Julia McLaughlin

Juila McLaughlin

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.


Half-Term Therapeutic Children’s Music Group for TESSA Families

TESSA are delighted to offer this new pilot therapeutic music group to our families.

Neil Foster is an experienced music therapist and musician.

“This group is an opportunity for participants to connect, chat, and co-create their own musical sounds, games and playlists. We might use instruments that we already have, or see what music we can make from the objects around us at home. No prior musical experience or ability is required, and the group format will be relaxed, with an emphasis on having fun and getting to know each other through musical play.”

The sessions will be delivered every day over the half term break (Mon 15th, Tues 16th, Wed 17th, Thurs 18th and Fri 19th) from 10am – 10.40am, on Zoom.