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.

Sarah Grocutt ACSM RSA Cert Pilates Teacher and Teacher Trainer, Sports Coach, Sports Therapist.

Sarah Grocutt is a professional Pilates, fitness and sports coach with 12 years teaching experience to individuals and groups. She has been teaching Pilates for 8 years, and as Director of the Pilates Academy, works as part of a team of specialists including sports physicians, physiotherapists, sports psychologists and NLP Practitioners. She facilitates advanced Pilates teacher training courses both in the UK and overseas.

Sarah’s qualifications include the American College of Sports Medicine, RSA (ETM), Ante/Post Natal RSA Specialist and British Gymnastics Coach. As a developer of Pilates training courses she has produced professional video/DVD’s. She has worked with national level athletes and coached an under 9’s boys gymnastics team for competitions. Sarah regularly teaches classes for adults and children.

She is currently working together with other committed Pilates professional, to form a draft national party standards paper to regulate the standards of Pilates in the UK. Sarah has in 2005 been appointed as an internal/external verifier at the University of East London where she teaches and assesses students in the Pilates technique. She is also a course tutor and internal verifier for Central Q Qualifications

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.

www.skiehightraining.com

Angela  Levick -   Hypnotherapist, Master Practitioner in NLP, Louise Hay Teacher, Hearing Aid Audiologist

Angela initially qualified as a Hypnotherapist in 1994, gaining distinctions in both the First and Advanced Diplomas in Hypnotherapy, NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis. Her passion is personal development and growth and she has continued to gain qualifications over the last fifteen years attending courses in the UK and USA. She also has qualifications and personal experience in counselling, She is a Practitioner and Master practitioner of NLP and Practitioner of Psych – K TM, and is also a qualified Louise Hay, “You Can Heal Your Life”, workshop facilitator. In the essence of personal growth, which is always evolving, Angela considers herself as an ongoing student and is working towards accreditation with the International Coaching Federation. Her goal for her working life now is to integrate the best of all she has learnt to help people move forwards and make positive changes in their lives. 

Her background is working with hearing impaired people in the NHS and private practice. She is a Senior NHS Hearing Aid Audiologist, a Registered Hearing Aid Dispenser, RHAD and a signatory to the voluntary register for the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologist’s RCCP (Audiology). She has a special interest in tinnitus and has trained in Cognitive Behavoural Techniques for the management of tinnitus and helps people manage the difficulties of hearing loss with advanced digital hearing aid technology.

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".

For more information about Stuart, visit his website
www.wonderfullywell.com

Nigel Moseley UKRF, EMF Balancing Technique® Master in Practice, Avatar Master

Nigel has been practising the EMF Balancing Technique® Phases I-VIII and Indian Head Massage since 2003 and Reiki since 2001. He works as a Reiki practitioner at the University of Central England Medical Centre. He became a Licensed Avatar Master in December 2003 and has since delivered the course in Shrewsbury, Yorkshire, Holland and Florida.

Nigel came across the EMF Balancing Technique® when he was looking to make a real change to his life and felt the need to move beyond the techniques that had served him up to that point. Says Nigel “I had helped to run a meditation group for several years in Birmingham, but I still felt as though something was missing. On some level I gave the intent to find what I needed, and to enable a quantum leap to take place in my consciousness. I came across the EMF Balancing Technique®.

The EMF Balancing Technique® sessions (I – IV) that I received that year opened me up – subtly, carefully, to enable me to grow at a rate my consciousness was comfortable with. Synchronicity (“coincidence”) increased. I felt more peaceful and more capable. Miraculously, the intents that I gave were met with results in the physical world! I was in a state of graceful ‘Wow’!

I knew I had to learn to practice the EMF Balancing Technique® and share it with those for whom it felt right, and who had given the intent for peace, partnership with the universe through co-creation, and spiritual growth. Learning to practise the EMF Balancing Technique® sessions (V - VIII) brought me to a state of personal evolution that I cannot express in words. I hope you can feel it!

