Complementary Therapy

The aims of Complementary Therapy are to help:

• Ease stress, tension, pain, depression and anxiety
• Promote a sense of wellbeing
• Aid relaxation
• Provide a safe, therapeutic and confidential environment

Our complementary therapies are given alongside conventional medical treatments including chemotherapy. Full individual assessments are given before treatment commences.

“I feel like it was the first time I had relaxed for a long time”

– Complementary Therapy client

Our therapists are fully qualified and accredited and offer the following treatments:

• Aromatherapy is a gentle, slow massage using essential oils obtained from plants.
• Reflexology is based on the principle that all the systems of the body are mirrored on our hands and feet. Reflexology is the practice of massaging the feet to relax the corresponding regions of the body.
• Reiki is a Japanese word meaning universal life energy. The therapist channels this life energy through his or her hands activating the body’s natural ability to balance itself.
• Indian Head Massage focuses on the upper body, back, shoulders, neck and head.

“The sessions eased the pain and swelling that I suffer with from my cancer and all the operations and treatments I am currently going through”

– Complementary Therapy client

How it works

The service is available to people who are currently in receipt of our care.

All services are provided free of charge, and are not means-tested. To find out more about this service, please talk to the team who provides your service.

We will discuss your needs with you and, if appropriate, we will arrange your first visit as soon as is mutually possible. Therapies are offered on an appointment only basis.

Following an assessment, if appropriate, up to six sessions are offered.

Treetops Hospice is a registered charity. It costs over £5.3 million a year to keep our doors open, but we only get a little funding from government bodies, roughly 18%. The rest of our funding comes from supporters, through voluntary donations, our shops, fundraising events, lottery memberships and gifts in wills.