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About your Therapy Practitioner

My own journey with complementary therapies, both as a practitioner and recipient, has been a thoroughly rewarding and fulfilling experience over the years.  After having a general interest in reading about complementary therapies for some time, it was only when I was ill and recovering from surgery myself that I took the leap and decided to go for massage therapy.  I personally found that the experience truly helped to support and assist my recovery, both on a physical and emotional level, over what turned out to be a much longer period than I’d anticipated. 

After coming from a civil service work background for many years, I was inspired through my massage experience to explore what quality training was out there.  After much research, I luckily came across Lorraine Horton, Director of Meridian Professional Training in Massage & Natural Therapies.  Lorraine offered a very high standard of training that was student centred and incorporated a real passion for authentic holistic values.   Since completing my course in Holistic Massage, it has opened many doors over the years towards my own continuing professional and personal development as a therapy practitioner.  This has ensured that my clients /patients receive the very best and optimum care to meet their particular needs, at all times during their treatments.

Since qualifying as a complementary therapy practitioner I have also continued to give some of my time freely as a volunteer, providing supportive and nurturing therapies to patients, including those with life limiting illnesses.  For me this remains a very important and rewarding aspect of the therapy work that I do, and further highlights the fact that complementary therapy can be beneficial to all, given the right environment and support network in place.

My time is now happily split between my civil service work, and as a part-time self employed complementary therapy practitioner.  My therapy work continues to provide me with a keen interest and enthusiasm in providing quality complementary therapies. I am very passionate about the work I do, and always strive towards making sure that my clients/patients experience is always a positive one, and results in meeting their personal goals.

Qualifications

Diploma in Professional Holistic Massage Therapy & Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology (MTI)
Manual Lymphatic Drainage & Combined Decongestive Therapy II & III - Dr Vodder Schule Austria
Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki I, II & III
Certificate in Amma Fusion Massage
Certificate in Indian Head Massage
Practitioner Certificate in the ‘M’ Technique

Professional Associations/registers

I am registered with the following professional associations/registers, working within their guidelines on national professional standards of practice - codes of conduct, performance and ethics for each discipline.
 

Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)  
CNHC is the UK regulatory body for complementary healthcare practitioners, set up to enhance public protection.  I am currently registered with them for professional Massage Therapy. 
 

Massage Training Institute (MTI) 
MTI is a national examining and accreditation body specialising in professional Holistic Massage. This organisation represents a very high standard of quality training.
 
 

MLDuk 
A professional association and register of Manual Lymphatic Drainage practitioners.
 
 
 

The ‘M’ Technique 
Register for therapists who hold the Practitioner Certificate in the ‘M’ Technique.

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