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Ruth Radburn BA(Hons), LBSH, RSHom

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CLASSICAL HOMOEOPATHY
01684-893393 Home 01684-569106

Ruth has been practicing as a homoeopath in Malvern for 5 years. She completed an initial training of 4 years and then went on to do a 2-year postgraduate course. She continues to attend regular training workshops to keep her knowledge up to date and her thinking fresh. She has a background in Health and Social Services and the arts.

Throughout her working life she has specialised in supporting women, young people and children, exploring with them how families function and supporting change. Much of her postgraduate course has included exploring these issues further including looking at new homoeopathic remedies many of which can be hugely useful in supporting people as they deal with the stresses on modern family life. She has also studied with internationally acclaimed homoeopath Jeremy Sherr, completing his two year postgraduate course in 2005.

She has also done specific training in homoeopathy for children, troubled teenagers and treating mental health issues including post natal depression. She also offers home visits where appropriate.

She is a member of the Society of Homeopaths. All registered homoeopaths work in accordance with their code of ethics and practice and have professional insurance.

Phillip A. J. Hodgson, MA, UKCP, MBACP Transpersonal Psychotherapy

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COUNSELLING / PSYCHOTHERAPY
07779 026113

www.transpersonalemergence.com

Phillip is a fully qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, holding a Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy and a Master's Degree from De Montfort University in Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is an accredited member of his professional body, the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapists, and also a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Phillip has a broad experience of working in the field of long and short term counselling and psychotherapy. Apart from his own private and supervision practices in Malvern and London, he has also worked with Victim Support, the Help Advisory Centre, a major Employee Assistance Programme and the Association for the Blind. He also works in the supervision, training and teaching of students of counselling and psychotherapy.

Phillip's other interests include Native American culture and Shamanism, monasticism, meditation, creative writing, literature, and poetry. He has been published in Caduceus and Cygnus magazines and by UNESCO.

Phillip is also an active men's worker and believes that 21st century Man has new and exciting challenges that need to be explored. (He has worked with the BBC on this subject).

Sue Akehurst, Dip Counselling, MBACP, Person Centred Counselling & Supervision, ZB Cert.

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COUNSELLING / ZERO BALANCING
07944 394245

www.sueakehurstcounselling.co.uk

Sue Akehurst works within the person-centred approach where a commitment to being real, empathic attunement to the other and an invitation the meet at relational depth are at the core of the work. She aims to offer a collaborative non-judgemental stance where client and therapist can both be curious about the processes explored and experienced both in the client's life and in the counselling relationship. The whole person is invited to enter the counselling room, unique, interesting and to be respected in their complexity whatever their reasons for coming to see her.

Sue worked in education for over 20 years, then from 1998 onwards she focussed on counselling, working with people of all ages and backgrounds. She holds a diploma in person centred counselling (Warwick University), and certificates in Person Centred Art Therapy and Supervision. She is an accredited member of the BACP and an independent registered counsellor with the UKRC. She has worked as a therapist in many settings including GP practice, child and adolescent mental health and the Terence Higgins Trust and has also helped students in further and adult education. Her current interests include issues of identity and stigma, the body-mind relationship, trauma and attachment. Sue uses art, images, the breath and bodily felt sensations within counselling sessions.

Through the disciplines of counselling and supervision Sue became interested in the body/mind connection and she has a deep respect for the wisdom of the body. This led her to exploring Zero Balancing, finally qualifying as a Zero balancing practitioner in 2007.

Edwin G.M. Helder BSc(Ost)

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OSTEOPATHY
0800-652 8131 or 07798-761221

Edwin was born in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and he is married with two young children, Daniel and Elizabeth. He and his wife Sally moved to Malvern in August 1999 and have lost their hearts to the hills (being Dutch the Malverns are mountains to Edwin!) He worked as a registered physiotherapist when he was in Holland and he chose to study osteopathy when he came to England. He is a graduate of Oxford Brookes University and the Oxford School of Osteopathy; registered with the General Osteopathic Council, a member of the British Osteopathic Association and a member of the British Medical Acupuncture Society.

Helen Barber BA (Hons), M.A.R

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REFLEXOLOGY
07858 188160

www.helenbarber-reflexology.co.uk

Helen Barber is a fully qualified reflexologist and a member of the Association of Reflexologists.

She has previously worked in both commerce and teaching before training as a reflexologist.

She enjoys offering a safe and relaxing environment where clients can experience the benefits of reflexology. She encourages people to take time from their busy lives to relax and re-energise.

Living in Malvern since 2003, Helen is married with two young daughters.

