Richard Ashworth is one of the best known Western feng shui men. His feng shui and ba zi (or Four Pillars) work has been highlighted many times in the media but he is probably best known for introducing authentic Chinese Imperial Feng Shui to BBC tv's Housebusters and for his book The Feng Shui Diaries. Press has included the Guardian Diary, Spirit and Destiny, Art and Architecture, and 25 Beautiful Homes. In 2007 he was the subject of the Sunday Times feature 'A Life in the Day' His Diaries which are available free from his website, appear both on the site of the Feng Shui Society and in edited form in Lillian Too's Feng Shui World, the world's biggest-selling Feng Shui magazine. He is retained by a number of businesses and among others, he has surveyed for Gillian Anderson and Kelly Hoppen.Richard attended the only feng shui course ever to be certificated by a Chinese University at Huazhong Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei, Central China. He addressed the Hong Kong Conference on Scientific Feng Shui and the Intelligent Building in 2006 as well co-organising the International Feng Shui Congress in Turin in 2008. www.imperialfengshui.info
Joanna Al-Zuhairi
Joanna came first into contact with health care as a mental health nurse. Looking for a more effective and gentle approach to mental ill health she found homeopathy which she studied for 4 years at the Allen College of Homeopathy. Joanna teaches Vanda Scaravelli yoga although originally trained by the British Wheel of Yoga. The yoga is also called "awakening the spine" or "effortless" yoga. Recently Joanna developed an 8-week natural relaxation/strs managment course, based on yoga and meditation, which is being taught at Castle Street. Joanna has a definite holistic approach to healing the body, mind and spirit, encouraging people to become human beings again rather than human doers.
Angela Barker-Lewis Dip NT BA(Hons) rCNHC mBANT
CNHC Registered Practitioner
Member of the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy
Angela graduated from Raworth International,and is a registered practitioner with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, which is supported by the Department of Health. Angela is also Foresight practitioner, the association for preconceptual care for couples experiencing infertility.
Angela works in private practice and is also a health writer. With experience in a wide range of conditions from digestive disorders, diabetes, high cholesterol, infertility through to weight management Angela has built up considerable expertise,
Rowena Beaumont Cert.Ed. AAMET Trainer
Reiki Master Teacher and Advanced Practitioner EFT, EMF, & Reiki . Trainer, Practitioner and Researcher whose passion has been and still is to discover how quickly people are able to clear their past negative programming, blockages, limitation, emotional and physical pain and to compassionately support them on their life’s journey. As a Practitioner Rowena specializes in the releasing of emotional blockages and the balancing of the electromagnetic field. Member of AAMET – Association for the Advancement of Meridian Therapists, International Centre for Reiki Training, UK Reiki Federation, College of Psychic Studies, Embody register of Professional Practitioners and Lecturers. www.rowenabeaumont.com
Diane Chandler TIDHA, MIFPA
Diane is a caring, intuitive and well qualified complementary health therapist with over 12 years experience and has worked at Castle Street Clinic for over 10 years. In 1994 Diane qualified with the Tisserand Diploma in Holistic Aromatherapy and is a member of the International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists. Diane went on to further training in Reflexology, Bach Flower Therapy, Indian Head Massage, Crystal Therapy and is now a Reiki Master. Diane works by intuitively integrating her therapies and is particularly interested in vibrational healing with flower essences such as the Indigo Essences, Diane is currently becoming a Reiki Teacher.
Bas Chaudhri
Bas has undergone training at the University of Manchester, King's College and St. George's Hospital Medical School. He has been working as a therapist for over 10 years in both the voluntary, statutory and private sector. Bas offers both short term and long term therapy from a cognitive as well as integrative perspective. Bas is experienced in working with adults, adolescents and families. He has many yeas of experience in providing multicultural therapy and is fluent in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Gujerati. Bas specialises in anxiety disorders, depression, addiction, relationships, stress management and life coaching.
Ann Cook BA (Hons), BSc (Hons) Ost
Ann graduated from British School of Osteopathy (BSO) (www.bso.ac.uk) in 1995 and is registered by the General Osteopathic Council. Ann has undertaken postgraduate study of osteopathy in the Cranial Field and is employed as a part time tutor on the undergraduate programme at British College of Osteopathic Medicine. (www.bcom.ac.uk) She has been In private practice in Guildford since graduating in 1995 embracing experience in paediatrics and learning difficulties.
Kathryn Cutting MSc C.Psychol. Adv Dip. Int. Couns. MBPS
Kathryn is an experienced Clinical Psycholigist with Chartered status from the British Psycholigical Society and is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists
Francois de Menthon - BA (Jt-Hons), BAc, Clin.cert.(china), MBAcC
Francois has been in practice since he graduated in 1982 from a 3 year full time course at the International College of Oriental Medicine (U.K). He then attended a one year post graduate course in London and in 1986 went on a four week intensive Clinical Study trip to China to work and study in a hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine. For many years Francois has been involved in teaching and lecturing at the International college where he trained and at the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is past president of the Register of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has a busy practice, with clients in Guildford and in Cambridge where he now lives. He enjoys working holistically and as a "general practitioner" of T.C.M. he treats patients with a wide range of disorders and has a special interest in post viral fatigue syndrome, migraines, sinusitis, sciatica, I.B.S, P.M.T. and infertility. He is a member of the British Acupuncture Council and covered by their professional liability insurance.
