About Us
Tessa Hodsdon BA (Hons) Lic Ac, BAcC, PGDip
Student Support Officer at the Healing Garden Institute, a role I have also held at the University of Sussex.
I also teach soft tissue techniques on the Naturopathic Diploma course at the Healing Garden. I have an extensive background in working therapeutically. I began formal training in a range of different approaches including techniques such as shiatsu, various kinds of massage and remedial body work. My hands-on approach is influenced by training in osteopathic andmyofascial techniques, and I have trained with a range of senior practitioners including Leon Chaitow and Tom Myers.
My work is integrative and holistic in approach. I gained professional qualification in Psychodynamic Counselling at postgraduate level.
I have a commitment to ongoing professional development and my therapeutic training includes a number of approaches (breath work, polyvagal theory, trauma work, pain management etc) which help to inform my practice. I understand that physical issues can have a profound psychological impact, and that it can be important to have conversations to explore the right approach for you. I have worked with referral networks throughout my professional life, and enjoy linking individuals with the practitioner who might be best able to assist at each stage of experience.
I have worked therapeutically in the voluntary sector for a number of organisations, and for the NHS and privately, most recently as a Health and Well Being Coach. This allows me to have a useful overview of what it means to manage one’s health using both biomedicine and more holistic approaches including those from Traditional East Asian Medicine.