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In the lead up to the FHT’s first Virtual Training Congress we have been introducing FHT members to our event speakers. This week we speak to Theresa Rich from ReflexologyUK.org about her seminar on heart-centered growth. Tell us a bit of background about yourself… I spent three years in Australia and Southeast Asia, teaching English.…

Peter Mackereth provides three rapid ‘toolbox’ interventions to help take the stress out of receiving a vaccination. April is Stress Awareness Month and this is a great opportunity for therapists to contribute to helping friends, family, colleagues and clients/patients at this significant time in all our lives. With approaching 130,000 lives lost in this pandemic…

In the lead up to the FHT’s first Virtual Training Congress we have been introducing FHT members to our event speakers. This week we speak to Chris Duquemin from New Vision Therapy, based in Jersey. In the title of my seminar talk, note that I do not use the words PTSD. For me, to consider…

In International Therapist Winter 2021 (Issue 135), we look at the benefits of cold water immersion and share some tips of how to swim safely outdoors. As part of the feature, we spoke to Sophie Hellyer, face of the wild swimming community, Rise Fierce. Sophie said, ‘Rise Fierce is a community of *female-only swimmers across the UK and…

In the lead up to the FHT’s first Virtual Training Congress we have been introducing FHT members to our event speakers. This week we speak to Mary Atkinson, 2020 FHT Complementary Therapist of the Year and owner of The Story Massage Programme. Tell us a bit of background about yourself… My first career was as…

Today we are celebrating Social Prescribing Day alongside the College of Medicine, the Social Prescribing Network and many other organisations. Social prescribing provides doctors with alternative and more appropriate ways to support a patient, such as signposting them to complementary therapies, encouraging them to join a walking club, or joining a Knit and Natter group. Schemes…

In the lead up to the FHT’s first Virtual Training Congress we have been introducing FHT members to our event speakers. This week we speak to Moss Arnold and Sharon Windle from Chi Medics, based in Chesterfield. Chi Medics is an energy therapy which combines the Chinese philosophy, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), acupressure, acu-points and…

In this blog we share a short excerpt from Dr Chatterjee’s new book, Feel Great Lose Weight. In this chapter, he looks at how we eat and what we can learn from other cultures when it comes to eating habits. The Japanese are a bit like the French in that, for various cultural reasons, they…

In the lead up to the FHT’s first Virtual Training Congress we will be introducing FHT members to our event speakers. This week we speak to Gwyn Featonby from the NHS Natural Health School in Harrogate. Tell us a bit of background about yourself… I started my career as a nurse in the early 80’s.…

In the lead up to the FHT’s first Virtual Training Congress we will be introducing FHT members to our event speakers. This week we speak to James Woledge, FHT Accredited Course Provider at The Abbeyfields Clinic. Tell us a bit of background about yourself… Following my degree in Sports Science, I lucked out into a job…

Winners of our 2020 FHT Green Therapy Business of the Year award, Anne Bramley and Helen Saunders, share a short update about their business, Wellbeing at Whistlewood… As Nature begins to awake, signs of Spring emerge. These encouraging green shoots are really welcome as we have a very busy year ahead in 2021. Our FHT “Green Therapy Business of the…

In the lead up to the FHT’s first Virtual Training Congress we will be introducing FHT members to our event speakers. This week we speak to Anne and Paul Crease, FHT Accredited Course Providers at Touchline Training Ltd. Tell us a bit of background about yourself… We are both former secondary school teachers and trained…