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“Sue has extensive experience of bereavement counselling from her many years as a volunteer at Cruse Bereavement Support. As her supervisor I saw her work with a wide variety of clients, supporting and helping them find their way through their grief. She always showed compassion and empathy for the people she worked with and I also witnessed significant changes in how they were feeling by the end of their work with Sue. I recommend her with confidence as a bereavement counsellor with extensive experience and skill.”
“Jill has been absolutely wonderful, I cannot recommend her highly enough. She has been both professional and supportive throughout my treatment. I truly believe Jill’s assistance has enabled us to be in a position where we are expecting our first baby. We will be eternally grateful.”
“Claire took great care of my 14-year-old, Sofia, who was initially terrified of needles. Claire was able to put her at ease, gain her confidence and provide significant pain relief for her chronic migraines. I felt comfortable with Claire treating my daughter and Sofia loved her. It was a pleasure meeting Claire. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone.”
“Jill has been my mainstay therapist for over 15 years. Her practice for me sums up what holistic and preventative medicine is all about. In a session, she works perceptively and practically with my current physical and emotional state and over the years this has had quite a range! Invariably, I leave a session feeling stronger. I cannot recommend Jill highly enough and feel certain that my good health today is in part due to my continued acupuncture sessions with her.”
“My partner and I came to see Jill after having struggled to conceive for over a year. We had heard about the Alma Vale Centre through a friend of a friend who had struggled with fertility and conceived both of her children after having received Jill’s treatment.
Our main problem was with sperm morphology, which had been measured at 0% (the sperm count was then 64 million). Our GP looked at the results in January and referred us directly for our one free round of IVF, stating clearly that it would not be worth our time/money to consider other diet/lifestyle/alternative-treatment options.
We disagreed; In February we saw a fertility nutritionist and made some big diet changes, and then in March we visited Jill for our first acupuncture treatments and were also prescribed herbs by her to take daily. We continued treatments with her and with an acupuncturist she recommended closer to us, took her herbs, adhered to her advice on supplements and nutrition, and by the beginning of May, less than 6 weeks after our first treatment with her, we managed to conceive. All the work we had done had paid off and this was also evident in our last sperm test results, which measured a 3% morphology (with a sperm count of 345 million!). We both looked and felt happier and healthier than ever, and couldn’t believe we had done it!
Jill has been such a huge support throughout our journey, and she was always happy to help with any questions we had along the way. We both cannot thank her enough and know for sure that we would not have been able to have conceived without her.”
“Rose is a highly knowledgeable and skilled massage therapist. She listened carefully and the massage was tailored to exactly what I needed. Rose gently checked in and ensured I felt comfortable and knew what was happening. The massage was excellent – I didn’t want it to end! I highly recommend Rose and look forward to another massage soon.”
“Helen was my first acupuncturist. She has supported me through redundancy, retraining and flight from the rat-race – I’m now an acupuncturist myself – and I still have ‘MOT’ treatments from Helen.
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“What drew me to Martha was her speciality in Tuina. I was also recommended by a friend who said she was amazing. I felt really relaxed and looked after, but also like there was strong work being done to sort out any problems within my body. Martha was able to focus on my problem areas very easily and she checked in a few times to make sure the pressure was okay which I thought was lovely. I felt so zen and loose after the massage, and like my shoulders and other areas were way less tense and tight. I would highly recommend this massage and I already have sent a few people to Martha.”
” I went to receive acupuncture for some peri-menopausal, menstrual problems. Any apprehension I had was fully allayed by Julie’s warm, easy approach and her professional manner. At all times I was fully involved in the treatment plan and the reasons for it. The course of acupuncture has helped stabilise my menstrual situation, and I would have no hesitation in recommending Julie to others who may benefit.”
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“Clean, professional, lovely spaces.”
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“I’ve used the therapy rooms at Alma Vale Centre since 2017. There’s a great team of practitioners working there (we get together for socials on occasion) and having a receptionist makes all the difference. My usual room is large yet welcoming which many clients have commented on.”
“Jill is a great practitioner and I have huge respect for her and her work. I have a fundamental trust in her and I love her way of working.”
