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ASSOCIATION OF REGISTERED COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH THERAPISTS OF IRELAND (ARCHTI)

Camolin, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Tel: 053-9383734

 

Scroll down the page for a list of therapies beginning with the letter   'C'

We have provided a brief explanation of most therapies and what they can do for you as well as providing Member Therapists for each therapy.

All the Therapists listed are Members of this Association and therefore you can be assured each Therapist is fully qualified and carries current professional insurance.

The Association of Registered Complementary Therapists advises website users to always seek qualified professional medical advice before using complementary therapies.

Please check back from time to time as the list is constantly being updated.

CDT (Combined Decongestive Therapy) : is used in the treatment of Lymphoedema in conjunction with MLD (Manual Lymphatic Drainage).
                                                                                                   (see description of Lymphoedema below).

Patients receive MLD in order to remove excess fluid from the tissues (see MLD description and list of Therapists by clicking here). Then a multi-layered bandage is applied to the affected limb.  Deep breathing and gentle exercise is used to promote venous and lymphatic flow which activate the muscle pumps.  Good skin care is an essential part of the treatment of lymphoedema.

Lymphoedema is the swelling of the body and limbs as a result of the accumulation of lymph which is a colourless fluid that normally drains back into the circulation through vessels and nodes that act as filters.  Generally, the lymph system removes excess fluids, fats and proteins from the body's tissues and plays a very important part in the body's defence mechanism against infection.  Lymphoedema is a common problem which affects about 500 million people in the world today. 
Lymphoedema can develop if the lymphatic system's drainage routes become damaged or blocked and lymph accumulates in the tissues when swelling (oedema) occurs.  CDT is a most effective treatment.

 

Elaine Grehan Mobile:086-3339668 Heart & Soul,
1 Clochog, Oranmore,  
Co. Galway.		 email:click here

 

CHINESE MEDICINE:for more than 2000 years Chinese medicine has used the philosophy that the body is whole, connected physically, mentally and spiritually by energy (Qi).  When the body is not functioning well, herbs, acupuncture or pressure on points in the body are used to heal and rebalance this energy to flow in the correct way throughout the body.

Julie Brady Mobile: 086-2496010 Choices Women's Clinic,
Unit 1B, Quinn's Road,
Shankill, Co. Dublin.		    
Jacqueline Kelly

Dip.Acu., TCM., ITEC

 Mobile:086-6014203 The Acutreat Clinic,       rear of
511, Main Street,     Tallaght, Dublin, 24.		 Website: click here

email: click here

  

 

CHI KUNG: see Qigong

CHIROPODY: is the treatment and care of foot problems such as corns, bunions, verruca, hard or dry skin, ingrown toenails, chilblains, athlete’s foot and other fungal infections.

 

COACHING: see Life Coaching

COLON HYDROTHERAPY: (also known as COLONIC IRRIGATION) is an internal bath, clearing the colon of toxic wastes, gases, mucosal deposits and faecal matter. The whole colon can be treated and the water is not retained.

Problems treated:

: constipation,   : irritable bowel,   : flatulence and bloating,  : candida,   : fatigue and lethargy.

What does the treatment involve ?

A Colonic therapist will guide water at a regulated temperature, under very low pressure into the rectum. It is massaged around the whole structure of the colon. The water is then held in the rectum for a few minutes and the waste matter is piped away with the water.

Here is how the Association & Register of Colon Hydrotherapists in the UK describe COLONIC TREATMENT

Colonic Treatment is a treatment to aid the evacuation of waste from the large bowel and to exercise the bowel muscle. Colonic irrigation is now carried out sympathetically by well-trained complementary therapists who also advise on nutrition where appropriate.

Colonic treatment used as a naturopathic modality is particular of value in treating:

  • Accompanied by diet colonic treatment can assist body detoxification.

  • With colonic irrigation many secondary conditions accompanied by poor bowel mechanics can also be aided, especially those affecting the other eliminative organs - skin, urinary tract and lungs.

  • Primary bowel conditions of IBS, where spasm and colic may be relieved, constipation, where impactions may be expelled and the bowel muscle exercised by water temperature variation and diverticulosis where regular elimination is important.

Colonic treatment benefits can often be quickly observed in the form of improved bowel function together with clearer skin, more mental clarity, and fewer headaches. Circulatory, immune and weight problems often also improve with colonic treatment.

 

 

Anne McDevitt

MACH

 Tel: 01-6777962 Anne McDevitt Clinic,
13, Wicklow Street,
Dublin, 2.		 Web: click here

email: click here
Ursula O'Dwyer

RGN., SCM.,

 Mobile: 086-2267522 Hunt More Health Clinic,     Hunt More, Wrensborough,  Thurles, Co. Tipperary.  
Edel O'Hanlon

RGN., Dip.H.S., BA (Hons), RCT
* Edel is on the Advisory Panel of ARCHTI

 Tel: 043-40438 The Wellbeing Clinic,          Unit 5 Geraldine Court,  Longford Town. Website: www.thewellbeingclinic.ie

click here for Edel's advert
Susan O'Leary

 

 Mobile: 085-1352406 Santé Colonic Irrigation Clinic,                          100, Main Street,        Midleton, Co. Cork. email: sueol@hotmail.com
Anne Ryan

RGN., ITEC., NRRI

 Tel: 021-477 1350

Mobile:087-6643384

 Hillview Clinic, Riverstick,     Co. Cork. email: annehillviewh@eircom.net

 

COLOUR THERAPY: is a very natural way of healing using the vibration of different colour rays to bring balance, healing and harmony to the person on many levels.

