About Me
Elizabeth Baines. MA (Complementary Health Studies - University of Exeter), RGN, NDN, LFHom(Nurse), Dip Palliative Care, Dip Aromatherapy & Massage, Reiki Master/Teacher, FAETC. Member Complementary Therapists Association.
I qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1985 and District Nurse in 1987. I later went on to work for many years as a speciaist nurse in cancer care. I now lead the complementary health service for a specialist palliative care charity in Dorset and also advise on the setting up and integration of complementary therapy services for the statutory and non-statutory sector. I have been involved with national and Government initiatives on the safe integration of complementary therapies in palliative care and I also teach and lecture on a regular basis, nationally and internationally.
I have always been passionate about complementary therapies and seeing the benefits of complementary therapies to patients I decided to train in Massage and Aromatherapy (1997). I have since gained my MA in Complementary Health Studies from the University of Exeter (2002) and Reiki Master/Teacher (2005). I also hold a recognised adult education teaching certificate (1994) and am a Licenced Associate of the Faculty of Homeopathy.
Supporting references & literature
"I appreciate for your reference and work. Hope for good success in your life". Dr Tsewang Tamdin - Principal, Men-Tsee-Khang College (Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute of His Holiness The Dalai Lama).
"Many thanks for your big help, cooperation, professionalism, and kindness during Fondazione Italiana di Leniterapia's seminar". Donatelle, President Fondazione Italiana di Leniterapia, Italy.
Baines E and Bainbridge W, 2001. Insight into palliative care: an audience with the Dalai Lama. European Journal of Palliative Care 8 (2) 66-69
Baines E, 2001. Tibetan Medicine: Reasons For Use by Westerners in the United Kingdom - Perspectives of Tibetan Medical Practitioners and their Patients. Dissertation, University of Exeter.