chosen based on your current needs which include my Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, EMDR, Guided Imagery, Mindfulness and breath work.
Everyone deserves to experience freedom from emotional and psychological distress and while the past cannot be changed, we can work together to lessen the impact and find ways to move forward.
Memberships:
MBACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy)
Further training:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing) with the EMDR Centre, London.
Guided Imagery & Visualisation
Claire Friday: UKCP accredited Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
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I am UKCP Registered Psychotherapist having completed an MSc in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy from the Northern Guild in Newcastle. I offer a warm client led holistic approach and use creative methods such as sand tray, art, music, clay and imagery to support both children and adults express themselves.
Before training as a psychotherapist I have worked for almost 20 years in the adoption field and I specialise in supporting clients who have experienced trauma. I have worked with children and young people in both school and charity settings as well as in private practice, supporting with a wide range of issues such as developmental trauma, behavioural difficulties, depression and anxiety, low self esteem, eating issues, grief and loss and relational issues.
I have also worked with adults who have experienced a range of issues such as relational issues, trauma, childhood issues, grief and loss, depression and anxiety. I also provide support to parents who may be struggling.
Training:
Msc in Psychotherapy
Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Brigitte Nix: Professional Coach and Wellbeing specialist
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Brigitte has been in practice since the 1990s providing both physical treatments and talking sessions. She has a wide repertoire but chooses to focus on Bowen, Smart Bowen ® and Dorn Therapy for physical treatments.
Both are a form of very gentle soft tissue manipulation releasing muscle tension. Her youngest client was two weeks old and Brigitte was able to help both child and parents.
Dorn Therapy
Dorn Therapy is a form of myofascial trigger point release. To put it simply, it rapidly releases muscle tension in a very focussed way. Brigitte studied this with Dieter Dorn’s family and others in Germany and subsequently also in the UK.
Hypnotherapy and Coaching
Ericksonian Hypnosis, Psychotherapy and NLP had interested Brigitte for a long time and she was encouraged by a GP to begin her studies in 1996. During training that took place at Selly Oak hospital she met many highly accomplished professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds including medicine.
Extensive coaching training followed swiftly, both in the UK and abroad, with Dr Richard Bandler, Kate Benson, Michael Breen, Owen Fitzpatrick, Paul McKenna and other experts in the field. Brigitte’s work also encompasses Mindfulness, EMDR, Creative Visualisation and Thought Field Therapy (TFT).
Credentials and memberships:
Royal Society of Medicine, Senior Associate
Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming - Licensed by the Society of NLP™
NLP Certificate in Teaching Excellence™ - Licensed by the Society of NLP™
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Coaching, Bowen Technique,
Dorn Method and Hypnotherapy
Pam Bennett: Coaching & Massage therapies inc. Rejuvanessence Practitioner (facial massage treatment), Reiki & Hopi Ear Treatments
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Pam is a well-established practitioner of complementary therapies based in the Cotswolds.
She trained with the Middlesex School of Complementary Therapies in 2002 and since then has continued to add to her knowledge, continuing with her development and building new skills, to help her clients and deepen her practice.
She is qualified with Embody and the International Guild of Professional Practitioners as well as being accredited by the Association for Coaching.
The most common problems her clients present are headaches, stress, anxiety, and depression. People often come with aching muscles, usually involving back problems. Sometimes people experience more than one issue at a time, many associated – the physical and emotional.
Following her career as a printed textile designer, she developed a deep interest in complementary therapies. In 2002 she started out with massage therapy, which set her on a totally different path and a lifeline passion for learning.
In 2022 Pam wanted to embody the physical therapies and add coaching to her practice, now offering both talking and physical to her clients – often, one in the same.
Pam loves helping people and hearing how she can help them, often with profound challenge. She has built a range of treatment to nurture body and mind and looks forward to being able to help you.
Pam’s thoughts on what to practice:
Take time for yourself, a relaxing walking in nature, or a meditation, it doesn’t have to be long, 10 minutes perhaps. Both can help restore energy and healing.
Her clients say:
“You help me move forward in life.”
Shona Carey: EMMETT Technique Practitioner & Lymphatics
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Shona primarily practices the EMMETT Technique that is based on the belief that light touch can trigger a relaxation response in the soft tissues of the body.
She helps clients to try and find a solution to dealing with pain, stress and tension within the body. She believes that the relaxing nature of her work may result in the body as a whole feeling an improvement in the comfort and ease of movement, whilst also enhancing emotional well being.
