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[post_content] => A community clinic dedicated to supporting people with mental health challenges and funded by the Society of Homeopaths has opened in London.
The free clinic, based at the Glengall Wharf Garden in Peckham, London, offers homeopathy on an appointment or drop-in basis once a month.
Speaking during Mental Health Awareness Week (May 14-20), coordinator Rix Pyke, a RSHom who has been a practising homeopath for 20 years, said there had been a lot of interest in the clinic both from people referred from community mental health teams and from visitors to the garden and its range of community activities.
"People have presented with symptoms from small, old injuries to enduring mental health issues," she said. "People want support for the effects of long-term medication as well as help with sleep and digestion and all the things we take into account when case-taking."
The clinic was a good complement to other community and self-help groups and services based at the Garden, Rix added.
“We have joined on to an existing group called Herb Tuesdays which has been going for three years. We set up in their greenhouse and also in the bee observatory hut and anyone can come along. The clinic is aimed at people seeking support with a mental health issue and we have started to get support from the community mental health teams to publicise it. People who have been coming to the herb project get to try homeopathy while people who come for the homeopathy get to try some gardening. It’s win-win."
Anyone hoping to launch a similar project should look for an established group or community base to work with, she said.
"The key thing is to go to a centre that is already running and that is working with the kinds of groups that you are targeting so you aren't starting from scratch," she said. "A good tip is to ensure you offer your services to staff at the centre or organisation so that everyone is included in what you are offering as part of a 'wellness' approach, because homeopathy is about building health within our communities."
The clinic received a grant from the Society of Homeopaths which will enable it to run into 2019.
The Society has launched a campaign to highlight the role that registered homeopaths can play in supporting mental health and wellbeing. It includes a symposium in autumn for homeopaths and other healthcare practitioners dedicated to mental health.
Above: A volunteer taking bookings at the community clinic.
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A community clinic dedicated to supporting people with mental health challenges and funded by the Society of Homeopaths has opened in London.
The free clinic, based at the Glengall Wharf Garden in Peckham, London, offers homeopathy on an appointment or drop-in basis once a month.
Speaking during Mental Health Awareness Week (May 14-20), coordinator Rix Pyke, a RSHom who has been a practising homeopath for 20 years, said there had been a lot of interest in the clinic both from people referred from community mental health teams and from visitors to the garden and its range of community activities.
“People have presented with symptoms from small, old injuries to enduring mental health issues,” she said. “People want support for the effects of long-term medication as well as help with sleep and digestion and all the things we take into account when case-taking.”
The clinic was a good complement to other community and self-help groups and services based at the Garden, Rix added.
“We have joined on to an existing group called Herb Tuesdays which has been going for three years. We set up in their greenhouse and also in the bee observatory hut and anyone can come along. The clinic is aimed at people seeking support with a mental health issue and we have started to get support from the community mental health teams to publicise it. People who have been coming to the herb project get to try homeopathy while people who come for the homeopathy get to try some gardening. It’s win-win.”
Anyone hoping to launch a similar project should look for an established group or community base to work with, she said.
“The key thing is to go to a centre that is already running and that is working with the kinds of groups that you are targeting so you aren’t starting from scratch,” she said. “A good tip is to ensure you offer your services to staff at the centre or organisation so that everyone is included in what you are offering as part of a ‘wellness’ approach, because homeopathy is about building health within our communities.”
The clinic received a grant from the Society of Homeopaths which will enable it to run into 2019.
The Society has launched a campaign to highlight the role that registered homeopaths can play in supporting mental health and wellbeing. It includes a symposium in autumn for homeopaths and other healthcare practitioners dedicated to mental health.
Above: A volunteer taking bookings at the community clinic.