About Us

Max Alexander

Acupuncture

Max trained originally with Nora Franglen at the School of Five Element Acupuncture in London, graduating in 2001. He was a member of the teaching faculty at the school until 2007, and is now on the faculty at the London Institute of Five Element Acupuncture. He has continued his training at postgraduate level with the late Professor J.R. Worsley and Judy Becker Worsley, Dr. Ac. as part of the Master Apprentice Program (MAP^TM). Professor Worsley was the pioneer, master and teacher who brought this style of acupuncture treatment to the Western world and his teaching has been perpetuated and preserved by his wife Judy. Max is also the representative in Europe for the Worsley Institute, an organisation founded in 1997 to promote and preserve the teachings of J.R. Worsley.

In his practice to date, Max has worked in various centres in London, also in Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire, including work with the homeless, with the Heart and Stroke Association and in a centre for people with HIV. He has treated patients with concerns across the entire spectrum of health issues, ranging from fertility issues and weight loss to recurrent infections, migraine, muscular aches and pains, asthma, diabetes, raised blood pressure and depression.

Acupuncture is a deep and powerful treatment, and at the core of this treatment is the understanding that we are body, mind and spirit.

Kapilan Balasubramanium

Osteopathy

Kapilan graduated from the British College of Osteopathic Medicine in London in 2008 with a bachelor in Osteopathy and a Diploma in Naturopathy. Kapilan is particularly interested in sports injuries he himself experiences in playing sports at a very high level. His passion in the field came after receiving and benefiting from osteopathic treatment following various injuries.

He caters treatments according to your needs by recognizing your personal strengths and weaknesses with the ultimate goal of providing the highest level of patient care while encouraging your body to function at its optimum level - hence improving your performance levels. His success lies in his ability to recognize your limits and utilising a direct structural approach, whilst incorporating soft tissue, hydrotherapy and body mechanics to treat you effectively.

Kapilan treats a wide variety of patients, not just athletes; therefore no-matter your age, he is able to help you.

Simon Castle

Physiotherapy

Simon is an Australian born Physiotherapist who trained at La Trobe University in Melbourne from 2000 to 2003. After graduating, he gained general experience in the acute hospital setting, including Royal Melbourne hospital, one of Australia's premier trauma centres.

Simon has since specialised in Musculo-skeletal Physiotherapy, working in both the NHS and private sectors and has over 3 years experience. He has a strong interest in the treatment and management of sports injuries and has a keen interest in exercise and sports. He is an avid cyclist and plays hockey with Barnes Hockey Club

Elizabet Cibilis

Sports & Remedial | Therapeutic Massage | Pregnancy Massage | Lymphatic Drainage Massage

Elizabet is a fully qualified and insured massage therapist that tailors different treatments for different individuals, respecting each unique way of getting better.

Her journey into the 'holistic world' began after she moved to London and started to work with kids, who as she puts it 'awakened my caring side, making me remember how colourful life can be!'

She has studied Sports & Remedial Massage (SRM) as well as Lymphatic Drainage Massage (LDM) which coupled with her experience gives her confidence to perform a range massage therapies. LDM is very beneficial during and after pregnancy, after sports injury and pre/post-operative situations, to boost immune system, to detoxify the body, among others.

With the aim of combining her two passions (motherhood and massage), Elizabet completed a Pregnancy and Massage diploma, an area that she desires to explore further. She feels privileged to be able to support women in this very important period, when they much need care and attention as hormonal adjustments and the growing baby cause significant changes in their bodies and minds. It can be very challenging and draining for the expectant mothers, but Elizabet believes that with the appropriate care, pregnancy can be the most amazing and transformative time of women's lives.

Since completion of LDM, SRM and Pregnancy Massage Elizabet has worked as a freelance therapist as well as a number of agencies. Through these agencies she has practiced in different hotels around London such as The Dorchester, The Grosvenor House, The Soho Hotel, Intercontinental, The Kensington Hotel, The Hilton Hotel, among others. Since January 2009, Elizabet has been an active volunteer at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead / London, where she is part of the Complementary Therapy team, giving massage treatments for in/out-patients in different wards, including the maternity ward.

When asked how treating someone makes her feel, Elizabet tells us: 'I feel calm, peaceful but full of energy. I believe that the effectiveness of the treatment lies on the connection between patient and practitioner. When I start a massage treatment I switch off from anything around me and I just concentrate in caring for the patient lying on the couch. During each treatment I let my intuitive hands to be my guide having my knowledge to back me up, adapting the massage for the different patients needs.'

