Helix Clinic Practitioners

Mike is a member of the British Acupuncture Council. He originally trained in body acupuncture at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading, and has completed advanced training in acupuncture for fertility and IVF support, ear (or auricular) acupuncture and Japanese styles of acupuncture.

He has previously been a member of the British Acupuncture Council's research committee, and has lectured and supervised B.Sc. acupuncture students completing their final year dissertation at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine.

Mike was part of a team of acupuncturists who travelled to Sri Lanka to provide acupuncture for the victims of the 2004 Tsunami. During that trip he taught a group of local Sri Lankan Buddhist monks and Ayurvedic students the basic techniques of ear acupuncture to empower them to continue to help their local community. The team treated over 2000 people during their three week trip.

Erika is a fully insured member of the British Acupuncture Council. She graduated from the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London as an Acupuncturist and Naturopath, and has completed post graduate courses in acupuncture for fertility and IVF support.

Part of her training was carried out in China, in the Department of Acupuncture at Dongzhimen Hospital, an affiliate of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Erika started her career as a paediatric nurse in the Institute of Cardiology, Budapest.

Matthew is a fully insured member of the British Acupuncture Council. He originally trained in traditional Chinese Medicine at the London College of Traditional Acupuncture in North London, and has undertaken ongoing advanced training in ear (or auricular) acupuncture, Detox protocols (NADA) and Japanese style acupuncture.

He completed his final year dissertation at the London College of Traditional Acupuncture by focusing on the treatment of addiction, in particular the symptoms of withdrawal such as anxiety and insomnia.

Matthew is also a Tai Chi & Qi Gong instructor. He has been teaching and training for over 16 years in the martial and healing aspects of the art.

Ye Tian is a fully insured member of the British Acupuncture Council. He graduated from the Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine in China. After 2 years working in an orthopaedics unit of a hospital, he joined an international exchange program to teach in the UK. He was offered a teaching position at the London South Bank University.

He uses a combination of traditional and modern acupuncture, to provide effective acupuncture for different conditions

Neesha is a fully insured member of the British Acupuncture Council. She completed her acupuncture degree at The London College of Traditional Acupuncture, and has a background in biomedical sciences from King’s College London. She has completed postgraduate courses in acupuncture for infertility/IVF support and has worked in co-operation with community midwives.

She pursued further clinical training at an acupuncture institution in Sri Lanka and one year in a busy NHS Hospital treating chronic pain syndromes and menstrual complaints.