Dr Martin Allbright, MB, BS, DA, DRCOG, AcM, MBAcC

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TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE
01684-893393

Martin qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1981 specialising in anaesthetics and general practice. He began his traditional acupuncture training in 1982, and then his studies progressed with Post-graduate qualifications include Bachelor of Acupuncture 1990, Acupuncture Master 1993, and then Cert. Acupuncture Supervision/Mentoring 2004 with Isobel Cosgrove. He was director of training and lecturer at the College of Traditional Acupuncture from 1989-1994. He has continued post-graduate studies internationally. Martin holds basic and advanced certificates of teacher training in classical five element acupuncture. Martin loves this oriental system of medicine because of how it connects us with the sheer beauty of nature and people.

He regularly practices Tae Kwon Do of which he is a 1st dan black belt.

Martin has been in full time acupuncture since 1988 when he had the courage to leave the NHS to commit whole heartedly to this system of medicine. He moved back to his ancestral home of Great Malvern to establish the Clinic of Classical Acupuncture in 1989. He and his wife opened the Beacon Clinic in 2003 as a natural expansion of his practice and a deep wish to integrate this experience with the work of other professionals.

Martin married Sue in 1987 and they have three daughters Katie, Bethaney and Sophia.

Alison Moon, BA(Hons), Lic Ac, MBAcC, Cert Ed

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TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE
07989 940528

www.malvernacupuncture.com/index.html

Alison graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a BA (Hons) degree in traditional acupuncture in 2003. She is a Licentiate in Traditional Acupuncture and a member of the British Acupuncture Council.

She is a Faculty Member of the College of Traditional Acupuncture in Warwick teaching acupuncture students; she also holds Point Location Classes for acupuncture students at the Beacon Clinic.

Alison is committed to continuing professional development and regularly attends courses, at home and abroad, to further her skills and knowledge as a practitioner of Traditional Acupuncture. She also undertakes on-going self-development courses.

Alison is married with two grown up boys and lives in Malvern. Prior to training as an acupuncturist she worked as a teacher, an administrator for the National Health Service and a Commercial Manager for a Property Developer.

Dr Sue Allbright, MB, ChB, DRCOG, Lic Ac, MBAcC

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TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE
01684-893393

Sue qualified from Birmingham Medical School in 1984 and then trained and worked in general practice. Subsequently she has also had experience at clinical assistant and staff grade levels in adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, palliative care in a local hospice and antenatal work. She has also worked as a school doctor.

Having completed three years accredited training in traditional acupuncture she now works in the Beacon Clinic in this capacity. She is particularly interested in the way in which physical, mental and emotional problems interact with each other. Sue and her husband Martin opened The Beacon Clinic in 2003 as part of their shared wish to integrate the experience of a range of professionals in the care of patients.

Sue married Martin in 1987 and they have lived in Malvern since 1989. They have three daughters Katie, Bethaney and Sophia.

Jayne Blatchford ITEC, Reiki Master

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MASSAGE / REIKI
07969 068729

Jayne is a dedicated and motivated therapist with a great interest in complementary health. Through her knowledge and experience, she has discovered the complementary benefits of combining Reiki and Massage to boost the healing qualities and to help bring the mind, body and spirit into harmony.

As a Reiki Master, not only does Jayne treat clients but is also enthusiastic at passing on this healing tradition to those who seek to learn it.

Jayne is ITEC qualified (International Therapy Examination Council) in anatomy, physiology and holistic massage and is a member of the Complementary therapist association and bound by its code of ethics. Before moving to Malvern in 2006, Jayne had a busy practice in Henley on Thames and has worked for a UK leading health Spa as a Reiki and Massage Therapist.

VACANCIES

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Thank you for showing an interest in the Beacon Clinic.

The Beacon Clinic values practitioners who are dedicated, highly motivated and skilled in their area of expertise and have a keenness to work with like-minded practitioners.

We are currently have vacancies in the team for:

  • Nutritional therapist / dietician
  • Alexander technique teacher
  • Counsellor / psychotherapist (with CBT or EMDR skills)
  • Family therapist
  • Classical homoeopath
  • McTimoney Chiropractor

Whilst practitioners work as independent therapists, those who choose to work at the clinic are keen to share their skills and to learn about the skills of their fellow practitioners for the benefit of patients. They are responsible for the building of their own practice through the development of their own reputation as an expert therapist in their own right. At the same time, practitioners contribute to and become part of the team at the clinic, including attending evening joint practitioner education meetings.

Interested practitioners are welcome to contact the directors, Drs Martin and Sue Allbright, who will be pleased to meet you informally and show you around the clinic facilities. If you wish to apply to work with us, we would then need a C.V., references and evidence of qualifications and insurance. An interview process then follows involving other practitioners with similar interest areas, carried out in a friendly and informal manner. The directors involve the team practitioners in the process since we all value the sense of community and mutual trust that exists here.

If you like what you have seen on our website, and you have expertise you would like to share in such an environment, we look forward to hearing from you.