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Oak Integrated Health Practice
Old Pottery Court, 8A Fore Street, Chudleigh TQ13 0HX
07973 147437
Oak Integrated Health Practice exists as an umbrella to a group of professionals who choose to work together to provide the following to the local and national community:
- To provide an integrated health service focusing on the whole person when treating an illness rather than the symptoms of the illness alone
- To support a person’s well-being and recovery in terms of the body, mind and spirit
- To work alongside conventional healthcare
The practitioners who work from Oak all subscribe to the following ethos:
- To provide affordable, high quality treatment to people often excluded from accessing these therapies. Oak actively wishes all people to feel able to use the services we offer. For example, young parents, those on long-term sickness, those with a learning disability, carers, stay at home parents.
- That the best way to support a person is to listen to the individuals needs. Where necessary Oak will refer outside of its practitioners skill base. Oak is constantly working to forge link with other organisations and individual therapists.
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Sharon Allison has joined the team at Oak Integrated Health Practice offering Homeopathy, Reiki and Reflexology. Sharon has extensive experience working as a carer and enabler before qualifying as a Registered Nurse specialising in Learning Disability. Sharon went on to manage residential and respite services in London and this led her to question the limited types of treatments/approaches available on the NHS and she began to explore the differences between conventional and holistic approaches in more depth. Sharon has subsequently trained and qualified as a registered Reiki Master Teacher in 2004. An ITEC diploma in Reflexology followed in 2006 and in 2010 she graduated as a Homeopath after 4 years of training with The Contemporary College of Homoeopathy in Bristol.
Sharon continues to work with elderly people and people with MS alongside her private practice at Oak.
Sharon is offering a series of free introductory talks, mainly on Homoeopathy and what to expect at your first appointment, but also on holistic health generally. Please feel free to contact us to see when the next talk is running, or check our website (www.oakpractice.com).
From 25th January we are running weekly Meditation sessions every Tuesday evening. Please contact Sharon on 01626 369459 or email us at oak@oakpractice.com
Oak has therapy space available - suitable for psychological therapies, art therapies and body therapies. If you are a fully insured therapist and are interested in joining us either on a sessional basis or to join our team of therapists for shared website and promotion please contact us on 07973 147437 or by email: oak@oakpractice.com.
What do we provide?
Psychological Therapies
- Dramatherapy
- Art therapy
- Core Process Psychotherapy
Complementary Therapies
- Swedish Massage
- Indian Head Massage
- Reiki
- Reflexology
- Homeopathy
Dramatherapy
Dramatherapists work psychotherapeutically and draw on different methodologies, depending on the needs of the person. Work can be in a group or one-to-one and clients scan can be seen at Oak or in other suitable venues. Dramatherapists may work using the following techniques: story making, puppetry, sandtray, mirroring, and mask work. There is absolutely no need to be any kind of actor, only an interest in exploring personal difficulties creatively.
Dramatherapists are registered with the Health Professions Council.
Oak has delivered dramatherapy to the following organisations:
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• Bovey Tracey Youth Café
• Asperations in Kingsteignton (for young people with Aspergers, Autism)
• Connexions
Art therapy
Art Therapy provides a safe time and space to use art materials, alongside words, as a way of communicating and expressing any issues, thoughts and feelings you may have. You do not have to be good at, or even hold an interest in art to do Art Therapy. Simple marks and scribbles can have as much emotional significance as a fully completed picture. Your images are not interpreted; we look at them together to discover their individual meanings that will have come both consciously and subconsciously from you. I work at your own pace and with what you present to me.
Art Therapy is a gentle and flexible therapy available to anyone seeking to understand, work through and resolve any difficulties they may have had or are currently experiencing.
Is Art Therapy Right For You?
It can be hard taking that first step in deciding whom you need to see as your therapist. If you feel that Art Therapy may be right for you, I offer a no obligation, free 20minute consultation where you can meet me, see the room and decide if you would like to progress with Art Therapy as part of your journey.
