January 11th Lunch @ Puerto Portals

Due to a number of restaurants being closed during January it has been decided to have the January lunch on Friday 11th at Sandra´s apartment in Puerto Portals. Usual time at 1pm with Dr Gillian Howell as our guest speaker. The topic is homeopathy. (Please call or email for directions)

Please confirm you will be attending as soon as possible as the amount of food needs to be organised. The cost will be €15 Members €20 guests.

A little insight into Dr Gillian Howell our guest speaker.

Gillian started her healing career as a nurse in Belfast during ‘The Troubles’ where she specialised in the very prevalent areas of orthopaedics, head injuries and cardiac complications. She later went on to qualify as a midwife and a health visitor. During this time she also worked in the field on oncology (cancer) –a disease which had become out of control over this difficult period. The hospital was so overwhelmed that both complimentary and alternative medicines were welcomed and Gillian witnessed many amazing incidences of courage, faith and love. Up to this period Gillian genuinely believed that there was a pill for everything and if in doubt, cut it out! With her mind now opened there started a life long quest to explore new ways of healing, fortunately supported by her husband’s career which allowed her to experience many unusual places and beliefs. This led to the study of the mind as well as the body in the disciplines of hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP).

Running along side these investigations, Gillian worked as a Health Visitor specialising in family therapy, relationships and parenting using many of the alternative skills in the firm belief that happy parents make happy children who grow up to be happy, healthy individuals and so the cycle continues. Gillian also has three children of her own and adopts a very practical approach to the challenges of family life.

As she progressed she began to view people as multifaceted individuals recognising the important connection between emotions and thoughts as well as the physical being and outside world. Thus different approaches from sensory, such as aromatherapy, to psychological can all have beneficial effects.

When her third child went to secondary school, Gillian had more time for intense study and embarked on a new career in homeopathy –an intense 5 year course where she was accepted onto the homeopathic register in 2004.

Gillian now lives in Mallorca and practices in Portals. She uses all of her disciplines to tailor-make the best regime possible for cure.

As a new patient expect to set aside about 90 minutes for the initial consultation with visits thereafter taking 30-60 minutes. A typical consultation period requires 2-4 visits, 2-4 weeks apart.