Now I deliver the Avatar course, an inspirational and unbelievably powerful training where you learn to handle the doubts and limitations that keep you from living the life you want. After doing the course I felt so empowered and light – it is the ultimate evolution course! I hold Introduction evenings and mini-course events regularly at Central England Holistic Therapies.

I feel my personal symbol is the Phoenix Rising. My aim is to empower and inspire you to reach out and co-create the life you always wished for. I would love to help you, wherever you are on your path.”

For more information on the EMF Balancing Technique® and Avatar, please see www.emfbalancingtechnique.co.uk and www.avatarepc.com.

Chris Newbold B.Sc., C.H.Ed. Diploma in Nutritional Therapy. MBANT

Chris Newbold is a fully qualified Nutritional Therapist and member of the British Association of Nutritional Therapists. He has over 15 years of experience in working with clients initially as a speech and language therapist in the NHS and most recently as a Nutritionist. He has successful experience in dealing with a range of conditions such as weight gain, low immunity, polycystic ovaries, PMT, eczema, ME/chronic fatigue, psoriasis, arthritis, IBS and many more conditions. He has undertaken a wide range of post-graduate training in areas such as kinesiology and naturopathic medicine and uses a range of techniques beyond pure nutritional therapy when required. Chris prefers to work intuitively with clients and bases much of his decision making on how the client presents and will only use expensive tests (eg food sensitivity or candida tests) if absolutely necessary. His aim is to get the body back into balance and capable of healing itself, rather than treating individual symptoms.

Nutritional Therapy is a highly powerful technique for improving health and well-being. If diet is imbalanced, the body will be imbalanced too and more susceptible to illness. Food is the most complex chemical our bodies have to deal with. The body will usually deal with it - it has very sophisticated mechanisms for doing so – but often at a cost. It will have to work harder to maintain blood sugar glucose to keep us feeling energetic. For many people the digestive system is not working optimally which results in poor absorption of nutrients, imbalanced gut bacteria and digestive ailments such as IBS. The body’s own healing mechanisms are reliant on being given the correct raw materials. Hormonal problems, inflammation and immune problems may all result from a lack of the right type of fat in the diet. Finally when the body is out of balance we are more likely to react to foods such as wheat or dairy and environmental substances like pollen. Therefore allergies become more likely to occur.

Nutritional therapy can help most types of ill health and is particularly useful for problems with energy, weight gain, allergies, skin disorders, hormonal problems, fertility, digestive disorders and stress/depression. You may also wish to have a consultation to maximise your present good health or prevent future problems.

Remember, the body will always compensate for the strains we put on it – but at what cost? Nutritional Therapy aims to give your body what it needs and remove what does it harm. Food is the most powerful medicine you take. Make sure it’s the right medicine.

Dr Anna Onabulu MBBS DFFP DIP Dermatology

Dr Onabolu is a GP with a medical specialism in dermatology.  Born and educated in Greece, Dr Onabolu has a medical practice in Cannock.  She has a particular interest in arts and science and along with her colleague Dr Angela Singh has developed an aesthetic medical clinic to run along side her busy NHS surgery.  Dr Onabolu believes that well being, as much as being about health, is also about feeling happy with the way that you look.  The AA Medaesthetic Clinic at Central England Holistic Therapies offers Muscle relaxing injections, as well as Dermal Fillers.  The practitioners are fully qualified and insured and excellent results can be expected.     

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. For further information please visit Mark's website at www.ardenchiropractic.co.uk

Dr Angela Singh MBBS DFFP DIP O&G

Dr Singh is a GP with a medical specialism in dermatology.  Dr Singh has a busy NHS surgery in Selly Oak and along with her colleague Dr Anna Onabolu has a particular interest in the Arts & Science.  With Dr Onabolu she has formed the AA Medaesthetic Clinic based at Central England Holistic Therapies, offering facial cosmetic treatment.

Dr Singh believes that wellbeing, as much as being about health, is also about feeling happy with the way you look. 

Please contact Central England Holistic Therapies for details of cosmetic facial treatments together with prices.  A free initial consultationl is offered. The practitioners are fully qualified and insured and excellent results can be expected.