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HELPING PEOPLE MAKE BEAUTIFUL BABIES
Seren's lead fertility specialist is Barbara Scott MBRA a complementary therapist with a first-class track record in helping women give birth to beautiful babies.
In the East Midlands her reproflexology colleagues are Andrea Clarke and Jacqueline Seddon.
Hypnotherapy services are provided by her colleague Nick Brunger MNCH who is a registered Fertile Body Method therapist.
About Barbara
Barbara has been practicing as a reflexologist for the past sixteen years and has developed successful treatment plans for enhancing and treating fertility issues.
A member of the British Reflexology Association and chairman of the Association of Reproductive Reflexologists she established her practice in Wales and then spent alnmost a decade in the East Midlands before returning to live in Carmarthenshire. Although she now concentrates on offering treatments for infertility she also sees clients for general health consultations and treatment . She currently practices at the Llandeilo Natural Health Centre and her her home clinic near Nantgaredig as well as making regular visits back to Nottingham where she supervises the treatment of a number of a number of clients.
"The majority of my clients are women currently experiencing problems with fertility," she says. "But I also see many would-be mums of all ages who want to make sure that they are as well-prepared as possible for starting their family."
Barbara's current clients include health care professionals, doctors and nurses, who find that complementary therapies can help in ways beyond those achieved by conventional medicine.
In 2011 Barbara became the chairman of the newly formed Association of Reproductive Reflexologists which aims to form a professional body of practitioners with a high standard of training that the public can rely upon and which will become a kite mark for excellence.
As one of the UK's leading holistic fertility experts Barbara has broadcast on BBC and commercial radio. Her views have also been quoted in the local press,
Clients are seen by appointment either at her clinic near Nantgaredig or at the Llandeilo Natural Health Centre. Telephone and Skype consultations are also available.
About Andrea
Andrea has been in practice for nearly 15 years, having worked both from home and in different clinics in the Midlands area. She has her own company – Essential Holistic Health. After studying Reproflexology with Barbara in 2009 she has developed a passion for fertility reflexology and its wider applications in terms of general menstrual cycle issues and menopause.
“Barbara has done some amazing work in developing a reflexology protocol specifically aimed at fertility issues – it’s a really exciting time to become part of the “Seren family” and further develop the therapy for clients and begin research into its benefits. It’s really humbling to hear client stories and play a part in their goal of health and fertility.”
Currently she is Secretary of the Association of Reproductive Reflexologists and is interested to develop the research and training aspects of the Association.
Over the years Andrea has studied and developed her understanding of complementary therapies and finds that a combination of modalities works well for her client base. She has a wide client base, catering for different needs but recently has decided to concentrate on fertility - male and female, alongside support through pregnancy and beyond.
She has taught a variety of complementary therapies over the years both in an FE college and in the community, but is currently focused on private practice.
Therapies: aromatherapy, Swedish and therapeutic massage, aura-soma, energy field healing, Indian head massage, crystal therapy, Reiki, reflexology, reproflexology, diet and nutrition.
Clients are seen by appointment at the Chilwell Natural Health Centre and at Burton-on-Trent and Leamington Spa.
About Jacqueline
Jacqueline came to work as a therapist after a serious illness. Previously a teacher working in England and abroad, she believes that getting ill was a “wake-up call” which led her to look for complementary methods of treating dis-ease alongside conventional medicine. She felt that the results obtained from reflexology were so impressive that she decided to train. Now Jacqueline has her own practice: Chilwell Natural Health Centre and is an active member of the British Reflexology Association.
Having supported a member of her family who was undergoing IVF treatment, she decided to undertake further training with Barbara Scott in Reproflexology, so that she could use her experience to benefit other couples. “I know from first-hand the demands of IVF treatment, as well as the emotional ups and downs that the process can cause. I’ve seen both partners so overcome by emotion that they don’t know how to deal with it and, often, the man’s feelings were completely overlooked: I wanted to be able to support both men and women in their quest to become parents. I found Barbara’s training all-encompassing as it covered every possible aspect of becoming a parent.”
Having worked closely alongside Barbara, she was delighted to be involved in the establishment of the Association of Reproductive Reflexologists and is currently Treasurer.
