A look at our therapists...

Sarita Armshaw CQSW, Dip. Coun. BACP Accredited, Alexander Technique (ITM)

Sarita Armshaw is a qualified and experienced counsellor and Alexander Technique Teacher. She provides four services, The Alexander Technique, counselling, relaxation therapy and stress management consultation.

Sarita trained to be a counsellor at Westhill College, The University of Birmingham. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has also gained accreditation status with BACP. She uses a variety of counselling methods and models as she believes in a holistic approach to working with people. Many people have found Sarita's warm and approachable manner enables them to feel at ease.

Sarita trained in the Interactive Teaching Method school of the Alexander Technique at Queen Alexandra College, Birmingham.
Sarita recognises the benefits of working holistically and provides a range of services designed to promote well being.

Anita Baldwin  LCPH

I love homeopathy, I decided to do the training after it helped me so much with a serious chronic condition. I hope you’ll come to love this form of healing too whether you want help with a chronic condition or you just want to use homeopathy for your family’s first aid ailments.

I have lived in Moseley for 9 years and have 2 children. I have been in practice since qualifying in 2002 after completing a 4 year accredited course at the Midland College of Practical Homeopathy. In 2007 I completed a 2 year post graduate study with Dr Subrata Baneerjee from The Allen College of Homeopathy.

I am registered with the Alliance of Registered Homeopaths (ARH) and bound by the ARH Code of Ethics and Practice.

Karen Barton BSc, D.ClinPsy, C.Psychol

Karen Barton is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist.  She has experience in helping people of all ages with a wide range of difficulties – including anxiety, depression, bereavement, and extending to more enduring difficulties, such as psychosis or bi-polar affective disorder.  Karen is registered with the British Psychological Society and abides by their code of ethics.

Clinical Psychologists are unique in the eclectic nature of their training; this enables the Psychologist to tailor the intervention to fit the needs of the individual.  Karen is able to draw from her experience in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Systemic and Narrative Therapies as well as Cognitive Analytic Therapy.  All therapies are scientifically and research based, and Psychological Therapies are recommended for a number of issues by the Department of Health’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).  Goals of therapy are established uniquely with each client, but often enable the person to understand and think about the issue in a different way.

Karen completed her doctorate training at the University of Birmingham and continues to work for the NHS in Birmingham.  In addition to individual sessions,

Karen has experience in working with couples and families.  Together with her colleagues; Elizabeth Newton and Samantha Day, Karen is able to offer group therapy for issues such as anxiety or depression.  Training in psychological issues is also available for professionals and the public alike.

Nicolas Cooke D Psy. FAPHP MNCH (Acc) MICHT

Nicolas is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, licensed practitioner of NLP, Life Coach and qualified, multi-skilled holistic therapy practitioner. He is an elected Fellow of the Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, an accredited member of The National Council for Hypnotherapy and is the founder and director of Central England Holistic Therapies and Central England College of Clinical Hypnosis.

Nicolas believes in a holistic approach to health and uses a combination of mind/body therapies including Counselling, Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, Coaching and NLP to help clients achieve a state of complete relaxation, the management of stress and the achievement of goals. These often include the overcoming of anxiety and phobias as well as unwanted habits and addictions.

One of the UK’s most successful Smoking Cessation Therapists (often in only a single therapy session), Nicolas also works for a number of major corporate clients.

Jeremy Crowley

Jeremy is a fully qualified and experienced Bowen Technique practioner and homeopath. He aims to make the process of improving your health fun, relaxing and effective

A great deal of skill is often required to select the correct remedy or remedies to suit the individual. Jeremy is a registered experienced and fully trained homeopath.

Having studied both classical and eclectic styles of homeopathy at the College of practical Homeopathy for four years, followed by seven years of practical experience.

Jeremy has studied the Bowen Technique under the European College of Bowen Studies and also a slightly different form (known as the Neuro structural integration technique) under Michael Nixon-Livy. This style is based on Tom Bowen’s later work. Both styles have their advantages.

For more information about Jeremy please go to his website ,

www.birminghamhomeopath.co.uk

Bikram Singh Deol (Inderpal Singh)

Bikram is a member of the Association of Systematic Kinesiology (ASK) and the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC). He holds a licentiate in Kinesiology from the Academy of Systematic Kinesiology and licentiate in Acupuncture from the College for Traditional Acupuncture.