Cletus D'Souza

Hypnotherapy

A trained and experienced Transpersonal Hypnotherapist and a Master NLP Practitioner, Cletus D'Souza has over the last four years after an extended career in finance been helping a number of clients with overcoming conditions ranging from chronic depression and anxiety to phobias, relationship issues, stopping smoking, helping west end actors with bettering performance and family reconciliation issues.

Change work is affected through hypnotherapy, altered state processes and natural healing modalities. A qualified transpersonal hypnotherapist, Cletus trained with Jack Elias of 'Finding True Magic'. Cletus is also a member of the Association for Transpersonal Hypnotherapy (an approved association within the General Hypnotherapy Standards Council).

Cletus helps create positive and transparent shifts in the way we relate to ourselves and to their habitual patterns and behaviours. He does this by tapping in to the power of the subconscious mind, and helps free the vast emotional and heart energy we all posses, but very often allow to be trapped by thinking in terms of limitation.

He draws on a range of eclectic approaches to healing, including transpersonal hypnotherapy, Quantum Touch®, Chi Gong and pre-natal therapies. His NLP training instructors included Richard Bandler and John La Valle. Cletus is also a graduate of the Silva Mind Control organisation and draws on a variety of approaches to assisting clients with issues relating to mind, body and spirit.

Cletus enjoys helping clients recognise the tremendous power we each hold within us, to live our lives on purpose, and to consciously make better and more empowering choices.

Hilary Fennelly

Reiki

Hilary trained as a healer after becoming seriously ill from Rheumatoid Arthritis which is an auto-immune disease that also attacks and can deform the joints. She experienced healing herself and found that after a short while the pain was greatly reduced and all her symptoms diminished to the extent that she no longer needed strong medication. The healing made her feel emotional at first, then calm and relaxed. She was able to cope much better with life and became much more optimistic and hopeful about the future. Her condition has now been stable for about ten years.

Hilary is a professionally qualified Reiki and Holistic Energy Healer with over 10 years experience. She has given healing to many people in their homes, in clinics, therapy centres, in hospitals & hospices.

In 1999 she became a Reiki Practitioner having trained using the method based on the teachings of Professor Mikao Usui who lived in Japan in the early part of the 20th century.

In 2001, she took the Healing Accreditation Course offered by The College of Psychic Studies (MCPS) in South Kensington, London. This 150 hours course includes Energy & Aura Sensing, the use of Sound & Colour in Healing, and knowledge of the Major & Minor Chakras. (These are energy centres in the body which can become out of balance. This imbalance is often caused by mental, emotional or physical distress or illness. The intuitive directing of healing energy through the hands of a healer can help to rebalance these centres.) This Healing Course also included a basic Anatomy & Physiology Course; a knowledge of Healing & the Law and the organization's Code of Conduct. Hilary has been working in and running one of the four healing clinics at the CPS since 2001, and has many regular clients there.

She also became a member of the National Federation of Spiritual Healers (MNFSH) and for a while she worked in one of their centres in Wimbledon.

In 2002 Hilary trained with the Paul D'Auria Cancer Support Centre (formerly The Cancer Resource Centre) to become a volunteer healer / befriender to visit patients with mostly terminal cancer in their homes and only recently stopped doing so when the charity's funding became insufficient to sustain the project.

In 2007 she became an Approved Healer with the Spiritualists National Union (MSNU), which required her to complete 50 sessions of giving healing in the local church, plus attending training days and writing essays on all aspects of healing and running a healing centre. Hilary continues to be a regular volunteer at the local church

Patty Hemingway

Homeopathy

Patty first discovered homeopathy when her children were little and in need of a gentle but effective treatment for childhood illnesses. It worked every time, and they soon felt better, and so did she! As a result of this good experience, she decided on a career change and left her work in adult and continuing education where she had specialised in language and communication skills to retrain as a homeopath.

She graduated from the Hahnemann College, London in 1998, and is a member of the Association of Natural Medicine - where registration is dependent on qualification and the demonstration of principles of good practice. Her education in the art of healing has continued, and over the years she has qualified in additional therapies and techniques.

