Both of our practitioners are fully registered, insured and qualified. You have a choice of a male or female practitioner. Stuart is the senior partner and usually deals in the more complex cases. Denise is more usually involved in nutrition, healing and herbalism cases. Both practitioners however have a broad range of qualifications and competencies allowing them to cover a range of areas.

In both cases the practitioners:

• Are fully qualified to real national standards with either NVQ or ASET accredited awards.
  
• Are fully registered and insured, and are subject to professional codes of conduct and ethics.
• Adhere to the NOS National Occupational Standards for therapies on offer. (We already adhere to the NOS Counselling 1995, and are currently examining the new 2007 revisions to ensure compliance with those). 
• Are dedicated to ongoing professional development with a minimum of two additional accredited awards at level 3 or above per year. In addition to this both practitioners are completing additional UK University courses part time in appropriate subjects (Denise BSc, Stuart MSc).
• Are involved in professional therapist training. Stuart has written a number of professional therapist training awards. At the time of writing these include an ASET level 4 accredited Life Coaching course, an ASET Level 4 Stress Coaching course, an ASET Level 4 Anger Coaching course, and an ASET level 5 accredited CBT course. These are available via an associated college who are an ASET accredited centre (we are not ourselves directly ASET accredited). Additional courses awaiting external accreditation but which have Diploma awards already include: Holitic Healing, Japanese Healing and NLP advanced.
• In addition to these vital standards, Stuart is also a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, a Fellow of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education, an NVQ Assessor, and is a Professor of Religious Studies, Psychotherapy and Counseling U.K. Division, Interfaith Seminary. He has also worked in youth, social, care and mental health positions. He has worked as a complementary health therapist since 1993.
• Denise has a background in child care and general health studies now specialising in nutrition, healing, herbalism and pastoral issues.
• Both therapists have special interest areas including anger management, stress management, abuse issues, addictions and eating disorders.
• Stuart has received degrees at Masters (MA) and Doctorate (PhD & D.Phil) level from a United States based Seminary (Religious Educational Establishment). These are in relation to pastoral care only. They are earned degrees following submission of work that in other formats has been awarded a clinical award of excellence (therapy use) and external accreditation (training use) here in the United Kingdom. Stuart is also a Professor of the Seminary holding a UK Division (Chair) Professorship. These degrees include MA Social Work Ministry (2000), PhD Pastoral Counselling (2001), D.Phil Pastoral Leadership (2007) and D.Phil Life Coaching (2007). 
• Denise has also received an earned degree from the Seminary. She also contributed  substantial material for training programmes as part of her degree submission, submitted for an earned award of D.Phil Pastoral Healing (2007). These materials have also been used in the UK as course materials for accredited courses. Again this is mainly relevant to pastoral and healing work and exists alongside certification from the Church of Seven Planes as a Certified Crystal Healer.
  

Please note that Stuart and Denise refer to themselves and Holistic Therapists since this more adequately describes their skill bases than choosing any one therapist title.

Please note that the degrees held by Stuart and Denise from the International Interfaith Seminary are earned degrees and not purchased or honorary degrees. They required substantial work that has taken over 15 years to complete. The work has also gained substantial recognition in different formats gaining a clinical award of excellence in practical therapeutic use, and external accreditation in training use, both in the UK. We are NOT medical doctors and our doctorates are in pastoral and divinity based topics.

In the first instance drop us an email or use the feedback form to contact us. We can then advise whether we feel we can appropriately assist you.

Main locations:

Edinburgh - main base we practice from http://www.salisburycentre.org 

Note: this is a centre used by many different therapists including ourselves and is not our listed business address. We practice from here "on demand" among other locations. Please do not send mail or post here.

Post  (NO JUNK MAIL PLEASE) :

SHTC, PO Box 23876, Edinburgh EH5 1WQ

(Please note there is an "in house cat" so may not be suitable for severe cat allergy sufferers, although the cat is not allowed into therapy areas and so is not normally a problem.) Map on "Google (copyrights acknowledged) HERE

Edinburgh (additional): West End (*)

Edinburgh (additional): Near the Airport (*)

Glasgow - City Centre (*)

Aberdeen - pending (*)

Stirling - Now Available (*)

(*) Indicates these premises have far higher overheads than our main offices, and therefore a higher fee is charged. This higher fee splits the additional cost to us approximately equally between us and the client.

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Assistance is not just for individuals. Assistance is available for couples, families and those who care for others.