He keeps abreast of current developments in acupuncture and Kinesiology by attending regular seminars.

He is an external examiner for the Middle England School of Kinesiology and Wessex School of Kinesiology. He is also an instructor in Kinesiology.

He has been practising Kinesiology and Acupuncture since 1989.
He is a founding member of the Experiments in Self Healing Community, Birmingham.

Bikram specialises in muscular, skeletal and digestive conditions.

Leroy Henry – Pilates Teacher

I have always been interested in the way the body moves.  When I was asked to write a personal profile I struggled for quite a while as to how I could incorporate my love of dancing and fitness training into words without boring you! 

  I have been physically active from the early age of thirteen.  I have been dancing for many years and interested in just about everything to do with dance and fitness.   After leaving school I entered a competition that secured my place in a travelling tour to Germany.  I taught breakdance, jazz ballet and pantomime for four years, consequently gaining more and more experience.  I also joined a group named Splinters and we performed at many venues throughout Germany, appeared on Formula Heins TV (music channel) and taught dance in a number of German Studios.  I also choreographed and liased with school ads and attracted children from 7-18 years old.  I also coached breakdance, pantomime and jazzdance. 

After returning to England I trained in the art of Aikido, which I then incorporated into my dancing.  Aikido truly inspires me and on one occasion saved my life.  After a two year recovery I was determined to train, become fit again and in fact teach these skills to others.  Hence my becoming a Fitness Instructor!

 I then met Sarah Grocutt (Pilates Coach & Fitness Instructor), who taught me Pilates.  This inspired me to combine all of the physical skills I love, to mobilize and help people.  I believe these skills give people a self awareness, self evidence and self structures which lead to healthier lifestyles. 

 Dancing to me, is truly a physical and spiritual way of self expression.

Kristy Mabbett, Holistic Health Practitioner (FICHT, IIHHT)

Kristy Mabbett is a fully VTCT qualified and insured Holistic Health practitioner, who is also a fellow of the Federation of Holistic Therapists. She runs her own small business, ‘Happy Sole’, practicing Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Hopi Ear Candles, Swedish and Body Massage, Holistic Facial Massage and Indian Head Massage.

Kristy believes that holistic therapies are a fantastic tool in coping with pressure in today’s increasingly stressful environment and is committed to increasing awareness of the many benefits, both mentally and physically, they bring to the client.

Whether you are looking for some pampering and relaxation, or to support the body’s natural healing process through illness or stress, Kristy can advise you as to which treatment has the potential to benefit you and provide you with a treatment specifically tailored to your individual needs.

Kristy is available at the centre on a Wednesday from 10am until 2pm and also upon request at other times.

Stuart Morris IIHHT ICHT dip

Stuart Morris has an " holistic " approach to health, using all of the professional therapeutic techniques that he has a wealth of experience in: Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Massage, Touch for health and Pranayama Yoga, all supported by advice on nutrition. Says Stuart:

“ An holistic approach to me means encompassing all that you are, mind, body and spirit. I genuinely believe in the therapies I practice. I believe that an holistic approach to health does not compete with conventional medicine, but stands along side it. Complementary therapies can be a turning point in people's lives, as I have seen many times, gently drawing people out of a place of despair, loneliness and fear, very subtly easing them back towards health.”

Essentially, Stuart combines his many talents to offer a unique, composite treatment.

" We are all equally susceptible, all equally vulnerable to whatever life throws at us. Everyone I've ever met is working through something on some level, be it emotional, spiritual, or financial.

However, we all respond to gentleness in the same way. We all respond to the right word spoken at the right time and the simplicity of a soothing touch. It permeates our defences, such as anger, fear, resentment and depression like no other medicine upon this earth. The therapies I practice are an extension of being able to give in a professional, therapeutic manner".

Carla Halford Dip ION, ND

Therapeutic Nutrition, Naturopathy & Iridology

As a nutritionist and naturopath of 20 odd years I believe you are  what you eat. Nutrition is a well documented science, and  Ive seen it work with my own eyes!!! .

What you eat affects every cell in your body and your mental/emotional states. 

My aim is to help people make changes which will alleviate illness or at least reduce symptoms to a minimum.

Ive seen some amazing changes in people in only a month.

I follow the basic advice I give people.

 Besides food,herbs, and perhaps supplements, I use a variety of naturopathic techniques such as:

Iridology, which is reading the coloured part of the eye to detect genetic strengths and weaknesses.