Jacqueline is also an EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) practitioner and has undertaken Advanced Practitioner training. She gets a real buzz from using EFT with her clients, and seeing the changes that it can make. “EFT can help allay fears about fertility treatment, dissipate anxiety and enable complete relaxation.”
Clients are seen by appointment at the Nottingham Natural Health Centre and at Chilwell Natural Health Centre.
About Nick
Clients usually have very clear ideas of how they would like me to help them (writes Nick) but Claire had me baffled. “I would like,” she told me, “to have the gestation period of an elephant.”
Hypnotherapy is capable of helping clients to achieve many things but that sounded well beyond anyone’s capabilities. “That’s twenty-two months,” she said. On further questioning I discovered that Claire was newly pregnant with her first baby but was dreading the thought of giving birth.
It took just three sessions of therapy to turn Claire from being frightened of childbirth to become a woman actively looking forward to having her baby. “I wish I was having it tomorrow,” she told me as she left for the final time.
Those kinds of transformation make working in this fascinating field of psychotherapy so rewarding.
My interest in the treatment of infertility led me to train alongside Sjanie Hugo, the UK’s leading specialist in this field. As a certified Fertile Body Practitioner many of my clients seek help to achieve their dream of having a child.
Sally came to see me before what she and her husband knew was going to be their last chance to have a baby using IVF.
Previous pregnancies had failed because Sally had been unable to hold on to the baby for more than a few days. She was unable to see any future life without her own natural child and felt her life had no meaning without a baby of her own.
Because of the timing of her treatment at Nurture she only had one session of hypnotherapy with me. Firstly, under hypnosis, we addressed her concerns about natural motherhood. We explored the other options open to her - adoption, fostering and accepting the situation and living as a childless couple.
I also gave her suggestions that her womb was a welcome and comforting place and that her embryo would find a safe home there and not want to leave until he or she had reached their full term.
At the end of the session Sally told me that she felt much more relaxed about motherhood. She now completely accepted that if this last chance failed she could still lead a fulfilled life by exploring her other options. Becoming a natural mother no longer had the same significance for her, a revelation that came as a considerable surprise.
But this last chance did not fail. Sally held on to the baby and is now well into a "normal" assisted pregnancy and is looking forward to the birth later in the year.
It was my granddad who first opened my eyes to the possibilities of hypnosis as a tool for change. A printer by trade he had been a heavy smoker since childhood. On the way home from his single visit to the hypnotherapist he had to stop the car and empty his ashtray because the very thought of sharing his car with the fag ends disgusted him.
Then my own treatment by a therapist some year ago to lift the curse of a phobia that set me on the road to the work I do today. Now I help people achieve all kinds of change in their life from losing weight or tackling an alcohol problem to stopping smoking and gaining control over unwanted habits.
Tackling phobias and anxiety probably give me the most satisfaction – like ten year old Rosie who suffered from koumpounophobia, an unpronounceable name for a surprisingly common fear of buttons.
Rosie could not wear any clothes that contained buttons and was even unable to give her daddy a cuddle if he was wearing a shirt with visible buttons. Her new uniform at high school required every girl to have buttons and she knew she had to rid herself of her fear. At the start of the session she was only able to look at a photo of buttons if I held it on the other side of the room. One hour later she was not only able to hold a pile of buttons in her hand but was going off with her mum to buy a jumper she had seen “with great big buttons” to celebrate.
My passion is to help you change the life in whatever way is appropriate for you. Book an appointment today by calling 0115 8541708 or 07752 438901 or try a short free consultation if you want to meet me to discuss your condition and treatment before making an appointment.
Nick is a Registered member of the National Council for Hypnotherapy. He holds a number of qualifications including being a registered therapist and practioner of The Fertile Body Method which combines hypnosis and other mind-body approaches to help identify and address the mental, emotional and physical factors which may be affecting your fertility. He has all the skills of a practitioner of what are sometimes known as the Hypnobirthing tecniques.
Nick has broadcast about the many benefits of hypnotherapy on BBC Radio 5 Live, and on local and regional BBC and ILR stations. He has also been featured in the pages of the Nottingham Evening Post and the Carmarthen Journal.
Clients are seen by appointment either at the Seren clinic close to Nantgartdig or at the Llandeilo Natural Health Centre.
There's more at Nick's website www.nickbrungerhypnotherapy.co.uk and links to follow for details of his other interests on our links page.