 

Marcia O'Regan

 

 Tel: 024-91777

Mobile: 087-2896663

 Colour Therapy Ireland,
"Silver Spruce",
Knockglass,
Ladysbridge, Co. Cork.		 website: click here

email:click here

Catherine Pepper

SRN., SCM., PHN

 Mobile: 087-2896663 "Suaimhneas" Natural Therapy Centre,   Dunmahon, Haggardstown, Dundalk, Co. Louth. email: click here

 

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY (CBT) is an action oriented, solution focused, humanist approach to emotional growth that emphasises the individual’s capacity for controlling, altering and creating their emotional states. It educates people in how the past affects the present. It focuses on currently held attitudes emotions and behaviours known to be self-defeating for the person, and blocks their development, thus limiting their life experience. It helps to change maladaptive thinking and behaviour to more healthy realistic alternatives and establishes new more constructive patterns for living a more fulfilling life.

Symptoms treated include: ANXIETY, PANIC ATTACKS AND AGROPHOBIA, SOCIAL PHOBIA AND SPECIFIC PHOBIA,
GENERALISED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD), DEPRESSION,  OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD),  
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

 

Dr. Helena Schlindwein

Ph.D., M.Ed., DHP., NLP.,  INLPTA., ANHPC., YFNI., BFRP

* Helena is on the Advisory Panel of ARCHTI

 Tel: 028-71 360 660 wpe1.jpg (10054 bytes)Community Health & Training Services (C.H.A.T.S.)                 
Unit 12 Sprtingtown Avenue, Springtown Ind. Est., 
Derry City BT48 0LY.		 Website: click here

Email: click here

 Helena runs the C.H.A.T.S. Training School in Derry.
Check our Training Courses page to see if she has any CBT Training at present

 

COUNSELLING: provides the client with a safe place in which to express and discuss the mental and emotional difficulties and problems they are experiencing within their life. It’s aim is to find ways of assisting them to develop positive changes by listening carefully in order to understand more fully the issues coming up in the sessions. The client/counsellor relationship is a collaborative one with the client ultimately making his/her own decision. The process may be one to one or in a group.

Treatments:

  • Marital and family problems
  • Bereavement
  • Emotional and personal problems
Deborah Evans-Barry

LNCP., TIAAMET.,  ADV.CP.AMT., D.Psy., D.Hyp., SAC.Dip.

 Tel: 061-700882

Fax: 061-476843   

Mobile: 087-9428765

 DeMe Consultants,         
Sycamore Lawn, Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus,     
Co. Clare.		 Website: click here

email: click here

 Deborah is Chairperson for the Irish Association for the Advancement of Meridian Energy Techniques.
 

John O'Brien

BA., M.Sc. MICHP, HPD,

Tel:056-7728828 Kilkenny Counselling Hypnotherapy Clinic,        39 Lawcus Fields,            Stoneyford,                 Co. Kilkenny John is an Accredited Member and Counsellor with the Irish Institute of Counselling &Hypnotherapy (IACP)

He is a Full Member of the National Council of Psychotherapists (UK Psychotherapy Body).                      

He is also a Member of the National Association of Pastoral Counselling & Psychotherapy (NACP) who have recognition from the HSE.

 John is on the Advisory Panel of ARCHTI

 

 

CRANIO-SACRAL THERAPY: developed by John Upledger this form of Cranial Osteopathy is a hands-on gentle method of evaluation and enhancing the function of the cranio-sacral sytem (the physiological body system which comprises the cerebro-spinal fluid and membranes which surround and protect the brain and spinal cord).   A gentle palpation is used to test for restrictions in various parts of the cranio-sacral system.  Subtle manipulation is used to re-balance its rhythm thereby encouraging the body to heal itself.

 

                         Gráinne Armstrong

 

 Tel: 096-74113

Mobile: 087-9360654

“The Hawthorns", Killala Road, Ballina, Co. Mayo. email: click here Grainne is also qualified for the Craniosacral Therapy Approach for Animals
Léonie Smith

B.P.Ed., M.I.S.C.P., M.I.R.I.

 Tel: 021-4871559 The Willows Clinic,
182, The Willows,
Carrigalea,
Ballincollig, Co. Cork		 email: click here  

 

CRYSTAL THERAPY: each crystal carries a rate of vibration, and,  when the crystals are placed within a person's aura the vibration of the aura will also change.  This can assist the body in releasing blockages and refining energy flow.

During crystal therapy the client lies fully clothed whilst crystals and gemstones are used on the Chakras (which are the subtle energy centres of the body) to restore or maintain a healthy flow of energy.

Problems Treated:-

There are many varieties of crystals and gemstones that can be used for treating conditions on a stress level (such as anxiety and depression) to a physical level (such as headaches and pain relief).

The effects of crystal therapy can often be found to be indirect but also can be very potent or very direct - either way can help the client to work towards resolving issues and attaining a feeling of well-being and inner peace.

Crystal therapy can allow the client to reach a deep state of relaxation.

 

Anne Browne

R.M.N., B.Sc., VHF

 Anne is a VHF Member which means she is qualified to a very high standard in Crystal & Energy Therapy. Tel:028-71260065 135, Lonemoor Road,
DERRY CITY, BT48 9LA
Nth. Ireland		  
Carmel McCarthy Joyce                      Mobile:086-3511549 Ballinderreen, Kilcolgan,
Co. Galway.		    

 

 

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