Body work  to  balance the system, and help back problems.

Castor oil packs.

Hydrotherapy.

Detox methods

Naturopathy has extensive, non invasive, safe methods to improve health.

The first appointment is one hour. I give many information sheets ( guide lines and explainations) for the patient to take home and read.

I usually see people once a month a follow up appointment is 45 minutes.

Carla Halford qualified as a Nutritionist at The Institute of Optimum Nutrition 1988, a then achieved a post graduate qualification in Naturopathy in 1999.

 She has been giving one to one consultations since 1988.

 She worked in the technical department of a leading  British  supplement company for 4 years.

 Most recently she spent 2 years in Bali creating detox programmes for a  “high end” spa.

Alex Pledger - Counsellor & Life Coach

Alex practices private individual counselling and life coaching at CEHT and was trained in integrative counselling by the University of Birmingham. She has since worked in the NHS and other organisations and her theoretical model is integrative, combining person-centred, cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic theories which is suitable for either short or longer term work.

Counselling can give you some time and space to explore areas of your life where you feel you are struggling – in relationships, after a bereavement, in a phase of depression, during major life changes. Number of sessions can vary from 6 - 24 or longer term.

Alex also practices personal life coaching which focuses on specific areas (such as career change, projects like moving house, managing finances or personal development) but puts this in the context of your wider life (health, leisure, relationships, personal satisfaction etc). This approach usually leads to you making sustainable and lasting change in your life. Coaching can be completed in 4-6 sessions or be spread out over a number of months, depending on the goals agreed.

Alex is a member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (working towards accreditation), Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility, European Mentoring and Coaching Council and the Association for Coaching.

www.time-to-change.me.uk

Sally Popplewell BA. (Hons) MRSS. MAR

Sally has been a registered Shiatsu practitioner with the Shiatsu Society since 1994 and has been a fully registered member of The Association of Reflexologists since 1999.

She sees clients of all ages with a wide range of presenting symptoms and works both in a clinic setting and on-site for corporate clients. Sally’s special interest lies in supporting people with anxiety/stress related conditions, mobility problems, gynaecological issues and those living with life-limiting illness or disability.

Mark Sammons

Mark qualified as a chiropractor in 1999 having previously worked in agriculture for 12 years. He also works as a Technique Instructor at the McTimoney College of Chiropractic.

Mark is keen to promote the wide range of benefits of chiropractic such as its effect on general well being and in often helping headaches & migraines. Too many people think Chiropractors are just about bad backs.

He is also keen to emphasise that not all chiropractic as about cracking and crunching. In particular the McTimoney technique is very light to receive and does not cause patient’s joints to crack; indeed many people find it very relaxing.

Mark is always happy to speak to potential patients for no charge to determine whether McTimoney Chiropractic is the right treatment for them.

Natalia Budzan

Dipl. Craniosacral Therapist and Counsellor Dipl.Classic Massage Therapist

"I am self-motivated individual with experience of innovative work in care and advice, and also work with people of all ages, providing emotional support and counselling where necessary".

Education History

"Polarity Center"Warsaw/Craniosacral Association of Montreal & Child
Development Center: 2007-2008 Craniosacral training,level1,2,3.advanced,level4.work with trauma, certificate of pediatric body techniques, sandplay therapy and baby masssages.

I was taught by PH Dr G.Walasek and Ph D. Andrea Axts, both accredited trainers of The Profesional Association for Polarity and Craniosacral Therapy in America.

Natalia is a qualified Craniosacral Massage Therapist and Personal Counsellor.  During her studies at The Polish Catholic University (on private statutory) she pursued a special interest in the subject of social psychology.  She graduated in psychotherapy courses and then followed with a course of classic massage.

She worked with people who have experienced trauma and helped people with depression.  She likes to perform in a group  known as "Piece of Mind", for people affected by mental health problems.   She is proud of being part of the supporters of Birmingham Opera Company and has acted in "King Idomeneo " (2008 production).

She is qualified to run workshops in Drama and Movement.  In Poland she gained experience of antropological approch to acting in theatre.  She likes fables and recognizes the true value of story telling in an individual's life.   This kind of therapy, through movement, using masks, can help people resolve their own past problems and also helps with future planning. Movement on stage as a member of a group helps them to acquire lots of positive energy and gives them a particular experience of their own creative abilities and new way of looking at themselves.