We offer a range of well-established complementary therapies, beneficial in most conditions and for people of all age groups, with treatment carefully matched to each individual. Preventive health care and self-help measures are emphasized as part of a full recovery programme. Our practitioners are fully qualified, properly registered and insured. Most of our therapies are covered by private medical insurance. Please select a key word in the list below for more details about each therapy and current rates.

Acupuncture * Bowen Technique * Allergy Diagnosis and Treatment * Herbal Medicine * Remedial Massage
Chiropractic * Nutritional Kinesiology * Reflexology * Chiropody and Podiatry * Aromatherapy * Nutrition * Homeopathy
Counselling * Hypnotherapy * Indian Head Massage * CranioSacral Therapy * Reiki * Spiritual Healing

Our practitioners are willing to give a preliminary consultation free of charge to anyone unsure about which therapy is appropriate. Children are often treated at reduced rates and other concessions are available.

THERAPIES & FEES

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient Eastern system of healing by the insertion of very fine needles into special points on energy lines of the body, the meridians. Practitioners are trained in Oriental Medicine using pulse, body and tongue diagnosis to complement the case history. Treatment may also include moxibustion (the burning of a dried herb on the needle), acupressure massage and the prescription of herbal remedies.

Fees £45 first consultation and treatment, £35 subsequent consultation & treatment.

Allergy Diagnosis and Treatment

Many common health problems today result from food and environmental sensitivities, which can be identified by allergy testing. Treatment aims initially to strengthen immunity to offending toxins and allergens and, secondly, to reduce the body's toxic load. Health is restored by means of homeopathic remedies and desensitisation, along with attention to diet and nutritional supplementation according to individual need. Please request an information pack for further details.

Fees
Adults £60 first consultation

subsequent consultations £45 one hour £40 45 minutes £30 half hour

Children & youths 18 and under £45 first consultation

subsequent consultations £35 one hour £30 45 minutes £25 half hour

Aromatherapy

Uses essential oils derived from plants, chosen to suit the individual, which are applied with specialised massage techniques to promote deep relaxation and recovery. This gives relief from general aches and pains, lifts stress and tension, and can alleviate a range of more systemic illnesses.

Fee £35 consultation and treatment.

Bowen Technique

This is a remarkable healing method, virtually all-embracing in possible applications. Consisting of a sequence of very precise and gentle moves over muscle and soft tissue, interspersed with periods of rest for adjustments to be absorbed, it can achieve long term relief from chronic and acute pain in as few as three or four treatments. Besides being effective for musculoskeletal problems, Bowen is good for stress and tension and helps relieve complications of allergy such as migraine headaches.

Fee £35 consultation and treatment.

Chiropody and Podiatry

Chiropody is the provision of comprehensive care for conditions affecting the foot and lower limb. This includes pain relief of conditions caused by deformities and dysfunctions, curative foot care using therapeutic techniques including minor surgery, and the prescription and provision of appliances and orthotics.

Fees £28 first consultation and treatment, £26 subsequent visits.

Chiropractic

A form of manipulative therapy concerned with the effects of misaligned joints and nerves: it concentrates on impaired joints and muscles, especially those of the spinal column, and their impact on the nervous system. The chiropractor employs a range of gentle adjustment techniques to bring about a bio-mechanical correction which restores normal movement and function.

Fees Consultations with examination and treatment

Adults £30 first £25 subsequent

Children under 16 £20 first £15 subsequent

Full-time students £25 first £18 subsequent

Counselling

Is productive in many different situations. With sympathetic guidance an individual who may feel beset by problems is enabled to see opportunities hidden in a crisis and discover empowering ways forward which increase the sense of meaning and purpose in life. This process develops self understanding and new interpersonal skills, and helps cope with anger, fear, anxiety and stress.

Fees £30-£45 per session

CranioSacral Therapy

This grew out of the work of Dr John Upledger in the 1970s, following Dr William Sutherland’s earlier development of cranial osteopathy. It involves gentle palpation of the bones of the skull, sacrum and coccyx, which attach to the membranes enclosing the cerebrospinal fluid of the central nervous system. Light-touch manipulation of this craniosacral system is effective with many poorly understood dysfunctions, chronic pain and low energy as well as early developmental problems such as colic, hyperactivity and learning disabilities.

Fee £45 consultation and treatment

Herbal Medicine

Herbal Medicine today understands the therapeutic applications of plant medicines in terms of current scientific research as well as traditional usage and the clinical experience of modern herbalists. A very wide range of conditions responds well to botanical remedies, herbs being given to restore proper function to the body and enhance innate vitality. They are dispensed as tinctures, juices and decoctions; or in the form of tablets and capsules.

Fees

£50 first consultation including first week’s medicine

£5-30 subsequently

Homeopathy

Homeopathy has developed from its European origin two hundred years ago into a system of medicine which now provides safe and effective health care for millions of people worldwide. A homeopath selects remedies according to the principle "like cures like", i.e. a substance known to produce a set of symptoms in healthy people can also cure similar symptoms in someone who is ill. Both minor and serious illnesses respond well.

Fees

Adults £60 first consultation

subsequent consultations £45 one hour £40 45 minutes £30 half hour

Children & youths 18 and under £45 first consultation

subsequent consultations £35 one hour £30 45 minutes £25 half hour

Hypnotherapy

Hypnosis used therapeutically is a safe, effective and medically accepted method of identifying and treating the underlying causes of many physical and emotional problems. The patient remains in control at all times, the therapist helping to pinpoint particular areas of past experience which may be causing distress so that a healing resolution can take place.

Fees £40 one hour £55 90 minutes

Nutrition

Nutrition may be used as preventative health care for optimum well-being and to delay the ageing process, or as a central focus in the treatment of disease. This therapy assesses nutritional factors which may be contributing to illness, such as vitamin and mineral deficiencies, food allergies and internal toxicity. A programme of revised diet and nutritional supplements is then drawn up according to individual need.

Fees £75 first consultation - one and a half hours, subsequent consultations £60 one hour

Nutritional Kinesiology

Uses simple, painless muscle response testing to reveal digestive and metabolic weaknesses, nutritional deficiencies and sensitivities to foods, chemical and environmental allergens. Balance and proper function are restored with a combination of acupressure, other natural treatments and attention to diet as required. Follow-up checks allow for monitoring and adjustment of these corrective measures.

Fees
Adults £60 first consultation (1 hour). Subsequent consultations: £45 1 hour, £40 45 minutes, £30 half hour.
Children £45 first consultation (1 hour). Subsequent consultations: £35 1 hour, £30 45 minutes, £25 half hour.

Reflexology

Reflexology works on the premise that there are reflex zones on the hands and feet relating to our entire anatomy: applying a specific compression massage to these reflex points, healing can be facilitated in corresponding areas of the body. A sensitive therapist can use this technique therapeutically to great advantage.

Fee £30 consultation and treatment.

Remedial Massage

Remedial Massage looks at specific muscular dysfunction and the effect this has on the body as a whole. A combination of deep tissue massage, neuromuscular technique and joint mobilisation is used to relieve pain and spasm, promote relaxation and improve general metabolism.

Fee £35 consultation and treatment.

Spiritual Healing and Reiki

These both involve the laying on of hands close to the body or with a light touch, allowing a beneficial flow of energy between healer and recipient. Such a process can relieve the pain and discomfort of physical distress, and also help resolve psychological issues which may be upsetting our balance in life.

Fee £35 per session

THERAPIES