About me
I am a practitioner of the Bowen Technique cert ECBS (European College of Bowen Studies).  I trained under Paula Esson and did my final level assessment with Julian Baker.

I have experience of treating clients with a variety of conditions, and range in age from a newborn baby 8 hours old to a man of 82 years of age.  I feel very passionate about Bowen and this enthusiasm is noted by many of my clients.

How/why I trained as a Bowen Therapist?
Whilst studying at University I was struck down with the chronic debilitating conditions Fibromyalgia and Spondylosis.  I struggled to finish my degree due to poor mobility, dexterity problems, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, memory loss, poor concentration, insomnia and side effects of medication. 

After graduating, I was unable to work even though I had a Computing Degree and an Adult Ed Teaching Qualification.  My health continued to deteriorate and I was in a never ending cycle of chronic pain and fatigue.  When symptoms peaked my legs would give way or sometimes not work at all.  During times of bad flare-ups I used a wheelchair as an aid to getting about.  My weight ballooned by 3 stone due to the cocktail of prescription drugs I was taking. I lost my confidence and hid away from old university friends as I was embarrassed and felt a failure when they would talk about their successful careers and then would want to know where I was working. 

Modern medicine clearly didn’t help or address my health problems.  It never occurred to me to try alternative therapies but my husband’s friend suggested ‘Homeopathy’ may help. Homeopathy was the turning point in my life and the ‘dis-ease’ in my body began to subtly heal on an emotional level.

My Homeopath suggested trying Bowen alongside Homeopathy to help relieve the physical pain symptoms.

After 5 initial treatments, I found that some of the symptoms temporarily improved and other symptoms were completely resolved.  Although Bowen wasn’t the miracle cure for everything, by having a monthly treatment, it managed the condition better than modern drugs without the side effects.  I had monthly treatments over a few years, sometimes in blocks closer together if I was going through a flare-up. 

The quality I got back in my life was wonderful. Bowen and Homeopathy were proof to me that alternative therapies really did work.  

This is the reason I trained in The Bowen Technique as I know first-hand that it works!

Many people become ‘disempowered’ when diagnosed with a chronic condition as the ‘condition’ and treating the condition becomes the focus in life. 

I don’t make claims about having the ability to cure conditions for Clients.  My personal experience is that modern medicine only treats symptoms of the ‘dis-ease’ and rarely gets to the root cause.  Doctors in a 10 minute appointment slot don’t have the time to explore the whole picture and treat the body as a ‘whole’.
My approach is to try and help ‘empower’ people into taking responsibility for their own health and looking beyond the diagnosed condition. 

Occasionally, some clients take longer to respond than the guided 3 to 5 sessions that the majority of clients take to have a positive response to Bowen.  This may be due to other underlying or long-term problems.  With these clients, I usually suggest continuing with the treatments e.g. monthly to resolve the issue in the long-term.  This always has to be an individual choice and client responsibility. 

Common feedback from Clients who came to have e.g. their ‘Frozen Shoulder’ or ‘Whiplash’ treated, come back amazed that their asthma is much better or the niggly knee or ankle they forgot to mention has also been resolved. This is a perfect example of how Bowen treats not the problem part but the body as a whole.

I want to make it very clear that I am not a ‘miracle-worker’ and therefore cannot produce the ‘miracle cure that some people may be seeking’.  I will always treat my clients professionally and to the standards I have been trained.  Sometimes I feel a Client has issues outside of my field.  When these cases present, I refer on to someone qualified to offer assistance.