I have worked as an Occupational Therapist within the public sector (both local authority and NHS) for 40 years. When I have helped someone regain independence or empowerment in their life, I have seen this leading to improvements in their overall health and wellbeing, even within the most debilitating situations. As an OT I was able to help make changes to people’s situations and observe them regain independence and confidence with simple activities such as showering, or regaining social connections. These relatively small changes could often then lead to other positive changes in their wellbeing and daily lives, often in situations where medical treatment was limited to managing symptoms of chronic illness.

I continue to work within the NHS and also to write expert witness reports on occupational therapy and care needs for the legal profession.

At a personal level I have always been interested in the benefits to health of factors such as exercise, being outdoors in nature, pets, social connections, and having meaningful activity and purpose. The mind-body connection has always instinctively made sense to me.

Western medicine can be life saving , but is overwhelmed by demand and expectation. In my experience it is often limited in what it can do for chronic and long term conditions.

I believe that we no longer want or need to feel like a passenger in the management of our own health. In the therapies I use the client is central to their own journey towards health and wellbeing.

My own experience of Bio-Energy healing followed loss and bereavement and resulted in a powerful physical reaction which I can only describe as a ‘re-boot,’ resulting in increased mental and physical energy, positivity, a return to what I felt was my core self and a developing curiosity about something that was very different to counselling or psychotherapy.

I trained with Marjorie Cooper who has worked as a Bio-Energy healer and been teaching practitioners the Michael D’Alton Bio-Energy healing method since 2001. I gained my Diploma in 2018 from the School of Bio-Energy Healing Scotland and then completed the Teacher Training Course in 2022.

Marjorie and John Cooper developed the Silent Counselling model, which is expanding dramatically in its use in recent times. I completed my training in 2020 and my Teacher Training Course in 2021.

In 2023 I took over the School of Bio-Energy Healing Scotland from Marjorie and am now training the next generation of Bio-Energy healers.