Some Common FAQ's...

What is involved in a first appointment?
Typically, I ask you to let me have a full medical history - going right back to your babyhood. Then I ask you to tell me what your problem is - and how you react to it, how you feel about it, how you cope and so on.
By understanding YOUR perspective, I can narrow down the therapeutic approach that I consider would be most helpful to you.

How often will I have to see you?
After an initial assessment we will agree a mutually convenient time to finalise the recommendations, if you decide to go ahead.
If you decide to stop at any stage, that is absolutely fine - but bear in mind, where a condition or problem has been experienced for a considerable length of time, it will take time for the body's self-healing abilities to be mobilised.
It is usually a matter of weeks between visits - the pace and frequency is very much in YOUR hands. My focus is on making sure I help you to get the most out of whatever course of action we have agreed.

How may I get hold of you? Are you available 'out of hours'?
I have a message on my telephone telling you my call-in time daily. If that time does not suit you, please leave a message letting me know a number and time that would suit you and I will ring you then.
You can email me on Adele.Miller@care4free.net - I generally respond within 24 hours.
Email is a convenient way to stay in touch but if you feel you are struggling and want to speak to me, telephone consultations may also be arranged, by our agreement.
I am available at weekends and in the evenings and if I am away I leave a mobile number for emergencies and details of my Locum.

Why do you refer to 'stress' so often? Isn't this something we all can expect and just have to get on with?
It all depends on how one defines 'stress'. There is a world of difference between rising to a challenge and achieving satisfaction - and feeling utterly over-whelmed by being set a task or target by one's manager. Equally, life events that we all experience may be the 'final straw' that tips us into ill-health - emotionally and eventually physically.
The Health and Safety Executive have issued Management Standards intended to help reduce the levels of work-related stress in the U.K. Unfortunately, we may also experience our lives out of work, as equally or more, stressful.
As many as 13.4 million working days were lost to stress, depression and anxiety in 2001, it has been reported.
This would indicate that 'stress' in the form of the adverse reaction people have, is far from a minor matter. Taking a complementary approach may help one manage oneself, for oneself, in a 'new' but effective way and that may become part of the 'toolkit of survival' as I like to think of it, that we build up as we go through the demands of life.

If you have a specific question to ask, please email me: Adele.Miller@care4free.net