Pic demonstrating a Thai Yoga Massage technique
During this time I trained in other subjects, including Advanced Massage, Systematic Kinesiology, Colon Hydrotherapy and Flower Remedies. I also spent two years studying psycho-spiritual development with the School of Insight and Intuition in Richmond, which showed me that my interest in Bodywork went far, far beyond the physical.
I began to realise that many of my clients weren't suffering with 'just' bad backs and digestive issues, but were presenting with very real emotional upsets that were somatising in the body. This marked the start of an entirely new direction for both myself and my practice, one which many of my clients joined me on, changing the course of their own lives in the process.
In 2009 I began a Master's degree in Psychotherapy and Healing Practice with Middlesex University and around this time became a volunteer listener with Samaritans; I also started counselling children and adolescents in schools with Kids Company and Place 2 Be, which led me to work with young adults with mental health issues. I completed my Masters degree in 2011.
I completed a 2 year post-graduate diploma in Acupuncture whilst living in São Paulo, in 2020; the style of Acupuncture that l practice blends Five Element Theory with Classical Japanese acupuncture, in the lineage of Honma Shokaku.
Alongside my clinic work, I am a volunteer Acupuncturist at St Josephs Hospice in Bethnal Green and am studying a Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Counselling Practice.
With my first massage teacher, Pic, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2000
With my first massage teacher, Pic, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2000
My career in Complementary and Alternative Therapies began in the late 1990’s when I lived in Taiwan and began seeing a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine for ill health: I was a typical 20 something, living a life of late nights and bad food, burning the candle at both ends and wondering why I wasn't feeling 100%. My Doctor took a look at my tongue (a tool of diagnosis in Chinese medicine), recoiled in horror and gave me a stern talking to, insisting I should be asleep by 11pm (so my Liver energy could relax) and to stop eating greasy, market food (my 'Pulses' were showing that my digestive system was not happy at all, apparently). I had no idea what any of this meant, but what she told me piqued my interest.
After leaving Taiwan I went to Northern Thailand to learn Thai Massage, a style of Bodywork which uses the same meridian theory as Chinese medicine, and returning to UK in 2001 I enrolled on a Complementary Therapy course in London, which gave me a foundation in various styles of western massage, as well as formal qualifications in Reflexology and Diet and Nutrition theory. I subsequently set up a practice at Planta Therapy Clinic in Crystal Palace, which marked the start of a profound journey into therapies and energy work.
"I have a toolbox of skills that I bring to my treatments which draw on my experience with Bodywork, Acupuncture and counselling; I also use Flower Remedies, techniques from Systematic Kinesiology and can offer advice on diet and nutrition."
My name is Georgina and I am a Complementary Therapist with a particular interest in emotional and psycho-spiritual wellbeing.
I am qualified as an Acupuncturist and Complementary Healthcare Practitioner and hold a Masters Degree in Psychotherapy & Healing Practice. I integrate all my trainings to provide truly holistic care for my clients.
I am a full member of the Complementary Therapists Association.