“Having light touch therapists on the children’s wards has hastened recovery, improved sleep, and reduced pain and anxiety – to me this is priceless.”
Dr Kamal Patel, Lead Consultant for Paediatric Intensive & High Dependency Care
Our therapists
All our therapists are professionally qualified in their field, are comprehensively insured, and DBS checked when required. They donate their time and services out of a genuine desire to make a difference.
Debi Mairesse
Reiki Master and Therapist, Craniosacral, Spiritual Healing and Reflexology.
Debi has practised Reiki therapy for 26 years, and at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Brighton since 2014, and in her own practice, has treated over a thousand children. She is highly intuitive and perceptive and often pick up on things others have overlooked.
Visit Debi Mairesse's websites here: www.reikidsbrighton.com www.serenityselfcares.co.uk
Fiona Ratti
Lic.Ac.BAc.C. CST-T
Acupuncture, CranioSacral Therapy, Long Distance Healing and Reiki therapist
Fiona has been a therapist for over 20 years, including Reiki. She qualified as an Acupuncturist in 1999 after a 4 year full time course from the International College of Oriental Medicine in East Grinstead. After 10 years she studied CranioSacral Therapy (CST) with the Upledger Institute. Over lockdown, she extended her skillset and embarked on a two year training programme with Suzanne Scurlock and Distance Healing From the Core which she completed in 2022.
Visit Fiona's website here: https://www.hoveacupunctureandcst.com/
Pam Webb
Reiki therapist
Pam Webb has been a Reiki therapist since 2009. She worked at a Job centre for 25 years and 3 years as a Disability Employment Advisor. Pam also worked as part of our team in our Reiki project at the Royal Alexandra Children’s hospital in Brighton. She has vast experience in working with adults and children and has 2 Counselling qualifications.
Deborah Hood
RCST
Craniosacral Therapy, Compassionate Inquiry, Distant Healing and Reiki
Deborah has been working as a complementary health practitioner since 1997, having trained and qualified in various modalities of bodywork, movement and energy healing. She ran a massage service for a staff well-being programme for 23years for staff of Gt. Ormond Street Hospital, London.
In 2015 she qualified as a Craniosacral therapist, becoming a tutor for the last 7years. She continues to develop her skills, most recently becoming certified in Compassionate Inquiry, which is a practice of exploring how our thoughts and beliefs affect our physical well being.