Jo Bareham I have been practicing since 2005 as a Nutritional Therapist and trained at the Raworth Centre in Dorking. In addition, I also practice Reflexology and seated acupressure massage. I hold a BSc (Hons) Food Science and Raworth, C&G, ITEC and IIHHT qualifications for nutrition, reflexology and seated massage. I am a member of the British Association of Nutritional Therapists (BANT), the Nutritional Therapy Council (NTC) the regulatory body for nutritional therapy, Association of Reflexologists (MAR) and the Raworth Guild of Graduates and am fully insured.
I currently work at Perrymount natural health clinic in Haywards Heath and Cuckfield Physio .
As well as working with individuals I also run workshops and talks and provide corporate consultancy services to companies. I am the 'food auditor' for the Food for the Brain charity and also work for the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION) on a freelance basis.
Throughout my career I have worked with food in many different ways and it seemed a natural progression to study Nutrition. I originally started my career in the catering industry and then decided to go to University to study Food Science. After completing my degree I went to work as a Product Development Technologist for Unilever in Crawley. I worked at Unilever for five years in a number of functions ranging from QA to Project Management. During this time I suffered greatly with stress, as a result of a company merger, which resulted in me being made redundant. This came at a time when I knew I could no longer handle working in the rat race and I decided to refocus. Although my colleagues were very supportive at the time, upon reflection from my experiences there was very little knowledge about what stress actually was or how you could deal with it holistically rather than take prescribed medication. I turned to complementary therapies myself and over a period of time found them very healing, particularly Reflexology.
I feel well placed to advise individuals on stress management through diet, lifestyle and the immense relaxation reflexology can bring. Also given my direct experience of working in a competitive corporate atmosphere, this gives me a unique insight into the pressures associated with this type of environment.
Please contact me on 01444 410368 / 07979 511235 or by email. |