Clients often see her for both physical pain relief and emotional release.
People experiencing the follow ing may benefit from seeing Shona:
Chronic pain, acute pain, emotional release, menopause, grief, losing a loved one, relaxation, body awareness, calming, healing, relief/release, post surgery, pregnancy, women's health, men's health, lymphatics, balance.
Shona’s advice:
“Allow yourself to feel, acknowledge and process.
“There are many things that I love and am grateful for about my work. To mention just a couple... I appreciate the connection with my clients allowing my sessions to be much more personalised and effective. I also enjoy watching clients leave my sessions with feelings of being calm, relaxed and moving better than when they came in. I love that my work may improve not just the physical body but relieve emotional anxiety too.”
Her clients say that she is effective, calming and empathic.
Clare Ridgway: Whole Body Holistic Massage
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Clare’s therapeutic massage approach offers so many natural health benefits and is a fantastic way to relax, to feel more balanced and in tune with ourselves away from the day to day.
Our bodies and muscles do an incredible amount in our lives both physically and emotionally. What are the muscles that drive us? What is sitting on our shoulders? It's often when we receive massage treatment that we realise how tight our muscles have been or how much of our energy is consumed by tension and occupational strains.
Massage provides a way in which to reconnect these elements; to notice, to restore postural and emotional balance, to realign, to breathe and to let go. A restorative approach for our mind, our body and our soul. To feel differently.
Her primary practice recognises that we are all uniquely different and every treatment is bespoke to each client blending holistic body massage and deep tissue therapy techniques. Easing tense muscles, reducing stress, aiding circulation, and stimulating lymphatic flow. Her holistic treatments begin with an Epsom salt foot bath to help draw toxins from the body.
This wonderfully relaxing, restorative and therapeutic treatment is available for 60 or 90 minutes.
Clare tells us:
“Massage is a fantastic way to engage in deep relaxation and to activate the parasympathetic nervous system which is hugely beneficial to our health. It is also wonderfully detoxifying (including the detoxification of stress in the body).
I am a keen advocate of natural choices using beautiful skin nourishing organic body oils by Jane Scrivner and luxury organic towelling for all my treatments. Clients often come to me with general and common aches and pains, muscle tension, sleep disturbances, postural dysfunction, perimenopausal symptoms, stress, anxiety”.
Her clients describe her as: kind, compassionate, natural, intuitive.
Demi McAleenan : Sports and soft tissue massage therapy with mobility and injury prevention and recovery prescription, personal trainer
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Demi’s primary practice is Soft Tissue Therapy, which can be described as the manipulation, management and rehabilitation of soft tissues of the body (i.e. muscles, tendons, ligaments) to improve a persons health and well-being.
It is an umbrella term for a wide spread of hands-on techniques, specifically in treating musculoskeletal issues. She provides a multi-disciplinary approach, enabling those from all walks of life to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Dry cupping, dry needling and exercise prescription/self management advice is also considered part of her practice and used depending on the presenting symptoms or case.
She helps clients to manage and reduce pain, reduce tense muscles and improve general mobility/flexibility and most importantly, feel empowered to take action in improving the presenting problem and overall wellbeing. Each session is carefully thought through and tailored towards her clients.
Demi tells us: “Clients often come to me with general aches and pains, either caused by posture or repetitive injuries. I also treat clients with persistent pain, chronic pain/fatigue syndromes, pre and/or post-op (prehab and rehab) and injury prevention/maintenance work.
I have been practising for almost 5 years. I trained with at the London School of Sports Massage achieving a Level 5 diploma and set up my own practice immediately after qualifying. I also worked for the NHS in the outpatients Physiotherapy department as a physiotherapy assistant for 3 years.
I came to practice Soft Tissue Therapy following my Dance degree, where I was introduced to the world of biomechanics, injury prevention, anatomy and physiology. From that moment on, I couldn’t wait to delve into further training and become a therapist one day and help others.”
Her wise words:
“Just keep moving! Whether it’s 2 minutes or 2 hours, gentle or vigorous, your body will always thank you for moving.”
Agnes Gorczynska-Burzych: Swedish, hot Stone, bamboo, Pregnancy and aromatherapy massage
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Agnes trained with the Training Institute in Warsaw, in Professional Spa and Wellness and followed this with beauty therapy at Leamington Spa College attaining VTCT Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Beauty Therapy
She has a particular passion for massage: Remedial Swedish massage, aromatherapy, hot stone, and bamboo. She has recently undertaken further training in pregnancy massage.