Maria Farry Reg. MRCSLT ASTIIP
Maria is a consultant Speech and Language Therapist
Jeanette Fleming
Jeanette holds a diploma and NVQ in Crystal therapy as a result of five years study with the International College of Crystal Healing. She is an advanced Hypnotherapist, having qualifyied with the Corporation of advanced Hynotherapy at Regents College, London and the National Guild of Hypnotists in the USA. Metamorphic Technique Practitioner having studied with the founder of the technique in London. As well as being a natural healer she is a recognised practising healing member with the NFSH and SNU. Jeanette has practised, demonstrated and taught these several disciplines in the USA, Canada and the UAE as well as having been associated with Castle Street Clinic since its commencement.
David Frankcom MSc (Ost), DO
David enjoys practising as a general practitioner and uses the traditional manipulative techniques long associated with osteopathy. He has particular interest in posture and stress management which he considers to be frequently interdependent. He was awarded a Master of Science degree in osteopathic care in 2001. David originally graduated from the British School of Osteopathy (www.bso.ac.uk) in 1965. He set up practice in West Road, Guildford in 1968 and worked there in partnership and later as a sole practitioner until 2004 when he moved to Castle Street. He has been a senior member of the clinical faculty at the British School of Osteopathy in Southwark for more than 15 years and is an examiner of final year students wishing to become registered by the General Osteopathic Council (www.osteopathy.org.uk). web site: www.david.frankcom.com
Caroline Galloway BSc MNIMH
Caroline trained in herbal medicine at the School of Phytotherapy, completing their four year course in herbal medicine in Tunbridge Wells, in 1982. She subsequently graduated from the University of Southampton in 1995 with a degree in Nutrition/Physiology and later in 1999 with a further degree in Herbal Medicine from Middlesex University, where she trained in Aromatic Medicine, using essential oils to treat a wide range of health conditions, as well as using herbs and nutrients, She completed 500 hours clinical training at the Whittington Hospital. She lectures in herbal medicine and nutrition at local complimentary therapy colleges, and is a guest lecturer in that subject at Middlesex University.She is a member of the National Institiute of Medical Herbalists, which having been established in 1864 is one of the oldest practising groups of medical herbalists in the world. www.herbaltherapeutics.co.uk
David Gilbert
Acupuncture, Counselling, Cranio-sacral Therapy,Shiatsu
Kunu Gordon MA (Hons), M.Sc
Kunu was a voluntary counsellor and supervisor with Guildford and Waverley Cruse from 1985 to 1996. From 1988 to 2003 she worked as a counsellor and supervisor in the Surrey University Student Counselling Centre seeing students aged 16-60, She also counselled some university staff. Since 1990, she has maintained a small private practice which she has now expanded.
Jean Hepworth
Jean has practised for many years specialising first in Aromatherapy and Massage, subsequently in Kinesiology and Nutrition. Jean is a natural family planning teacher and a Hopi Ear Candle therapist. To balance these therapies she is also a Reiki master.
Ros Hurst Cert. Ed, Dip A&P VCTC, Usui Reiki Master Teacher, UK Reiki Federation Master Teacher Member
After leaving a successful teaching career in 2000 life led Ros into a different sphere of work with people. The energy therapies she offers are all concerned with relaxing, balancing and re-energising the body and supporting the body's natural ability to heal itself. Each one is holistic and complementary to conventional medicine.(www.get-in-touch.net)
Maya Kraus. MD (MA), ALCM, MIIR, MBSAM, MBRI, D.Ac (Colombo)
Clinic Director
Maya has been working as a Natural Health Practitioner for over 30 years. In 1994, when her client base at home exceeded a waiting list for new patients of over two months, she set up the Castle Street Clinic with the aim of creating a multi-disciplinary healing environment. With the support of over 20 experienced Therapists, she is able to continue her work and research in Natural Medicine. Maya specialises in Nutrition as well as applying Health Kinesiology for the identification and detoxification of allergens, hidden toxins and viruses, eg. often found in asthma, eczema and post-viral fatigue syndrome, IBS, amongst other health problems. Most of her work is a non-invasive yet very effective Stress Release Treatment. She also uses Edu-k for Dyslexia and Learning Difficulties. Alongside other Therapies she practises Applied Kinesiology, Iridology, Acupuncture, Reflexology, Mineral Therapy, Dowsing and Bio-Energy Healing. She is also a qualified Instructor in Touch for Health (the basis for Kinesiology), helpful for balancing the body’s energies and strengthening weak muscles, also useful for the layman.
Maya is a Member of the Kinesiology Federation, the Guild of Naturopathic Iridologists, the Doctor/Healer Network and the Psionic Medical Society.
