Paula Esson - The Bowen Technique

Workshop One (Ten Elements that make up a Complementary Therapy Business)
Ten key elements to running a dynamic business. In only 55 minutes we will provide the outline to a professional therapy career. From risk assessment in the real world to radical marketing concepts, it will form the structure of your work and allow you to turn your dreams and ideas into reality.

Workshop Two (Getting to a Business Plan)
At the end of the Workshop you will know how to: articulate your vision set down a strategy to achieve your objectives determine the content for your Business Plan source help review progress of the Plan

Workshop Three (Expanding your Complementary Business) Lou Johnston
In this Workshop you will learn from the following topics: why grow? which disciplines health from inside out the reality of running a multi- disciplinary business as practitioner and owner what next?		Louisa Johnston, Naturopath and Business developer - moved from the Arts into Clinical Aromatherapy & Massage in 1991. She trained in Scotland where she was also involved with the development of New Complementary Health Centres. She then migrated to Sydney Australia where she spent 10 years working in Complementary Health, taking a BA in Health Science (Naturopathy). She worked in Private Sector Practice and Public Health, mainly with Aboriginal Primary HealthCare. On her return to UK in 2001 she set up clinics in Bristol and Bath, working alongside Neal’s Yard Remedies. In 2003 she headed up Tonic Health Scotland Ltd, one of Edinburgh’s leading Complementary Health Centres which is now in its third year.

Workshop Four (A Step Beyond) Annie Grey
At the end of the Workshop you will know how to: make that first important approach to charitable organisations find the various routes to funding your work set up your own charity, or ‘not for profit’ business add charitable work to your existing practice enhance your own private practice and build a thriving business		Annie Gray graduated from the Northern College of Homeopathic Medicine in 1990, and was accepted for registration with the Society of Homeopaths in 1992. She studied under the renowned Homeopath and Ayurvedic practitioner, Pritam Singh Ghattaorya. In 1996, she founded the New Life Natural Health Care Trust, whose aim was to make complementary therapies available to unprivileged groups. Annie was directly responsible for securing in excess of £500,000 in grant aid. This income supported the work of 27 qualified therapists and 30 volunteers. She established successful practices in the North East and Cumbria and is currently working with Eden Mind, the mental health charity, to develop complementary health opportunities.

Workshop Five (How do we get from Desperate to a Successful Practice?) Amy Roberts
This workshop will investigate your practice problems and help find the solutions that will move you into the fast lane, showing you excellent systems that will free you up to do what you enjoy most - the clients and hands on work.		Amy has a vast range of experience but most importantly in ‘business management for complementary care’. Her workshop will provide a unique and pioneering insight that this line of career has craved for. Amy graduated from the Southern School of Natural Therapies in 1994. She learnt a variety of techniques such as Swedish Massage, Reflexology, Shiatsu and Bowen Technique, plus much more. Amy has employed 10 staff, involved in clinic work for thousands of clients. She has helped many hundreds of therapists around the world to have a successful business using the methods she has developed in advertising, marketing and management. Amy has written two books and writes for the AMTA e-zine, NAMASTA, Florida State Massage Therapy Association, the Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists and many others. Amy runs courses in creating, establishing and maintaining a successful massage therapy