Clients often visit Agnes with chronic pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, backaches, tensions and pain in shoulders, muscle pains, stiffness in neck, headaches and migraines, reduced mobility and movement, circulation problems, anxiety and stress.
She has been practicing for seven years after looking for a way to help people with chronic pain stress and anxiety.
Agnes believes that holistic therapy can help with overal wellbeing. Regular but small steps can help change lifestyle. A healthy diet, appropriate exercise - investing in ourselves more through access to complementary healthcare is key to healthy and happier life.
Her clients describe her as positive, professional, open.
Sara Palmer: Ayurveda Practitioner, Registered Senior Yoga Teacher & Yoga Therapist
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Sara’s primary practice is Ayurveda. Treatments include personalised nutritional recommendations, selected to suit your individual metabolic make-up, alongside herbal prescriptions, and where required Ayurveda Therapeutic Body Treatments, to reduce symptoms and restore strength and vitality to the body and mind.
Some people choose to enjoy only the Ayurveda Body Treatments which, are fantastic for relieving aches and pains, and soothing away your stresses, as well as reducing toxins which can contribute to a range of symptoms.
Ayurveda is an ancient and time-tested healing science, unique in its capacity to identify your individual metabolic make-up and thereby to offer individualised prescriptions, which not only reduce symptoms but allow balance and well-being to be restored to body and mind.
Sara’s clients to understand their individual metabolic nature so that they can make lifelong informed choices to support their health and well-being.
She is a senior yoga teacher and offers Yoga Therapy, as a stand alone treatment or alongside Ayurveda prescriptions. In a Yoga Therapy session, you will receive personalised Yoga posture, breath, and relaxation/meditation practices to relieve joint and muscular pains, chronic ailments, stress and mental-emotional distress.
Clients often visit Sara with with digestive, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, weight loss, and stress related conditions. Having recovered from CFS herself she finds she frequently works with people living with exhaustive conditions.
Conditions she treats: Digestive discomfort, stress, menopause, joint pain, migraine, fatigue, mind and emotions, weight loss or gain.
Her clients describe her as: dedicated, caring, knowledgeable.
Carol Fieldhouse: E-Lybra bio-resonance, homeopathy, essences and shamanism.
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Carol’s holistic approach is designed to help trigger your body’s natural healing abilities to return you to a state of balance.
Her aim is to get you, the wonderful human being that you are, back to wellbeing, feeling fulfilled, thriving, and optimistic.
It is much more than working on specific ailments. Many clients expand their requirements, which cross into family, life situations, home, and business dreams! The whole picture.
Specific modalities:Advanced e-Lybra9 Bio-resonance. Registered Homeopath. Shamanic Practitioner. Essences. Channelling.
She has a Science degree and career in Corporate Information Technology providing strategy and project advice.
In 2004 left to make a difference in her own unique way!
Her clients describe her as a delightful combination of grounded energy and wisdom.
Sarah Grant: Registered Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Certified Intuitive Eating
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Sarah has more than ten years’ experience helping people make lasting changes to how they relate to food, what they choose to eat, and how they care for their bodies.
Her Food and Body Confidence Programmes have helped many of her clients break free from exahusting eating patterns such as ‘yo yo’ dieting and emotional eating, to help them regain joy and pleasure from eating, and develop a healthier relationship with their everyday choices.
Sarah also has a special interest in gut health, and has extensive experience supporting people with gut-related health concerns and unresolved digestive symptoms to achieve better health and wellbeing through knowledge, empowerment, and the tools to make nutritional choices that work for them, physically and emotionally.
To complement Gut Health Nutritional Therapy support, she offers the latest in clinical testing to help ascertain a deeper understanding of unique nutritional needs, gut function and microbiome health, and food sensitivities.
Sarah offers a free, no obligation, consultation call, so that you can learn more about how her practice can help you enjoy life with more vitality.
Nicola Walker: Foot Health Practitioner
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After qualifying in the West Midlands, the Foot Health Practice was established in 2004. Based in Hertfordshire, the Practice initially offered a domiciliary service to patients in the local area.
As the Practice grew, Nicola was able to provide care to patients across a much wider area and in 2021, the Practice relocated to Shipston.
Her practice offers routine treatments to patients while combining a holistic approach to additional modern therapies such as remedial massage of the lower limb, nail reconstruction therapy and dermal replenishment therapy.
GP referrals are possible where indicated.
Appointments are available evenings and weekends.