Alive Therapies

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Alive Therapies is about supporting anyone who has experienced cancer, another life-threatening illness, or past trauma to live fully beyond their difficult experiences.

We also support family members and friends as we realise the impact this experience can have on them.

As an inclusive service we welcome any individual who is focused on developing all aspects of their health to improve their overall wellbeing.

Our Therapists

CEO: Sally Reid

Movement Psychotherapist

Supervisor

Yoga Practitioner

Zero Balancing Practitioner

Kestenberg Movement Profile Analyst and Trainer

Teacher and Coach

Experience/Area of expertise:

I provide psychotherapy support for adults, young people, and children with acute and complex past traumatic experiences. I also supervise qualified therapists individually and in small groups. I teach yoga and offer Zero Balancing as a way of reducing body tension and creating a healthy balance in the body and mind.

I teach and coach other professionals in the UK and overseas, for example I recently taught specific movement observation patterns to movement psychotherapists at Edinburgh Zoo and have previously taught students in China. I taught and led on the Masters programme in Dance and Movement Psychotherapy at the University of Derby for five years . Prior to this I taught in secondary education at a pupil referral unit and in mainstream schools over the duration of twenty years.

Qualifications :

Diploma in Creative Approaches to Supervision – London Centre for Psychodrama
MA Dance Movement Psychotherapy – University of Derby
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) – University of Derby
Secondary Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) – De Montfort University
Certified Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) Analyst and Trainer – KMP Committee, USA
Certified Zero Balancing Practitioner - Zero Balancing UK
Diploma in Performance Coaching (Education) – Newcastle College Flexible Learning
Diploma in Teaching Yoga - Level 3 - YMCA Fitness Industry Training
BA (Hons) Dance – Edge Hill University
BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Dietetics – University of Surrey

Registered Bodies :

UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College: Registration number: 2011166853
Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy (ADMP) UK: CSP1370
Yoga Alliance
Zero Balancing UK

Other relevant training:

Trainee EMDR Practitioner
St John Ambulance First Aid at Work (Feb 2023, valid until Feb 2026)
Safeguarding Adults: Level 3 Training (NHS England, March 2023)
Safeguarding Children and Young People (Oct 2023)

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I am passionate in considering a holistic approach that incorporates both the mind and body. We cannot ignore what is expressed through words, neither can we ignore what is expressed through the body. We all have a story to tell and finding a safe and contained space in which to do that can provide acceptance and release.

We embody all that we experience through our feelings and emotions. To maintain good health we must listen to the ease and dis-ease that our body presents. I am committed towards supporting my clients in their journey towards becoming more consistently at ease and fully 'alive'.

Our
Story

On becoming Alive Therapies ...

Alive Therapies needed to be more than 'just' a therapy service. It needed to provide a holistic approach that could be personalised to each individual no matter what part of their journey they were on.

To provide the depth and breadth of provision, the foundations needed to be set. These foundations are shown as roots in the video to the left and incorporate a vast amount of training accumulated over decades. Without roots a tree cannot exist and so the roots are continually nurtured through relevant training and research. The trunk of the tree provides a core that is based on clear ethics and values which are acknowledged as a fundamental underpinning of Alive Therapies. It is only then that the branches can start to produce leaves and buds and this is where the real work begins .... with you.

My motivation

by founder and CEO, Sally Reid.

Like many people I have experienced cancer directly and indirectly. My dad suffered considerably with cancer, initially bowel and later throat cancer before sadly passing away. My mum suffered with breast cancer and was completing her treatment at the time I was then diagnosed, also with breast cancer, at the start of the Covid 19 lock down. I received all treatment made available to me: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, hormone therapy, and Herceptin. I was unaware of additional or alternative ways to support my physical and mental well-being, and later recovery. I am fortunate to have survived but have needed to manage the impact the treatment has had on my body in particular, but also on my mind. Through training, reading and research I have learned a lot about cancer and the impact it has on the body. I have developed a deeper knowledge and understanding of ways in which to reduce risk, to support difficulties during treatment and to aid recovery. From a holistic perspective, that includes our psychological, physical, spiritual, and social wellbeing, I consider what is needed to 'be' and to 'feel' fully alive.

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Locations

Lancaster/ Morecambe -