Welcome to
the Wessex Clinic

Osteopathy Services - Wessex Osteopathy

Wessex Osteopathy, established 25 years ago, offers a comprehensive range of osteopathic approaches.

Holistic Life & Cancer Coach - Dr. Jo Lee

Jo Lee trained as a life coach after working as a GP partner for 12 years. Life Coaching is a talking therapy focused on helping people to make changes to benefit their wellbeing. The approach is holistic and any area of life can be the focus of the work. Some people will feel very clear about what they want to change and others may just have a sense that something is not right and may need help to explore what their priorities are. The process may involve exercises to facilitate new perspectives on individual problems.

In 2008, Jo co-founded LYLAC: Live Your Life After Cancer for people who are struggling to find a way forward after cancer. LYLAC provides individual coaching and group workshops for men and women with any cancer diagnosis. Jo loves to work with people to help them to feel empowered and ready to find their own ‘right’ way forward.

Cancer Coaching provides support and an effective way to assist people in dealing with the impact of cancer on their lives. As well as affecting people physically, cancer may also cause depression, anxiety and loss of confidence, challenge relationships and affect peoples’ working lives. After treatment, people often feel vulnerable, unsupported and overwhelmed. The Coaching relationship supports people in processing their experience, increasing awareness, and reassessing priorities, with the focus on finding a good way forward, which will be different for each person.

Massage & Acupuncture - Amy Knight

After gaining a BSc hons in Health Science and following a career in biology Amy has since qualified with a Level 5 diploma in Sports and Remedial Massage Therapy through the London School of Sports Massage (LSSM). Amy is also a member of The Institute of Sports and Remedial Massage.

Amy completed a Health Sciences degree at Bournemouth University and sent on to train as a Sports Massage Therapist qualifying in 2014. Amy has a number of years of experience in treating soft tissue injuries and her client base is wide and varied from treating patients with varying musculoskeletal injuries and neurological conditions.

Amy has previously worked as a massage therapist at the London Marathon, The Tour of Wessex and has supported Team De Lux with recovery and sports massage on the Tour Transalp. Amy works with many different athletes of various abilities including tri-athletes, Ironman athletes, cyclists, swimmers and runners. Amy also treats many non-sports people for pain and discomfort brought on by everyday life.

Amy’s sports massage skills have been developed over the years from working with people of all different backgrounds and soft issue complaints not just sports people and she thoroughly enjoys the variety this gives.

Amy’s soft tissue skills continue to grow through continuous studying and training and she is passionate about her work.

Chiropody Services - Kath Chappell

Kath Chappell is a Qualified Surgical Chiropodist and a registered member of the British Chiropody Association. Kath is a graduate of the SMAE Institute having qualified in 1992 and is also registered with the Health Professionals Council (HPC).

Kath has now been a member of the Wessex team for 24 years. Over many years, a significant amount of experience has been acquired dealing with a wide range of foot conditions.

Counsellor & Psychotherapist - Lisa McGinnis

Counselling and Psychotherapy offer an opportunity to explore concerns, challenges, or anxieties, in order to find a way forward and facilitate change. Lisa trained as a counsellor after working as a teacher and writer for 25 years. She sees counselling as a natural progression of the skills and experience she has cultivated working with people in education and the arts. Lisa believes the common thread running through teaching, writing and counselling is understanding how people of any age perceive themselves, the world, others and how they relate to all of this.

Qualifications:
BA (Hons English and American Literature), Echols Scholar, The University of Virginia, VA USA.
PGCE, The University of Southampton
Counselling Dip.
Registered MBACP
CRUSE Bereavement Service
DBS checked

Audiologist - Catherine Mills

Catherine Mills is a qualified Audiologist with nearly 20 years clinical experience.
She studied a BA(Hons) in Human Communication and Communication Disorders followed by a MSc in Audiological Science at the University of Manchester. Following this she embarked on a fulfilling career with the NHS with 16 years working at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. A move to the New Forest in 2017 led to the inception of ‘Ear Sense’, which offers a full range of ear care services.

Throughout her career to date, her interests and specialist roles have included assessment and rehabilitation of adults referred for Hearing Implants including: Cochlear Implants; Middle Ear Implants and Bone Conducting Implants. She is also experienced in adult and paediatric hearing assessments and adult hearing rehabilitation. She has fitted a wide range of digital hearing aids and also CROS and BI-CROS hearing systems for single-sided deafness. Vestibular Assessments, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy and Obscure Auditory Dysfunction Assessments have also been a large part of her clinical role.

Catherine has been very lucky to work with some exceptional professionals and has been actively involved in many exciting pieces of research which have led to published papers and an opportunity to present at International Conferences.

Psychosexual Counsellor - Dr Jo Lee

Psychosexual Medicine is a medical service for women and men of any age from 18 years upwards. Sexual problems may have a physical or psychological origin, and often a combination of both. Psychosexual Medicine is a brief therapy based on psychoanalytic skills and a variety of therapeutic approaches are used to assist you in overcoming your problem. Typical problems include erectile difficulties, loss of interest, premature or delayed ejaculation, impaired arousal, painful intercourse and difficulty with or inability to have penetration.

Most people find the sessions useful and much easier than imagined. Number of sessions required varies with some people feeling much better very quickly. The usual number of sessions would be 3 -6 at intervals of around a month or 6 weeks.

Dr Joanne Lee is a member of the institute of psychosexual medicine, and works within NHS psychosexual clinics in Dorset.

Child Psychiatrist

Starting Autumn 2018.