About

Wow!  The last five years have been quite a journey.  Lockdown and other ensuing demands saw my clinic (or, rather, studio) suspended while I navigated through a rapidly changing landscape; political, professional and personal.  Even so, while events have been challenging, they have also conjured new opportunities, learnings and insights.

I am very pleased that my book, Healing with Essential Oils, published summer 2022, subsequently won Janey Lee Grace’s 2022 Platinum Award. This book, along with my other books (Platinum Award winners too) Essential Oils for Mindfulness and Meditation 2018, and Essential Oils for the Whole Body 2019  (published by Inner Traditions USA), is available to purchase from most high street and on line book outlets.

My recent self-published fourth book, Essential Oils to Ease Anxiety: The Alchemist’s Guide to Serenity, a contender for the 2025 Platinum Awards, completes the ‘set’ – a collective compendium, your ‘go-to-guides’.

My studio is located in lovely Lyme Regis (63a Silver Street, DT7 3HR), for which I am grateful, where I provide bespoke aromatherapy massage, workshops, courses and presentations.

See below for my professional qualifications and experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healing with Essential Oils: The Antiviral, Restorative, and Life-Enhancing Properties of 58 Plants (2022)

Essential Oils for the Whole Body: The Dynamic of Topical Application and Absorption (2020)

Essential Oils for Mindfulness and Meditation: Relax. Replenish. Rejuvenate (2019)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related background qualifications and experience

Publications

Books

  • Essential Oils to Ease Anxiety: The Alchemist’s Guide to Serenity, Self-Published through Softwood Books, Sussex UK (2025)
  • Healing with Essential Oils, Healing Arts Press, Inner Traditions, Vermont US (2022)
  • Essential Oils for the Whole Body, Healing Arts Press, Inner Traditions, Vermont US (2019)
  • Essential Oils for Mindfulness and Meditation, Healing Arts Press, Inner Traditions, Vermont US (2018)

Qualifications

  • Post Graduate Masters Certificates in Integrated Mindfulness, and Supervision of Counsellors.
  • Post Graduate Teaching Certificate (PGCE) (Adult Education)
  • B.Sc. Joint Honours Counselling and Complementary Medicine
  • City and Guilds Further and Adult Teachers Q1019898 Certificate
  • International Institute of Health and Holistic Therapies Diploma in Aromatherapy
  • International Institute of Health and Holistic Therapies Diploma in Aromatherapy for Carers
  • Lancashire University Open College Stage B Certificate Management and Organisational Behaviour

 

  • International Federation of Aromatherapists Certificate of Excellence
  • International Federation of Aromatherapists Certificate of Fellowship
  • International Federation of Aromatherapists Principal Teacher (P/0152)

 

Professional Membership

  • Fellow of the International Federation of Aromatherapists
  • Member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists

 

Work Experience

  • Self Employed Teacher, Therapist and Author, Aromantique
  • Examiner, International Federation of Aromatherapists
  • Programme Lead, Module Lead, Lecturer, Personal Tutor, University of Salford, Greater Manchester
  • Tutor, Wigan and Leigh College, Lancashire, Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)
  • Tutor, Runshaw College Adult Education, Lancashire, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Diet and Nutrition
  • Tutor, Lancashire College, Aromatherapy