Sunrise Meditation
Sunrise Meditation has been created for patients with cancer and in palliative care to help reduce anxiety, stress and sense of isolation.
Complementary Therapies and Palliative Care
Interview with Gary Philipson
Marie was recently interviewed by DJ Gary Philipson from BBC Radio Tees on the subject of end of life care and the importance of complementary therapies during this time. Marie was able to talk honestly with Gary about her own mum, their shared experience of hospice care, and the journey that ultimately led Marie to become a Complementary Therapist in Cancer Care – and now a trainer.
Leading trainer Marie Duggan delivers seminar at this years FHT Virtual Congress.
Butterfly Touch Therapies trainer Marie Duggan has delivered a seminar at this years FHT Virtual Congress, as a chosen expert in Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care.
Self Treatment: Arm, Neck & Head Massage
Marie was recently asked to hold a seminar on Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care for Reflexology, Reiki and Massage Practitioners, as part of the FHT Virtual Congress Complementary Therapy Seminars Series, held in June.
HOSPICE & CANCER CARE CENTRES – THERAPISTS WANT YOU!
Clinical Practice Placements is a new initiative created by Butterfly Touch Therapies Training to benefit supporting patients, healthcare services and complementary therapists alike.
This initiative has been created so qualified massage, reflexology or reiki therapists can gain clinical experience under the guidance of a Complementary Therapy Lead in hospices or cancer care centres.
Reflexology and Grief – An Uplifting Story
My name is Marie Duggan, I am a reflexologist, complementary therapist and a therapy lecturer for cancer care. For this year’s Reflexology week, I wanted to contribute by sharing with you the following client experience. I have removed real names and for the sake of this post I have called her Alice.
I received a phone call from Alice asking to book in for a reflexology session. Upon her arrival I carried out a client consultation. Alice was 70 years young and in good health, but she had been widowed 12 months prior.
Marie has made it to the final again – FHT Tutor of the Year Award 2020
We are so proud at Butterfly Touch Therapies Training to announce that Marie has made it through to the final once again of the FHT Excellence Awards – for the Tutor of the Year Award 2020. This is the third time that Marie has made it through to the final four of this prestigious award – with Marie of course proudly winning it in 2015, and being one of the runner ups last year following the launch of the new online courses.
Marie’s hard work and dedication to all of the work she does in the field of Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care, is reflected in the high quality of the courses that Butterfly Touch Therapies Training has to offer – and we are so thrilled that Marie’s achievements are once again being recognized.
The winners of the Awards will be announced in the Autumn so we will keep you updated!
Accessible Clinical Practice Via A Mutually Respectful Exchange of Skills
As I developed the eLearning course ‘Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care for Massage, Reflexology and Reiki, I realised that some therapists would welcome the opportunity to gain clinical practice. I came up with the following approach.
The principle is that in exchange for the therapist giving 20 hours voluntary complementary therapy treatments, and submitting case studies, the Clinical or Complementary Therapy Lead will sign off a record of achievement and the therapist will receive a ‘Clinical Practice’ certificate from the hospice or cancer centre.
Stillness
How does this serve you and your client?
I cannot claim to be anything other than a chatty person, as anyone who knows me will testify. I love meeting new people and I am genuinely interested in hearing about their lives. Yet, for all my chattiness I can still access deep stillness for myself and my clients. Throughout my training as a Complementary Therapist I have had to develop my listening skills in quite a different way. I have learnt over many years how to listen deeply to my clients. Firstly, by observing their demeanour and body language. Secondly through client consultation forms and thirdly through touch and energy. Most importantly I have learnt to listen through stillness. Read More