Practitioners
Osteopathy
Oliver Cox
DO BSc(Ost)
maidenheadosteopaths@mac.com
Information available soon.
Acupuncture
Anna Bennett
BSc (Hons); Lic. Ac. MBAcC
anna@acuinfo.co.uk
Anna trained at the Integrated College of Chinese Medicine in Reading, which is affiliated to Kingston University. After receiving her Degree and Licence, she set up her practice in Maidenhead.
In order to extend her level of Acupuncture experience, Anna joined a Study group of British practitioners who travelled to Guangzhou (near Hong Kong), in November 2008. For 3 weeks, the 15 strong group observed Chinese Medicine being practiced in a Chinese hospital.
"The experience was absolutely amazing and I was able to take valuable lessons in the art of practicing Acupuncture, which has benefited my patients so much. Not only did I learn from watching the Chinese doctors, but I found it helpeful to be surrounded by people who were enthusiastic and hungry to learn. This was a trip of a life time and I have a beautiful lasting impression of the
Chinese culture"
Acupuncture is now accepted all over the world as a valid system of healthcare and in the UK there are currently over 2,800 qualified acupuncturists registered with the British Acupuncture Council. More and more people are finding this long established therapy can offer an effective solution to all manner of today’s ills.
Acupuncture is a tried and tested system of medicine. The Chinese and other eastern cultures have been using acupuncture to restore, premote and maintain good health for thousands of years.
Acupuncturists insert fine needles at chosen points along the patients channels of energy. The aim is to stimulate the body’s own healing response and restore it’s natural balance. For further information visit www.acuinfo.co.uk
Hypnotherapy
Michelle Williamson
HDP, NLP Master Prac, ITEC Dip
Michelle Williamson was a project manager until the age of 26, when she left to train in the arts that helped her back to health. Having been debilitated by chronic fatigue aged 20, and finding the medical profession unable to help, she turned to Complementary Health to get her back on her feet. This created a passionate interest in wellness, which she’s pursued ever since.
Having felt helpless and confused, not knowing what was wrong with her or what to do about it, the relief experienced when she found help was enormous. Furthermore the incredulity over her ignorance about some of the simplest changes that can impact us on a massive scale compelled her to want to learn more and to share it with others.
Michelle’s journey has been an exploration of many therapies, looking for connections and missing links, as she builds a bigger picture and understanding of how to achieve health and well being. Her training and practice started with hands on manipulation or “body work”. By 1999 she was particularly excited by a talk she attended by Chris Rowarth, an Amatsu practitioner, who was able to help her partner back to health, from a slipped disc that no practitioner or medical consultant had managed so far. She trained with him and whole heartedly agreed with the philosophies and practice of this art.
Since then her interest has grown within the field of the mind-body connection, and the realisation that to treat both is a very powerful and congruent approach.
In 2004 she began her training with the Quest Institute as a Cognitive Hypnotherapist. She has furthered her training with this school to include Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Positive Psychology, Emotional Freedom Technique, Life Coaching and more. This provided a very rounded approach and understanding of how these “separate” skills are all very much linked. By integrating them, we are provided with a deeper knowledge to liberating people from their issues – physically, mentally and emotionally.
Michelle has continued to be involved with the Quest Institute, assisting with new students and working with fellow colleagues.
For further information about Cognitive Hypnotherapy, please visit The Quest Institute, at www.questinstitute.co.uk
Amatsu Therapy
Helene Moore
BA (Hons), MBRCP, ATA
helene@amatsu-practice.com
Helene Moore was a Director of a marketing consultancy for 5 years. After many years in pursuit of improvement of her own health problems and having tried a variety of therapies, she discovered Amatsu Therapy.
Her recovery after just a few sessions was noticeable and continued with steady improvement. Believing firmly in the principles of Amatsu Therapy and finding it to be such an effective therapy she decided to leave marketing behind and train as a practitioner herself.
Helene has been working in Amatsu for eight years and with pregnant women and children for six years. She is very interested in the role Amatsu Therapy can play as support in IVF, through pregnancy, and with new born babies and young children.
Helping their development through balance, in particular where an assisted birth or caesarean section has been necessary.
Helene is also recently trained as an instructor in Baby Massage and is setting up classes in the local area. Please call or email for more details.
In addition Helene enjoys working with sports injuries and in particular has worked with Injuries in tennis, golf, rugby and football.
Helene also has great interest in the benefits of Iyengar Yoga and the relationship and similarities it shares with Amatsu Therapy. As well as being a student herself, 2009 has seen her work with yoga instructors to provide treatment for guests of specialist yoga holidays in Turkey and Greece, and a self sufficient eco-village in Sri Lanka for 4 weeks to practice Amatsu Therapy for guests and villagers as part of yoga and ayurvedic retreats.
For further information, please visit The Amatsu Association, at www.amatsu.info
Helene is a member of BRCP and ATA.
Amatsu Therapy is recognised by these and by ICM and IGCP
Helene is also a member of The Children’s Complementary Therapy Network and has recently trained as a CThA approved Baby Massage Instructor.
