Author: Tessa

TESSA Therapist

Qualifications
BSC (Hons) Ost. Med. ND DPO

Additional information
Julia McLaughlin graduated with an honours degree in Osteopathic Medicine and a Diploma in Naturopathy from The British College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1999.

After gaining experience working in multidisciplinary clinics in Oxford, Bristol and Northern Ireland she set up her own clinic in Comber Co Down in 2003. She is currently the only Osteopath in Northern Ireland to have completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Paediatric Osteopathy at the Osteopathic Centre for Children in London. The Diploma provided unparalleled Paediatric training and comprehensive clinical experience working in such locations as the Neonatal Unit at Barnet Hospital.

A huge part of this course centres round treating patients cranially and Julia uses both structural and cranial techniques tailoring treatment specifically for each patient. She has developed a wide range of skills over her years in practice that have enables her to successfully treat a wide range of conditions in people of all ages.

Julia has completed the Children’s Teacher Meditation Course with Connected kids and has an interest in Retained Primitive Reflexes and how they affect our body and emotions.

She has completed Level 1 and 2 of Douglas Heel’s Be Activated Course looking at how compensation patterns in our body affect our biomechanics and emotions.

Julia is a member of the Sutherland Cranial College (SCCO) and is continuing her professional development through post graduate courses with the SCCO and the Biodynamic Osteopathy phase 9 courses.

Be Balanced, Be You – Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL)

Using a combination of talk based interactions and support, psychoeducation and strategies, and bottom to top regulation, this practice offers therapeutic riding sessions to individuals from 4 years of age. Working with a wide range of issues including mental health, learning difficulties and disabilities, and personal growth.

Specialises in working with ADHD, ADD, ASD, neurodiversity, anxiety, confidence & self esteem needs, social, emotional, behavioural difficulties and mental health (SEBD/SEMH), executive function challenges, transitional struggles, a learning disability, sensory issues, Downs syndrome.

Teaching children and adults with a range of specialist needs and having particular focus on those who have become disengaged with or disinterested in, traditional ‘talk based’ support.

Specialist in therapeutic riding with specific interest in vestibular, proprioceptive, interoception and tactile stimulation, including kinesthesis, bilateral movements posture, spatial awareness, core stability, psychomotor coordination, balance, body symmetry, neuromotor coordination and orientation, concentration and enhanced social interaction.