VANESSA WINTERBORN

Interested in healing, medicine, teaching, philosophy and spirituality since childhood, I have spent much of my life exploring, gathering tools and lived experiences of these things, using what I've learned to help and support others on their life journey. 

 

I worked for eight years as an NMC registered nurse within the NHS, spending two years as a district nurse and six years as senior nurse in a busy GP surgery. As a nurse, I specialised in wounds, but developed a growing interest in the deep connections between illness and unprocessed emotions. This interest drew me to qualify as a Biodynamic Massage Therapist in 2020 after intensive training at the Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre. I am a registered practitioner with the Association for Biodynamic Massage Therapists and am currently in training at the CBPC as a body psychotherapist.

 

I have also worked in social services as a disabilities care manager, an HIV/AIDS caseworker for resettled refugees with an international NGO, as an English language teacher in Thailand (and sold vacuum cleaners when I was 17. I lasted one shift). I hold an MSc Nursing (2012) and a BA Anthropology, medical emphasis (2003), as well as previous certification as an Emergency Medical Technician (2000).

 

I love singing, dancing, dark chocolate, campfires, and the deep silence of a forest in winter.

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Discover more about Biodynamic Massage Therapy here: https://www.abmt.org.uk/

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And a longer read here: Biodynamic Massage The Interface with Psychotherapy – CBPC