Core Process Psychotherapy
Core process psychotherapy provides a deep but gentle approach to understanding the inner process. In encouraging awareness of how our experience of the present is affected by our past experience and expectations, core process work enables insight and healing. It can help with a wide range of issues from bereavement or relationship problems, to anxiety and depression.
Supervision
Similar to counselling, clinical supervision provides a safe and confidential environment in which to explore issues such as stress and anxiety that arise in the workplace. Sessions can be one-to-one or in small groups and can be run at Oak or in specific work places. A creative, action-based approach is used to facilitate reflection and growth. Oak has delivered supervision to the Bovey Tracey Youth Café team as well as to complementary and psychological therapists in private practice.
Swedish Massage
Massage has been used as a healing therapy for many thousands of years. More recently modern massage was developed based on techniques originating in Sweden. Swedish massage involves a sequence of movements working superficially and deeper into the tissue layers. Massage can be beneficial to a wide range of ailments and conditions. It is generally suitable to most client groups, including the young and the elderly, those with mental health issues or learning disabilities, the chronically ill and for general relaxation in an increasingly busy world.
Indian Head Massage
Indian head massage is based on the Ayurvedic system of healing which has been practiced in India for over a thousand years. Indian head massage aims to release the stress that accumulates in the tissues, muscles and joints of the head, face, neck, arms and shoulders. Indian head massage is especially good for relieving stress, tension, fatigue, insomnia, headaches, migraine, eyestrain and sinusitis. Clients report that the experience is deeply calming and relaxing, leaving them feeling energised and revitalised and more able to concentrate. The treatment helps to increase joint mobility and flexibility in the neck and shoulders, improves blood circulation and lymphatic flow, frees knots of muscular tension, relaxes connective tissue, and aids in the elimination of accumulated toxins and waste products.
Reiki
A non-invasive therapy that activates the body’s healing energy, helping to rebalance emotional and physical well-being. Reiki can be both relaxing and energising and can encourage insight and self-healing of mind, body and spirit.
Reflexology
Reflexology is a specific form of massage usually carried out on the feet or hands. The stimulation of reflex points balance specific parts of the body. Other massage techniques are also incorporated within treatments for relaxation, which helps the immune system stay healthy. Elimination of toxins and congestion, improved blood and lymphatic flow can also help rebalance the body and re energise.
Homeopathy
In homoeopathic medicine the aim is to stimulate and support the natural self healing mechanism of the body. The 'remedies' are prepared from substances which in their natural raw form will cause certain symptoms in healthy individuals. These preparations are given in a highly diluted form to patients exhibiting similar symptoms when their health is out of balance. In this way the remedy 'matches up' with the response the body is already showing, supporting and strengthening it in its own attempts to recover or rebalance.
Sharon Allison is running regular free monthly introductory talks about homeopathy at Oak. Please contact us on 07973 147437 or email us at oak@oakpractice.com for dates and further details.
Team Building
Tailor-made full and half-day packages are available for general team-building or to address specific issues in the workplace. Other therapies such as massage and reflexology may be included in the package.
The Practitioners
- Lisa Weston – Dramatherapy/Supervision
- Sarah Lea – Swedish and Indian Head Massage
- Justine Fitzgerald – Art Therapy
- Helen Cross – Core Process Psychotherapy
- Sharon Allison – Homeopathy, Reiki, Reflexology
All of the Oak team are trained to professional standards and are covered by professional and public liability indemnity insurance. All of the team are registered with their respective professional bodies, and adhere to strict codes of practice.
Location
We are based in Old Pottery Court, off Fore Street in the heart of Chudleigh.
Please contact Lisa or Sarah on 07973 147437 to make an appointment or for further information.
Fees:
Treatment costs range between £20 and £35. There is a £10 cancellation fee for any appointments cancelled with less than 24 hours notice.
As part of Oak team’s commitment to offering an integrated approach to health and well-being to all those who need it, an Accessibilty for All rate is available. Please call for details.