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Meet the Team

At Physis Health & Wellbeing we pride ourselves on having a friendly, approachable and professional attitude. To help you become familiar with who's who at our centre, we have put together the following information:

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Counsellors / Psychotherapists

Barbara Clarkson

Barbara ClarksonBarbara is a fully qualified Transactional Analysis Psychotherapist, registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). She has provided counselling and psychotherapy in private practice in Leeds for more than fifteen years and has gained a broad range of skills and strategies for working with people who are experiencing difficulty or distress.

 

 

As a counsellor and psychotherapist she aims to understand each person, whatever they are struggling with, and to enable them to find their way through to achieving change and resolution of their current situation.

Barbara can support you to:

  • Move out of depression
  • Manage anxiety and panic
  • Resolve relationship difficulties
  • Break free from eating disorders
  • Heal trauma and reduce stress
  • Come to terms with bereavement
  • Develop self esteem & improve confidence
  • Process distress resulting from childhood experiences

If you would like to contact Barbara to discuss any of the above or to make an appointment please call 07789 556 256. Alternatively you can email her at barbara@physistraining.co.uk

Find out more about the services Barbara provides by visiting her website

In addition Barbara is co-director at Physis Health & Wellbeing & Physis Training.

 

Sally Boswell

Sally BoswellSally is a fully qualified person-centred counsellor and a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).  In addition to her core training, Sally uses additional therapeutic techniques where appropriate, such as cognitive behaviour techniques and transactional analysis.  Sally has over three years experience working as a counsellor for NHS, working with a range of mental health issues in GP practices.  Sally is also a fully qualified couples therapist.

 

Sally can provide a confidential, safe place to help her clients explore their issues at their own pace, supporting their self-development and enabling growth.

Some of the more common issues Sally has experience of working with are: 

  • depression
  • anxiety
  • anger
  • childhood issues
  • abuse
  • loss and bereavement
  • relationship difficulties
  • confidence and self esteem
  • assertiveness
  • sexuality

Sally is qualified to work with couples and individuals

To make an appointment with Sally please call her directly on 07981 473903 or email at sallyjboswell76@hotmail.com

 

Stella Maden

Stella is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, working with Transactional Analysis as her core approach. She ais a member of the Institute of Transactional Analysis and holds an MA in TA Psychotherapy from Leeds Metropolitan University.

She havs worked in the helping professions for over 20 years, and has extensive experience of working with people in distress. Her professional background originally was in social work with adults with mental health problems, working in community settings to help people improve their confidence, self-esteem and well-being.

Stella has worked extensively as a counsellor and therapist within the voluntary sector, and has run a private practice since 1995. She has run a wide range of short, focused therapeutic groups, and a long-term, open-ended psychotherapy group.

Stella works with individuals and couples, offering a safe, warm and supportive environment to look at the difficulties you have brought. She offers both short-term focused counselling and longer-term open-ended work.

Examples of issues that Stella has helped people work with successfully include:

  • Anxiety and depression
  • Stress and burn-out
  • Relationship issues
  • Bereavement, divorce and other losses
  • Life change
  • Trauma and abuse
  • Sexuality

You can find more information about me and the therapy I offer on my website stellamadencounselling.co.uk.

To make an enquiry, or to book an appointment, please contact Stella by phone on 0755 2577796 or by email at stella.maden@talktalk.net.

Holistic / Alternative Therapists

Rachel Surtees

Rachel SurteesRachel is a practicing member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) and has over six years experience of working within the holistic health industry.

She established her therapy service Apple Tree Holistic Therapies in 2006 and became a co-director of Physis Health & Wellbeing and Physis Training in 2010.

Rachel has two years experience of working with cancer patients and their carers in an NHS led cancer support centre. She also has knowledge and experience of working with mental health issues through her work alongside the CHOICE project (part of Leeds Mind).

The therapies that Rachel Provides include Aromatherapy, Ear Candling, Massage, Hot Stone Massage, Thai Massage, Reflexology, and Reiki.

To make an appointment with Rachel please contact her directly on 07946 071 672.

Alternatively you can find out more about the therapies Rachel offers by going to her website.