As well as EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Patty often use muscle testing or applied kinesiology to assess what remedies are needed for treatment, and she is also a qualified NAET (Allergy Elimination Technique) practitioner. She prescribes Australian Bush Flower Essences which can be combined with other therapies.

Patty has always had a special interest in dyslexia and dyspraxia because of her previous experience in education and has been able to use homeopathy to help children and adults with specific learning difficulties.

As a result of her own experience of the harm that environmental pollutants such as electromagnetic radiation can cause, she has researched and written about electro-sensitivity and ways to treat this condition, and other allergies (which are available on reques)

She offers workshops for small groups of four to six participants on particular topics of interest. Recent topics have included homeopathic remedies for first aid, travel, women's problems and treating childhood illnesses.

Patty believes in an integrated approach to health, and is more than happy to work with other therapists, or to offer homeopathy or EFT alongside conventional medicine as part of your individualised treatment programme. This is especially effective in assisting with recovery after surgery or sports injuries.

Martin Hempel

Counselling

Martin holds a Diploma in integrative therapeutic counselling. During his training he worked on bridging the person-centred model (which is non-directive and focused on what you feel in the present moment), and the psychodynamic (which looks rather more at things that have might happen to you in the past, particularly in your childhood). Where appropriate he also aims to integrate the transpersonal (the self-transcendent or spiritual) into his work.

He is a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and abides by its ethical framework. Martin is currently working on an MA in Psychotherapy.

It is often said that 'the relationship is the therapy' and Martins' work is underpinned by this simple truth. He aims to create a healing space in which his clients may express difficult feelings safely and without fear of judgment.

He works collaboratively and firmly believes in the value of self-empowerment: His aim is to facilitate your personal growth so that you may begin to realise your true potential.

Martin works mostly in dialogue, but might invite you to express yourself through drawing or to work with objects and believes in the healing power of laughter.

Beatrice Leadbetter

Alexander Technique

Beatrice Leadbetter qualified as teacher of the Alexander Technique at the Alexander Technique Studio, a STAT-approved course, in South West London. She has since been working on the Studios teacher training course and giving weekly introductory workshops with other teachers, in addition to giving individual lessons.

Beatrice has experience in working with many people of different ages (from 4 years to 92) and professions: as an assistant teacher with undergraduate students at Arts Ed. drama school in West London; at two secondary schools in Dorset; She has also been giving weekly workshops with school children aged between 6 and 16 years in North London.

In addition to the Alexander Technique Beatrice also teaches piano, singing and Suzuki Method violin. She integrates the Alexander Technique into her music teaching as an important skill for learning to play an instrument from the beginning with greater ease, balance, awareness and enjoyment!

The Technique is relevant to and can benefit anyone who wants to learn, of any age, level of fitness and profession.

Imran Mirza

Tui Na

After recovering from a serious injury thanks to Tui na medical massage, Imran has been practicing Tui Na himself for five years and has gained a lot of experience treating patients suffering from many types of musculoskeletal problems including sports injuries. His teacher Errol Dexter Lynch is regarded by many to be Britain's leading Tui Na doctor and has been trained by some of the finest doctors in China such as Professor Fan and Professor Jiang; who are world renowned pioneers in the field of Tui Na medical therapy. Errol has subsequently been able to pass on the amazing and masterful Tui Na knowledge he has learnt as well as the hand techniques (for which Tui Na is famous for) to students like Imran, thus creating a pathway for students to becoming successful Tui Na practitioners. Five years on Imran still strives on becoming a better Tui Na Practitioner with every day that passes under the guidance of Errol and is extremely passionate about helping people overcome their physical problems armed with the healing power of Tui Na.

The words Tui Na can be translated as "push-grasp" or "poke-pinch" in Chinese. Tui Na is still a relatively new and unknown therapy in most Western countries. The main purpose of Tui Na is to bring the body in to balance by using Chinese acupressure techniques like brushing, kneading, rolling/pressing and rubbing the areas between joints to get the energy moving in the meridians and muscles to treat acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions, as well as many other health related concerns.

Tony Novissimo

Psychotherapy

Tony Novissimo has been a practicing psychotherapist in London for the past six years. He is committed to providing counselling and psychotherapy in a safe, confidential and non-judgmental environment.

Tony works with both individuals and couples on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period. His personal approach is to use Psychodynamic, Integrative and Transpersonal techniques. He aims to enable you to enhance your life and to live it more fully and happily.

