IVC & Balanced Being - A hard team to beat

We are not just about leading practitioners, we are about a strong team that work together for the good of the patients and clients that they serve.  Sue is joined by qualified veterinary surgeons, homeopaths and veterinary nurses brilliantly complemented by admin staff running the business side of the centre.  We are all committed to the unique concept we have created and to providing a model of excellence in client care.

Sue Armstrong

MA VetMB VetMFHom CertIAVH MRCVS RSHom

Veterinary Surgeon & Homeopath

Sue is a 1984 graduate of Cambridge University School of Veterinary Medicine. In 1996 she became a Veterinary Member of the Faculty of Homeopathy in England, after training with the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital and the Homeopathic Professionals Teaching Group (HPTG), Oxford. Since 2002 she has been a tutor for the HPTG and she became a partner in 2005.  She was a founder member of the British Holistic Veterinary Medicine Association and was President in 2003. She is the President of the British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons (BAHVS) and President of the College of Animal Homeopathic Medicine (CAHM) in Canada.

In 2003 Sue set up Balanced Being which has homeopathy as the core philosophy of this thriving practice which treats both animals and humans. Sue has written and published many papers, she also lectures and consults internationally in countries including Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Japan and the USA as well as throughout the UK.

Sue is a contributing author of Foundations of Complementary Therapies and Alternative Medicine Edited by Robert Adams.

*Photograph: shows Sue with

one of her patients, Sundance.

Sarah Stieg
DVM MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon & Homeopath
 

Sarah graduated in 2009 from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, USA, with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in the top four percent of her class. Whilst she has always known that her specialty interest lay within holistic veterinary medicine, she found her true passion in classical homeopathy. During her senior year of veterinary school, she completed the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy’s qualifying one year program:  Professional Course in Veterinary Homeopathy through Animal Natural Health Centre Education Programs in Sedona, Arizona, USA. This course qualifies Sarah for national certification in the United States, and she is currently undergoing the two year certification process.

Sarah pursued creating a formal one year post-graduate internship with Sue Armstrong to further her studies of homeopathy and integrative veterinary medicine in a small animal and equine clinical setting. She will be working as part the of the Balance Being clinical practice, the Balance Being Foundation research team, as well as attending the HPTG course this year. 

She is a currently member of the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association for Equine Practitioners, and an alumni mentor for the Student Chapter of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association at Western University of Health Sciences.

Sarah is proud to join Balanced Being in further pursuit of her homeopathic education and to contribute to the Balanced Being clinical team.

Vivien Swift
B.Vet.Med., Dr med vet., M.R.C.V.S. LFHom (Vet)
Veterinary Surgeon & Homeopath

Vivien qualified in 1969 from London and worked in large animal practice.  She worked in the Hannover Veterinary School – working, clinically lecturing and doing a doctorate.  On her return, she went into mixed practice before setting up her own small animal and equine practice in Hertfordshire.  After selling her practice, she moved to North Yorkshire and worked part-time on the small animal side of a mixed practice.  She is now pursuing her deep interest in homeopathy – really enjoying studying on the HPTG course and putting it into practice.

For many years, Vivien has bred German Shepherd Dogs.  She also competes her homebred warm blood horses in a variety of different disciplines.

Jane Keogh
BVSc VetMFHom MRCVS
Veterinary Surgeon & Homeopath

Jane qualified as a Veterinary Surgeon from Bristol University in 1982. After working briefly for the PDSA, she spent five years in mixed practice, then moved to Surrey in 1988 and has worked in small animal practice since then.

Her interest in complementary medicine started as a child with a passion for plants, especially herbs, which naturally developed into an interest in herbal medicine.

Jane studied homeopathy with HPTG and gained her VetMFHom in 1999. During her training she started an alternative medicine clinic within the conventional practice in which she worked.

Following her undergraduate studies with HPTG, Jane completed their three year dedicated homeopathy teacher training programme, and has been a member or the teaching team for the past three years, working both in the UK and abroad.

Jane takes a holistic approach to healing, looking at the mental and emotional issues of her patients as well as their physical symptoms. She is passionate about the role of homeopathy in the healing process.

Remaining true to her love of plants she also uses flower essences with a particular interest in the Australian Bush Flower Essences. She is also a qualified Bowen therapist for humans and is extending this therapy to animals.

Lisa Brown

VN / Practice Manager

Nancy Griffiths

Accounts

Julia Heaton

VN

Janet Rodgers

Receptionist

Anna Jackson

Receptionist
 

Dani Paizis
McTimoney Physical Therapist

Katia Martinho 

BVM 

Katia qualified as a veterinary surgeon in Brazil, where she practiced and developed research related to cancer and homeopathy. She says "Because of my passion and dedication to veterinary medicine and animal care, I am delighted to join the Balanced Being team as a research assistant and veterinary nurse". In 2008 Katia is scheduled to take the RCVS statutory examination.

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