 

Emma Avhede

Emma AvhedeEmma is therapist who also runs Hälsa - Workplace Wellbeing, a company which provides on-site massage, wellbeing events and stress management workshops to a diverse range of business clients, private clients and hospital patients.  The Company has a team of therapists based in Leeds primarily covering the north of the UK.   Emma is also an associate of Absolute Specialists for Workplace Wellbeing.

Emma will be working at Physis Health & Wellbeing on a Monday seeing individual clients.  The treatments she offers are:

 

 

  • Body Massage – back, neck and shoulder, hand and arm, leg and foot
  • Indian Head Massage
  • Thai Massage
  • Myofascial Release
  • Seated Acupressure Massage

She also supports her clients with general relaxation techniques including breathing and stress management.

To make an appointment with Emma

please call her on 07403 109 557

 

Hazel Bamber

Hazel BamberHazel is a registered Homeopath and is registered with The Society of Homeopaths and follows their code of ethics. 

Hazel says, “At times we all suffer from symptoms that tell us we need help in order to return to good health. Homeopathy could offer the support you need to re-balance your system. It has been an important part of my life, helping to look after my own health as well as my family and clients.”

Hazel believes that we all have different ways of healing and need individually tailored remedies. She has a listening ear and an understanding and down to earth approach that could give you the space to explain your symptoms in detail and support you through recovery to improved health.

Hazel’s confidence in Homeopathy comes from first-hand experience of twenty years since she first consulted a Homeopath at a difficult time in her life.  

Hazel trained with the Yorkshire School of Homeopathy qualifying in 2007.

To make an appointment with Hazel please contact her directly on 07919 921291

or email hello@hazelbamber.com

 

Liz Keedy

Liz KeedyLiz works as a qualified therapist with the energies of mother Earth, using crystals and gemstones to heal and balance the body. She also channels energy from the higher realms as an Angelic Reiki Master and as a teacher she runs workshops to attune others to this beautiful energy.

She is currently developing other spiritual gifts to give intuitive readings as a medium, as well as completing a practitioners course to give advice on using the Australian Bush Flower Essences.

Liz is a member of the Angelic Reiki Association and the British Complementary Medicine Association. She is dedicated to promoting health and well being with empowerment through emotional understanding of physical illness.

To make an appointment with Liz please contact her directly on 07425 174 692

 

Joanne Purdie

Joanne PurdieJoanne Purdie is an Energy Practitioner, Teacher and Shamanic Apprentice with 14 years of experience in treating a wide range of health and well-being issues, ranging from problems within the physical body, to emotional and mental imbalances, through to spiritual self-development. 

Energy Medicine works on all these levels to bring balance and harmony. It seeks to find the root cause of a problem, which is primarily held within the blueprint patterns of the human energy field, and  then works to redress it at an energetic level. This in turn has a beneficial knock-on effect upon the body, heart, mind and spirit. Holistic medicine recognises that all these aspects of the self are linked, and that it is necessary to treat the whole person to bring about deep healing on all levels. Only when we are balanced in body, heart, mind and spirit can we find true health and wellbeing, wholeness and happiness.

Joanne Purdie (BA  Honours, UKRF Reiki Master ) is a fully qualified and insured Energy Practitioner and Teacher, and is a member of the UK Reiki Federation regulatory body.

To book an appointment with Joanne please call 07578 208566

Or email jo@deephealing.co.uk

 

 

Suzie Vickers

Suzie VickersSuzie is a practicing member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists

Suzie has practiced for many years as a baby massage instructor and has been qualified as a massage therapist for five years. She is now taking the next step in her therapeutic career and moving into private practice with her massage skills.

Suzie practices holistic massage, hot stone massage and Indian head massage.

To make an appointment with Suzie or for more information please contact her on 07900 602 691

 

Kathy Wood

Kathy WoodKathy is a qualified practitioner of reflexology. After receiving reflexology herself a number of years ago and experiencing some wonderful effects both physically and spiritually, Kathy decided to take her career in a new direction.

She studied at the Ashton School of Reflexology in Harrogate and is a member of the Association of Reflexologists.

To book an appointment with Kathy Please call 07773 340 328

 

 

 

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