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Complementary therapy

Oakhaven Complementary Therapy Team

Oakhaven complementary therapies to improve your wellbeing

The Oakhaven Complementary Therapy service offers tailor-made treatments to Oakhaven patients, those caring for someone with illness, and those who are bereaved. Our team of qualified and experienced therapists may offer one of the following treatments:

  • Aromatherapy
  • Reflexology
  • Reiki
  • Massage

These complementary therapies can be used alongside medical treatments. The aim is to support your physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Following an assessment with one of our therapists, a specific treatment plan will be put together to meet each individual’s needs, with an agreed number of sessions.

Treatments to help you - at the Hospice or at home

Appointments for treatments are generally made in our complementary therapy room, where we have a dedicated space to help you relax. However, if patients cannot travel to the hospice, we can visit them at home. We also offer treatments to our patients in our Inpatient Unit.

In addition to our qualified therapists, we also have a team of Relaxation Volunteers who have been trained to offer Hand and Foot Massages to patients and carers attending our Day Hospice, Carer's Day, and Inpatient Unit.

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Wellbeing support for Oakhaven patients and their families

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Wellbeing support available to all our community

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Support available for carers

Click on the links above to find out more about our wellbeing services

Oakhaven Wellbeing News

Complementary therapy foot massage 2021

Wanted: volunteers to aid relaxation

Volunteers with a difference are being sought by Oakhaven Hospice – their role is to aid relaxation through hand- and foot-massage. The Hospice, in Lower Pennington Lane, Lymington, provides complementary therapies for patients, carers and the bereaved. These wellbeing services are an important part of Oakhaven’s approach to meeting all the needs of those who […]

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Outdoor Activities for Health and Wellbeing

By Karen Silverthorne Whatever you have going on in your life right now,  it’s important to pay attention to your health and wellbeing.  Looking after your physical needs can have a knock-on effect on your mental state and this can put you in a better position to help yourself and those around you. Exercise can […]

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Life After Lockdown- The ‘New Normal’

By Steph McClean, Psychotherapist We have been though a lot this year. 2020 has not turned out the way any of us could have possibly anticipated. We have had to tolerate crisis and change to almost every area of our lives. We find ourselves collectively on a path none of us have chosen, a path […]

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Anticipatory Grief – What Is It and How Do We Recognise It?

 By Mette Nielsen, Counsellor. Every one of us will be experiencing the loss of a loved one during our lives. Some of us will be carers for a short or a long time due to illness or a life limiting condition. We may experience feelings and emotions which we find distressing and difficult to manage […]

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Planning for the Future: things to consider

By Karen Silverthorne It seems there are so many extra difficulties to face at the moment and the idea of making end-of-life plans may be something you find difficult.  But by giving consideration to this now, it can lessen anxiety if you become unwell and can help those you are close to if you’re not […]

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Self Care in Bereavement

By Paula Noyce, Counsellor As a palliative, oncology and bereavement counsellor, some of the most common descriptions I hear used by those who have lived alongside loved ones through illness and death are, ‘completely drained’, ‘exhausted’, and the feeling of ‘running on empty’. It is the inevitable impact of being alongside a significant person, whether […]

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Facing Fear: How to Cope with Health Anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Steph McClean, Psychotherapist Throughout life, most of us keep an eye on our health and wellbeing. However, there are times when we are more anxious about our health than others. It might be that we need to go back to our GP for a persistent issue, or we need tests or scans to see […]

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Having those Important Conversations about Dying and Death

By Paul Hatchard, Chaplain It’s the conversation no one wants to have isn’t it? In fact, in a survey conducted by the charity Dying Matters they found that 72% of the British public are uncomfortable discussing dying, death and bereavement. It’s true that it’s an uncomfortable subject – we’d rather not think about it. Yet […]

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How to support children and young people in the face of COVID-19

By Mette Nielsen, Counsellor Life has suddenly been turned up-side down for all of us and not least our children and young people because of the outbreak of Covid-19. Schools, colleges and universities have closed early. There may not be any transition preparations for going to the next stage for primary school children nor proms […]

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Missing the Moment: Self Isolating when a Loved One is Dying

By Steph McClean, Psychotherapist When we have a loved one who is being cared for at the end of life, the choices and decisions we make matter. A key part of palliative care is about helping people make informed decisions in advance if they can; for example about where they want to die and how […]

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Oakhaven Hospice
Lower Pennington Lane
Lymington
Hampshire, SO41 8ZZ

Celebrating 30 years 1992 - 2022         member of hospice uk

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