Complementary Therapists embrace a ‘whole person’ approach to health and healing.
This means we focus on treating the person, not the symptom.
Central to this philosophy is our acceptance and understanding of the body’s innate healing ability. Thus, when the body is given the right conditions, life energy – chi, qi or prana – can flow freely, which in turn helps to create good health.
There are many ways in which therapists can help a client to switch on the body’s healing ability.
No one therapy is necessarily better than any other.
Choosing a particular modality or therapy is therefore personal choice, based upon the presenting symptoms, personal recommendation, previous experience or simply intuition!
Here is a little information on just some of the therapies that clients may choose.
We hope to be able to bring all of these therapies to The Ascot Clinic over the forthcoming months:
- Acupuncture
- Acupuncture is a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that’s been practiced for thousands of years. It is based on understanding that the body is linked by energy pathways called meridians. By inserting ultra-fine sterile needles at carefully chos
- Allergy Testing
- If you have ever felt jaded or below par, without being able to identify what is wrong with you, food sensitivity or intolerance could be a contributing factor. The Kymatika K-Test is a new, non-invasive test that is the culmination of three years of rese
- Bowen Therapy
- This non-invasive therapy consists of a sequence of gentle rolling-type moves over muscles and soft tissue interspersed with periods of rest. The aim is to stimulate energy in the body and allow realignment, without hard manipulation or force. The gentle
- Counselling
- The counselling approach offered incorporates Gestalt, Person-Centred and Transactional Analysis (TA), with an emphasis on client autonomy. The aim is to listen and support clients in a safe environment, helping them to address the issues that are affecti
- Cranio-Sacral Therapy
- This refined and subtle osteopathic treatment is particularly well-suited to babies and children due to the gentle manipulative techniques that are employed. By subtly working on the joints of the skull and attuning to the deep pulsing energy within, the
- Homoeopathy
- Homoeopathy is based on treating 'like with like' in minimum dose to stimulate the body's healing ability. The correct remedy is selected by matching the remedy's physical, mental and emotional symptom picture to that of the patient
- Hypnotherapy
- Hypnotherapy is a totally natural phenomenon – a very comfortable, relaxed state where the client retains full awareness. It can be used to help with problems as diverse as confidence, fears and phobias and addictions
- Modified Pilates – one-on-one
- This form of Pilates originates from traditional Pilates but is research-based to ensure clinical effectiveness. By working to improve core stability (deep muscle tone and strength) clients can achieve widespread benefits including reducing back and neck
- Nutritional Therapy
- Food provides the raw materials for building and regenerating the body. If the body doesn't receive a complete and balanced diet, or it can't digest and assimilate the food and nutrients it receives, deficiencies and illness may arise
- Reiki
- Reiki, a Japanese word meaning Universal Life Energy, is a system of healing requiring no belief, only the desire to be healed. The recipient lies down fully clothed, while the practitioner places their hands on them and channels healing energy
