kerry richards
about
meet kerry
Hello! I’m Kerry
I am a multi-skilled complementary therapist and teacher. I care about individuals and supporting them to feel and be their best. Well-regarded for my approachability, expertise, adaptability, and individualised approach to the work I do with both clients and students. I am passionate about supporting others to be their best selves.
Bespoke treatments – tailored to the treatment needs and aims of my clients – are what I am known for. As one of my clients has written in a review for me, ‘Tell her your ‘ills’ and she finds ways to alleviate them. Always brilliant.’ (Ian K, Fresha, January 2023)
I look forward to supporting you with your wellbeing.
Why Choose kerry
why I am the right therapist for you
24 years supporting people to be their best
I have dedicated my working life to supporting others: twenty-four years to date and hopefully many more to come. Through my teaching and therapeutic work, I have supported thousands of young people and adults. By choosing me, you are choosing a therapist and EMM-Tech tutor who cares about her clients and students and the results she supports them to achieve.
Trained in a broad range of therapies: trained by the best to give you the best
By choosing me to be your therapist you are choosing someone who is committed to your wellbeing: someone who has trained in the best and with the best, in a wide range of therapies. I love to learn. I have three bachelor degrees: English language and literatures; psychology; and social sciences with media studies. I also have a Master in Education and a school leadership qualification. In holistic therapies, I have VTCT qualifications in massage, reflexology, aromatherapy, and Indian head massage; an ITEC in facial reflexology; I am an EMMETT Technique practitioner and EMM-Tech tutor; and I have additional training and CPD in a wide range of holistic therapies for skeletal issues, muscular issues, and wellbeing. Whether you come to me as a ‘one off’ treatment, a series of treatments, or you build treatments with me into your long-term wellbeing commitment to yourself, I am able to draw upon my knowledge, skills and experience from up-to-date training from highly respected therapists in their fields. My trainers include Mary Atkinson, Sam Belyea, Ziggie Bergman, Alex Clark, Sally Kay, Dr Carol Samuels, Jane Sheehan and Lee Anthony Taylor. I am committed to supporting my clients and students with their wellbeing and learning goals.
The best of both worlds: new and old understandings
Drawing on old and new therapeutic techniques enables me to tailor therapies to my clients' needs in unique ways. The roots for some of my training go back 2,000 years but my training is also cutting edge: in early 2022 I was in the first intake of therapists in the world to be trained to use hand, face and foot reflexology to support perimenopausal and menopausal clients, and in April 2023 I was in the first twenty therapists in Britain and Ireland to have in person training with Ziggie Bergman in Facial and Cranial Stone Medicine. Both Sally Kay and Dr Carol Samuels have published research on the efficacy of reflexology within their specialist areas: Dr Carol Samuels has the first reflexology-related PhD in the world based on her research, and Tony Sherry has published research on the efficacy of a single treatment of The EMMETT Technique to support clients with pain management.
A unique experience
My clients love my versatility and – as one of my clients put it - ‘agile thinking’ (Vicky E, August 2023). There have been plenty of 'first ever' treatment combinations that my clients have had as I have completely tailored their treatment to their particular needs. To achieve the best results with me, clear client communication is essential as everybody is different. Consultation forms are completed prior to your first treatment with me and I ask that you update me each time that I treat you so that I can tailor treatments to suit your needs. The more you share with me, the better I can tailor treatments to you. No detail is too small. In fact, it is often the ‘little’ details that help me to have an ‘A-ha!’ moment about how I can best treat you on the day and over a course of treatments. You can work through my menu of treatment options or – as most of my clients do - let me tailor something which is completely unique to you.
PROFESSIONAL qualifications
qualifications
See FHT Listing for a full list of the therapies I am trained and insured in.
emergency first aid
2023
EMMETT Technique PrACTIONER & ADVANCED 1-2
2023
qualified as an emm-tech tutor
2023
ITEC ADVANCED FACIAL REFLEXOLOGY
2023
VTCT Diploma in Reflexology (L3)
2018
VTCT Certificate in Indian Head massage (L3)
2018
VTCT Diploma in Aromatherapy (l3)
2018
VTCT Certificate in swedish massage (l3)
2018
therapies
There’s a smorgasbord of complementary therapies on offer at Kerry Richards Holistic Therapies. Discover more about each of them here.
training
Love the EMMETT Technique? Train with Kerry in eleven EMMETT Technique moves which you can use on your friends and family, as well as for self care.
about kerry
Is Kerry the right therapist for you? Find out more about what makes her ‘tick’. Does she ‘tick’ the boxes for what you are looking for in a therapist?
I am a multi-skilled complementary therapist and teacher. I care about individuals and supporting them to feel and be their best. Well-regarded for my approachability, expertise, adaptability, and individualised approach to the work I do with both clients and students, you are in safe hands with me.
kerry richards holistic therapies
Kerry made me feel very relaxed, her set up is lovely, and her therapies/ treatments were amazing. I left the appointment feeling so relaxed and refreshed. I would highly recommend booking with Kerry and I can’t wait to see her again to try another of the many treatments she has to offer.
Kathy M Lymphatic massage & ear candling client