Richard Morley MHPNLP, DHyp, PDCHyp, MBSCH
Richard Morley is one of only a few Certificated Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Health Practitioners in the UK. He is also a Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP. He is a Practitioner of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). He is a Full Member of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis (www.bsch.org), and a tutor with the London College of Clinical Hypnotherapy (www.lcch.co.uk) – which means that he has studied comprehensively how hypnotherapy can help with a wide range of illnesses and disease. In his work with individuals in clinics and organisations he has helped many hundreds of clients transform their lives by learning to recognise resources within themselves of which they were unaware. Richard chose to leave a successful business career to follow his inner conviction that his true calling is to help people be who they really want to be. www.hypnonlp.co.uk
Dr. Chris Penter M.Dip C (SA) DC (SA) CCSP (USA)
Chris has a dual qualification. His first degree is that of a chiropractor and his second is that of a sports physician. He graduated in 1994, and quickly built up the biggest clinic treating headaches in KwaZulu Natal in South Africa, with referrals from General Practitioners, Neurosurgeons and Neurologist. In 1997 he qualified with a Sport Medicine degree and went on to treat the Natal Sharks (one of the Super 14 Teams). He lectured extensively in the field of headaches and whiplash injuries before coming out to the UK in 2001 to take up a post as medical lecturer at the University of Surrey. He left the University in 2004 to concentrate on developing his clinics in Guildford and London. His experience is vast, and he has had the privilege of treating patients in three different countries (South Africa, Zambia and UK). He has been involved in treating people at Hell’s Kitchen Studio, as well as treating elite sports people both in South Africa and the UK. Academically he continues to mark and supervise chiropractors pursuing their Master’s Degree. He is experienced in treating all forms of pain conditions, ranging from spinal problems like acute and chronic low back pain, sciatica, neck pain and headaches to sports injuries and colic in babies. Please refer to the section on Chiropractic in the THERAPIES Section for more information on Chiropractic.
Lorraine Preston MAR, MICHT, MHFST, IIHHT
Lorraine qualified in sports massage therapy from Morley college in London and specialises in deep tissue massage as well as also practising in , Reflexology, Indian Head Massage and Body Massage. Lorraine also works as practice manager of Castle Street Clinic.
Martin Rossetti I ACT Dip. Sach. Hyp, ITEC, IIHHT
Martin is qualified in Colonic Hydrotherapy, Reflexology, Hypnotherapy and Hypnoanalysis and Massage. Martin will often integrate skills and techniques from his other therapies when appropriate and brings a unique combination of skills together and applies them in an integrated approach for the benefit of your general and specific good health. www.briefinterlude.co.uk info@briefinterlude.co.uk
Martin Smith
Martin is a member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique
Vahida Starcevic B.Sc. Dip. Ac.
Vahida is trained in Traditional Chinese Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, Kinesiology, Reflexology and Bach Flower Therapy. She has been practising since 1991. Vahida is a specialist and has great experience of fertility problems, hormonal issues and related female disorders.
Linda Ternent MACHRT; I-ACT (USA – Advanced Practitioner); BANT; IFPA
Linda’s career in complementary medicine began in 1986 qualifiying as an Aromatherapist with the London School of Aromatherapy. In 1988 Linda was awarded “Aromatherapist of the Year” “in recognition of her dedication and generosity in giving freely of her time and skills, and the credit that she has thereby brought to our profession”. Linda continued her studies into Clinical Aromatherapy with L’Institute Des Sciences Biomedicales under the guidance of Pierre Franchomme and Dr Daniel Phenoel, a French biochemist and GP respectively. She studied nutrition with the Dr Lawrence Plaskett Nutritional Medicine College and qualified in Nutritional Medicine in 1997. She is continuing her studies in nutrition and is currently working towards an MSc with Middlesex University. Linda began her training in colon hydrotherapy in 1997 and set up the Colon Hygiene Clinic at 140 Harley Street, London W1. In January 1999 she trained with the Dotolo Institute in America and commenced working at Castle Street Clinic in Guildford in March 1999. She has continued to do advanced studies in colon hydrotherapy in Switzerland and America. Linda is a Member of the Association and Register of Colon Hydrotherapists (ARCH) and of International Association of Colon Hydrotherapists (I-ACT (USA – advanced practitioner). Being very aware of the emotional impact on the bowels in 2001 Linda studied Chi Nei Tsang with Master Mantek Chia in Thailand. Chi Nei Tsang literally means “working with the energy of the internal organs”. Linda continues training in Chi Nei Tsang with Gilles Marin in America. In 2007 she studied Arvigo Abdominal Massage with the Arvigo Institute USA. This gentle form of abdominal massage helps to realign the uterus which can greatly help women who have menstrual problems, endometriosis and infertility. Linda has also studied manual lymph drainage, darkfield microscopy and ozone therapy which she hopes to use alongside colon hydrotherapy in the near future. She works holistically taking mind, body and spirit into consideration and uses her experience of all techniques to give an integrated approach to treatment. www.colonic-association.org