Anxiety and Depression

How can Complementary Therapies help with Anxiety and Depression?

There are a number of different approaches to working with someone with Anxiety and/or Depression. You can work through the body, the mind, the body and mind, energetically, or through the internal physiology. All approaches are interdependent; working with the body will affect the mind, working with the mind will affect the body. Working with the body and mind will affect the spirit. Working energetically or physiologically will affect the body, mind and spirit. These are some pointers to help you choose where to begin:

Acupuncture, Massage, & Reflexology, all help to relax the body, and thus relax the mind. This has the effect of restoring, calming and rebalancing energy.

Bowen can be useful for Anxiety and Depression as when we are anxious or depressed, we are often stuck in a state of ‘fight or flight’.  The slow and gentle moves of the Bowen Technique tell the body that ‘the emergency is over’, encouraging our nervous system to calm so that we can begin to feel more balanced & grounded in mind and body. 

Reiki, and all form of Energy Healing work to unblock energy which is preventing health and happiness. Acupuncture also works with energy pathways to unblock energy.

Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs both work to rebalance internal physiological disharmonies which may be contributing to anxiety and depression. Working internally with the body in this way can have a powerful effect on the mind.

All practitioners will emphasize a healthy lifestyle and diet and provide support and advice in these areas according to the needs of the person.

To learn more about depression and how you can help yourself click here

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Testimonials

Bowen really works.

The therapy takes place in a room that is very calming and relaxing. Then Anna takes the time to ask questions and thoroughly go through any health complaints I may be having.

During the treatment I always feel very relaxed and comfortable.

I also trust the work that Anna is doing and feel that because the treatment is gentle and non invasive, my joints are not being manipulated, I know it is safe.

I have gone to Anna with problems of headaches, back pain and stress and the work she does has really helped to alleviate many of those problems.

During my first Homeopathy appointment, after chatting to Anna for an hour about all my health issues I felt more relaxed as though I had talked to a counsellor. That was before I took any remedies!

My main concern then was my mental state as I was going through a very stressful time. She gave me a remedy to take over three nights and within a day of finishing the course, I started to feel more relaxed and positive. It was a wonderful feeling.

Since then she has continued to treat and support me through even more stressful times for anxiety and also I have taken a remedy for lowering blood glucose which has proved to be successful.

I would recommend Anna to anyone who would like to try Homeopathy as she has been a great help to me.

I had a wonderful, soothing aromatherapy massage here today.Ash was very professional, kind and supportive and put me at ease from start to finish. The treatment room is gorgeous and calming. I left feeling so relaxed I felt I was floating, without a care in the world. A highly recommendable experience. Go see for yourself. You won’t regret it.

Tim was so professional and kind. He had a very encouraging and non-judgemental way of listening and discussing with me. He is very warm and easy to talk to. He made me feel genuinely heard and respected.

I recently had an hour reflexology treatment with the lovely Ash after a really stressful week at work to try and help me relax and destress. I loved my treatment and I found it very restorative. Ash was very professional and knowledgeable. I will definitely be back. Thank you Ash 

 

I was so blown away by how easy it was to switch off and experience peace during the (NLP) session [with Femi], I have such a busy mind and was worried I’d spend the whole time thinking! It’s completely changed my ability to relax my mind and accesses clarity with way more ease, I feel generally much more connected to the part of me that knows peace and excited to see in what other parts of my life I can notice a positive change. 

Very calming atmosphere, [Tim] made good light of situations and there was genuine interest in wanting to help me and resolve my woes. Incredible way to start going to therapy

Tim is a very patient and knowledgeable therapist. I felt comfortable from the start and he quickly identified issues that I never knew about before meeting him

Tim is a very understanding and helpful person. He always listens fully to what I have to say and will always offer his own opinion and advice