Tony is experienced in helping clients who have difficulties with:

• Stress or Anxiety
• Depression
• Anger
• Identity Issues
• Addiction or Eating Disorders
• Redundancy

• Panic Attacks
• Feeling Sad & Low
• Relationship Issues
• Sexuality
• Bereavement & Loss
• Corporate Uncertainty

Tony has a Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, and is completing his Research Masters degree on subjects concerning "The Prize Giver'. He is a member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), and as a member he is committed to abide by the BACP code of ethics in all his counselling work. Tony is also an accredited full member of the Stress Management Society MSMS. As a member of the BACP he is committed to continuing professional development and has a Certificate in Dance Therapy; qualifications in psychology; and in Group Therapy. Tony has run many groups developed around the subjects of 'Still Mind' and 'Being'. Tony is a founder member of The BE Foundation, an international organization dedicated to help those who would find a way of being.

Tony believes that each one of us is valuable. Sadly though, we may have come to doubt this in ourselves. Maybe we have often been told we are useless. You will work with Tony to rediscover who you really are and how you can come to the belief that you are a good person and of good value to society. You will work to return to that state where you can feel respected and honoured.

Where appropriate Tony will help you take a journey towards finding how to live in the present moment. This can help those who find their mind constantly filled with thoughts from the past or speculations of the future. Living in the present moment lets us find stillness and peace from the unending traffic of the mind.

Vishal Patel

Physiotherapy

Vishal qualified as a Physiotherapist in 2005 after completing a BSc at Brunel University. Since then he has worked within a large hospital (2006-2009), before recently transferring to private health care. Through his career to date, he has had the opportunity to treat patients of varying musculoskeletal conditions and abilities.

His current interests are treating those who sustain injuries at work or are recovering from operations and accidents. He is also keen on those who have suffered from Sports injuries or athletes who are de-conditioned. Through his ever motivating demeanor and vivacious personality, he aims to treat each patient as an individual and empower them with the ability to self manage their condition.

His other interests include: playing cricket for his local club and reading (preferably fiction), with the odd game of Sudoku here and there.

Aruna Ravithasan

Reflexology | Shiatsu

Aruna studied reflexology at the Practitioner's School of Reflexology in London and graduated in 2002. She joined the Association of Reflexology in 2002 and became a full member in 2003.

She has also studied Shiatsu for three years at the European Shiatsu School graduating in 2004. She took the Shiatsu Society exams and became a full member in 2005. Aruna went on to take advanced Shiatsu studies at the CBShiatsu School (Classically Based Shiatsu) completing their advanced diploma course in 2005. Since then she has attended and assisted on many advanced Shiatsu courses with CBShiatsu.

Aruna is a member of 'MAR' - Member of the Association of Reflexologists.

Shirley Scott

Shirley has been involved in the field of development since the early 1990's. She has a degree in Industrial Psychology and is an Analytical Hypnotherapist as well as being a qualified Coach with the Coaching Academy, NLP Master Practitioner, Master Hypnotherapist, Master Time Line® Therapist. Shirley carries full insurance for her therapies and is registered with the following professional bodies:

• American Board of Hypnotherapy
• American Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming
• International Association of Pure Hypnoanalysts

She is also qualified and licensed to run hypnotherapy training. Being a member of the International Association of Pure Hypnoanalysts (IAPH), Shirley practices a unique and empowering therapy called Hypno-Analysis. The effectiveness of hypnoanalysis speaks for itself, with the IAPH members successfully treating over 250 000 cases each year.

'Pure Hypnoanalysis' (sometimes called 'hypnoanalysis' or 'analytcal hypnotherapy') is the single most effective form of therapy available in the world today, for the resolution of anxiety, depression, phobias, fears, eating disorders and other psychological and emotional problems/symptoms.

With the powerful process of analytical hypnotherapy, Shirley can offer people who are locked in a desperate unhappiness over their situation involving fears, phobias, depression, anxieties and general unhappiness, a chance to let go of all that and free themselves of those unresourceful behaviours and states of mind. She often hears of people who have described their "living hell" to her, knowing that they could have been helped a long time ago if they had received the appropriate therapy. That is why Shirley does what she is doing - using a technique she knows will help empower and enhance the quality of someone's life, which she finds extremely fulfilling and rewarding.

Shirely also offers an effective Stopping Smoking Session where you go through a process that allows you to WILLINGLY quit smoking!