KAREN HOOTON

BSc(Hons) MFHom(Nurse) RSCN MBANT MIFPA MAR MGICM C&G Cert.Ed

Karen is a qualified nurse (1989), Clinical Aromatherapist (1994), Reflexologist (1998), Homeopath (2002), Reiki Master (2009), Nutritional Therapist (2011) and Beauty Therapist (1997). She holds full membership with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy, the International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists, the Association of Reflexologists, the Guild of Infant and Child Massage and the Faculty of Homeopathy, each of the above governing bodies providing Codes of Practice and Ethical Guidelines.

She is a member of the new CNHC register.

She has taken a course in Counselling Skills and has a teaching qualification.

She gained her Reiki 1 and 2 in 1999 and 2000 and her Masters/teaching level in 2009 and uses the Usui system of healing.

Karen is currently employed part-time (20 hours) as a Complementary Therapist for a charitable voluntary sector organisation. She teaches for Adult Education and teaches her Baby Massage course. She has a special interest in working with children and women with post-natal depression.