Bach Flower Remedies

Are you struggling with negative emotions? Would you like to regain a sense of calm and wellbeing that can enable you to manage whatever problems you might have with greater ease? Bach Flower Remedies can help.

Developed in the 1930s by Dr Edward Bach, a Harley Street doctor and homeopath, the 38 remedies are prepared naturally from flowers. They are absolutely safe to use alongside other medication*, and will support any other treatments you may be having, but also work wonderfully on their own.

In the course of his work, Dr Bach came to the belief that a person’s negative emotional state was often the prime reason for their troubles, and that if this state could be helped, then the person was much better able to manage their challenges in life with calm and happiness. The remedies, therefore, are chosen entirely according to your personal emotional state, personality and mood, and only take into account physical symptoms in terms of the effect they have on your emotions. When the emotions are restored to balance, Dr Bach believed, then the body is supported for its own healing mechanisms to work effectively.

The 38 remedies each help with a certain mood or way of behaving – for example, with great fear, loneliness, worry, depression, or with difficulty making decisions. They can therefore be helpful with all the problems we might face in life – changes such as moving house or having children, stress at work, bereavement, illness…

We do not necessarily all react in the same way to events – some of us might struggle on without complaint, some of us might have given up hope, some of us might feel very alone and afraid. When choosing remedies, it is important to consider how we feel about our circumstances, and that will lead us to the right remedies to help. The remedies can be taken singly or in a mixture of up to 6 or 7 at once.

In a consultation, the practitioner will discuss with you how you are feeling at the moment, and in discussion with you, will suggest remedies which may be helpful. The initial session is one hour, and follow-up sessions are 30 minutes. One of the main goals of consultations is that you will begin to learn about the remedies so that you can use them for yourself without help. A good Bach practitioner loses all their clients! You will be given a mixture bottle of remedies that will last around three weeks. Further consultations, if you require them, will look at what has changed, and whether different remedies will now be helpful, whilst continuing to help you learn about the remedies for yourself.

I can also offer phone consultations, with a remedy mixture posted out to you following the consultation. If you are happy to choose your own remedies, I can provide the mixture bottle for a fee of £6 (by post) or £5 (collection).

The remedies are in liquid form, taken from a dropper bottle directly into the mouth or into a drink. 4 drops of the remedy are taken 4 times a day.

Price: First session (1 hour) - £38 including remedies, further sessions (1/2 hour) - £25 including remedies.

*The remedies are preserved in a grape alcohol solution. If you have any physical or ethical reasons for avoiding alcohol, there are methods to avoid this content.