We are specialists in using acupuncture and mindbody medicine for fertility.
We have, over the last five years, studied and trained with some of the world's leading authorities and researchers into the use of acupuncture and mindbody medicine for infertility. Their work guides what we do to ensure you get the best complementary treatment available.
Our specialist knowledge in complementary medicine is also built on a sound conventional base.
Most recently (2008-9), we both achieved the internationally prestigious Post Graduate Award in Assisted Reproduction Technology from Warwick University. This Masters level course has given us an in-depth understanding of infertility in general and how it is treated in conventional medicine with drugs and IVF/ICSI. We feel it is essential to understand what is going on generally in IVF and not to just be knowledgeable about our own treatments. Not only does this ensure that complementary treatment is tailored to do the most good at the best time but it also ensures there is no possibility of interfering with your IVF if you are having it.
Michael qualified as a doctor from St Mary's Hospital (now part of Imperial College), University of London. When he was working at St Thomas' Hospital, London, he became interested in musculo-skeletal medicine and is one of the few doctors to complete a special osteopathic course for doctors and work full time in the field. He quickly added acupuncture to his range of treatments and left the NHS to work full time in his own private practice offering osteopathy and acupuncture. Over the last five or so years he has been developing a special interest in the treatment of infertility and gynaecological and antenatal problems using acupuncture and musculo-skeletal techniques.
Sarah has a BSc (Hons) Degree in Psychology and is a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society. She holds a Diploma in Advanced Hypno-Psychotherapy with Distinction. She has trained in NLP with Dr Richard Bandler and in Cardiac Coherence with Dr Alan Watkins. She trained in mindbody medicine for infertility with Dr Alice Domar at the
Boston IVF Centre, Boston, Massachusetts, one of the largest IVF centres in the US where acupuncture and mindbody medicine are routinely used in conjunction with conventional IVF. Dr Domar is a world authority and leading researcher in her field.
We believe this specialisation is particularly important in the case of infertility where couples are often desperate, on an emotional roller-coaster and all too ready to clutch at straws. Of course all the qualifications in the world would count for nothing if we were not genuinely interested in your problems, and totally committed to helping and supporting you in your desire to have a baby.
