Osteopathy is a vocational career

for me. Originally drawn to it by curiosity in how the body worked and a desire to help others. I feel privileged to be part of this profession, it has so many facets

of interest and fulfillment for me;

I enjoy meeting people of all ages and of all walks of life. I love the challenge of identifying what might be going on in the patients body, where the dysfunction is and where the health is. I also get an enormous amount of job satisfaction when

I am able to help people overcome or at least mitigate painful

symptoms. Or support patients

for example with arthritis as part

of  a bigger picture of care including medical, exercise and other complimentary therapies. It is an honor to work with these wonderful, innately intelligent, self-regulating,

self-healing bodies.

I qualified from the British School of Osteopathy in 1998. As a new graduate I worked in London for

the first 5 years before returning to my home town of Totnes. I have had three children over the last 12 years, always returning to work relatively quickly to work part time. Totnes Osteopathy is a new venture for me and represents a renewed energy and vigor for my work.

I have always been naturally pulled towards the more gentle techniques of Osteopathy. I find that many patients come to see me because they know I have a gentle approach.

I am a member of the Sutherland Cranial College www.scco.ac and

am pursuing the ‘Cranial Pathway’ which is a modular course in Cranial Osteopathy. I combine Cranial Osteopathy with other gentle Osteopathic techniques depending on what the patient’s wishes are and what I decide is

best at the time for that person. Essentially I am always working ‘with’ the body to facilitate a

healing response.