Young Merlin

My background is hardly medical - I studied English at University; I worked with deprived kids for the best part often years; and then I spent another ten years working in the construction industry. At the end of this period (of long hours and high stress) I got sick, couldn't get well, and found myself (reluctantly I might add) at the door of an acupuncturist in Birmingham.

What followed left some impression on me - enough to make me decide to study and practise this curious therapy!

I initially studied acupuncture at the College of Tradional Acupuncture at Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. The licentiate qualification obtained there is accredited by the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board, the body which regulates training in traditional acupuncture in the UK.

Since then, I have extensively investigated acupuncture further, particularly the way it is practised in Japan. My treatments today are primarily planned around principles adapted from this style of treatment, after seeing how quickly and easily people improve with these gentle techniques, and I continue to study and develop these methods in the light of my own clinical experience.