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[post_content] => A community homeopathy clinic funded by the Society is helping to support survivors of sexual abuse.
Based at Survivors’ Network, a Sussex charity which works with people who have suffered childhood sexual abuse, rape or sexual assault, the clinic offers two three-hour sessions each month.
Tara Lavelle, who set it up with a grant from the Society in 2018, was working as communications and management support officer at Survivors' Network when she had the idea for a donation only clinic.
"It was a challenging and amazing job where I started to truly understand the complexities involved in surviving and recovering from abuse. I would often listen to women or their supporters and in the back of my mind, my homeopathy brain would be reeling off remedies, just as they would during a homeopathic consultation. My thoughts at the time were ‘Wouldn’t it be amazing if these women were able to access homeopathy here?’ I could see and hear the potential for our wonderful remedies to do their work."
Before going ahead, she spoke to people who were using the centre's services and to volunteers about what the clinic might offer.
Being under the umbrella for Survivors’ Network, whose services are used by around 1,000 people a year, has several benefits and means she is working with clients who already have confidence in the organisation, she adds.
"It means I can support people who wouldn’t normally be able to access homeopathy due to costs or a lack of awareness of it as a therapy. It also means that I am able to work with very complex cases within a trusted and supportive environment. People coming for appointments either already have support within the organisation or I am able to recommend services to use alongside their homeopathic treatment."
Tara uses MYMOP (measure yourself medical outcome profiles) to assess outcomes and will be analysing the first round of results at the end of the summer.
Bookings are now being taken six weeks in advance.
"I am hoping to extending the clinic to weekly sessions as the demand is so high," says Tara, who qualified as a homeopath in 2006 and is a former chair of Homeopathy in the Sussex Community.
She adds: "Trust and safety are key to being able to take a good case and this can take a number of sessions to build. The treatment may then be ongoing for years. My long-term goal is to see homeopathy clinics fully funded and available at every rape crisis centre in the UK."
For more details of the clinic, see Tara Lavelle Holistic Therapies on Facebook or www.taralavelle.com
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A community homeopathy clinic funded by the Society is helping to support survivors of sexual abuse.
Based at Survivors’ Network, a Sussex charity which works with people who have suffered childhood sexual abuse, rape or sexual assault, the clinic offers two three-hour sessions each month.
Tara Lavelle, who set it up with a grant from the Society in 2018, was working as communications and management support officer at Survivors’ Network when she had the idea for a donation only clinic.
“It was a challenging and amazing job where I started to truly understand the complexities involved in surviving and recovering from abuse. I would often listen to women or their supporters and in the back of my mind, my homeopathy brain would be reeling off remedies, just as they would during a homeopathic consultation. My thoughts at the time were ‘Wouldn’t it be amazing if these women were able to access homeopathy here?’ I could see and hear the potential for our wonderful remedies to do their work.”
Before going ahead, she spoke to people who were using the centre’s services and to volunteers about what the clinic might offer.
Being under the umbrella for Survivors’ Network, whose services are used by around 1,000 people a year, has several benefits and means she is working with clients who already have confidence in the organisation, she adds.
“It means I can support people who wouldn’t normally be able to access homeopathy due to costs or a lack of awareness of it as a therapy. It also means that I am able to work with very complex cases within a trusted and supportive environment. People coming for appointments either already have support within the organisation or I am able to recommend services to use alongside their homeopathic treatment.”
Tara uses MYMOP (measure yourself medical outcome profiles) to assess outcomes and will be analysing the first round of results at the end of the summer.
Bookings are now being taken six weeks in advance.
“I am hoping to extending the clinic to weekly sessions as the demand is so high,” says Tara, who qualified as a homeopath in 2006 and is a former chair of Homeopathy in the Sussex Community.
She adds: “Trust and safety are key to being able to take a good case and this can take a number of sessions to build. The treatment may then be ongoing for years. My long-term goal is to see homeopathy clinics fully funded and available at every rape crisis centre in the UK.”
For more details of the clinic, see Tara Lavelle Holistic Therapies on Facebook or www.taralavelle.com