MEET THE TEAM
AVERILLE MORGAN BAppSc(Osteo), MSc(Osteopathy)
Averille graduated from RMIT, Australia in 1995, has taught Osteopathy for family care at under/post graduate courses in UK & Europe since 1999, she established community osteopathy care in Southwalk , London (at the UniCollege Osteopathy-formerly BSO) for children in specialist schooling & established a care plan for children & staff in a specialist school (Cambian trust) East Anglia (2022-2023). Averille established and runs a busy Osteopathic practice in Heacham since 1996 & mentors associate osteopaths. Averille is passionate about health care which is inclusive, explores diversity, is collaborative & shared.
She has published journal articles on paediatric care & \"Healthy Pregnancy\" and is currently writing on Integrated Family Systems Osteopathy. Averille runs regular professional on-line supervision for osteopaths and holds courses on family therapy in UK and Europe.
Averille recently founded a Community Project with parents of disabled children and established an information webpage www.TRIBED.co.uk
AVERILLE OFFERS:
Gentle osteopathy for family, pregnancy care, mother-baby and paediatrics.
Holistic service for children with health related disablities and referal system for disability access to information for health/education.
Gentle & dynamic approach for paediatric needs such as sleep & feeding issues, physical and emotional understanding of health needs for children & parents with neurodiversity.
Supportive osteopathy during transitional changes such as teen years, menopause, retirement and bereavement.
Collaboration with schools for EHCP, referrals for disability support, collaboration with fostering & adopting networks.
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Robin McCaffrey BOst
I started my osteopathic journey when I graduated from The British School of Osteopathy in 2004. I have been working as a cranial osteopath at the Heacham Practice since then, developing a gentle but dynamic holistic approach that is tailored to each individual. I feel connected to my local community through my activities of choir singing, dancing and pottery and love walking along the beautiful North Norfolk Coast.
I really enjoy studying with others, both with my regular study group and on organised courses. When I was teaching cranio-sacral practitioners on their foundation course in London, my own understanding of the various tidal movements in living systems was deepened. Other areas of my study have included pregnancy, paediatrics, cardiovascular integration, respiratory and gut health and the central and sympathetic nervous systems; all with reference to fluid dynamics and potency. I have found embryology a most fascinating and useful field to explore. In my experience our fundamental growth patterns are also the movements our body uses to heal.
I offer a quiet space in which to slow down and become aware of the movements and sensations in our bodies: a chance to get off the merry-go-round of our busy lives and find the rhythm of health behind all the everyday activities. With subtle touch and listening attention we can tune into our body’s systems as part of the process of finding a way back home to comfort and ease. It is in this dynamic stillness of relaxation that we can reorganise and emerge with a different relationship to our body and environment.
I am particularly interested in how life transitions at all levels create dis-ease. Whether it comes from big hormonal or emotional shifts, physical injury or degeneration or dealing with changes at work and at home, having a separate place to explore whatever is most comfortable and functional for you right now is what I can share with you. This approach informs health on all levels; physical, emotional and spiritual.
Any honest investigation into our selves can be painful but also often funny. I am used to tears and laughter in my sessions. All ages are welcome as are all symptoms no matter how bewildering. It is creating a partnership to investigate and optimise your health that is my aim.
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Joanna Taplin
Graduating from the British School of Osteopathy in 2010 I soon found I favoured working with the gentle treatment approach offered by cranial osteopathy for its inclusive and respectful way of working with all patients and their presentations. I find working with babies and children particularly rewarding in helping them through developmental transitions.
I offer a space to receive whatever the patient brings into the treatment room as part of an evolving patient-practitioner relationship, without judgement. I provide a calm environment for restoring balance and supporting the patient’s natural capacity to adapt and recover.
Having found movement practices so helpful in my own recovery from illness, and how it has given me a better relationship with my own body, I am keen to help others find this sweet spot of mind-body-spirit working in union – to help people reconnect with their inner voice of innate knowing.
My work has been predominantly in the South East of England, but I feel so privileged to be returning to work at the wonderful Heacham practice and re-connecting with the community of patients who pass through the door. A life-long learner, I am thrilled to become more imbedded with the family systems theory concepts which are such vital considerations in working with family and community groups.
