NADA approved trainers

Gabriella Angus

Email: gabriella.angus13@gmail.com

Telephone: 07890 345421

Gabriella has now been working in the field of addictions, mental health and complementary therapies for over 20 years and has 16 years’ experience as a practitioner and 5 as a teacher of the NADA protocol.

Areas covered: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and beyond

Judith Blair

Email: judyblair.dovetree@gmail.com

Telephone: 07753 266452

After a career in nursing, Judith trained in complementary therapies in Leeds and subsequently as an acupuncturist, at the Northern College of Acupuncture (NCA), in York, where she now teaches. In the past, Judith has run a community acupuncture clinic in Lancaster and a NADA clinic at a Macmillan Centre in Leeds, for men suffering from the side-effects of treatment for prostate cancer and volunteered for the charity World Medicine, in India. She is currently in private practice in the Yorkshire Dales, teaches on the acupuncture course at the NCA and runs regular NADA trainings.

Areas covered: Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Scottish Borders.

Amanda Christer

Email: hello@amandachristerwellbeing.co.uk

Telephone: 07736 470477

Founder of the Amanda Christer Wellbeing Consultancy, Amanda is passionate about improving people's quality of life and is happy to travel to your organisation for in-house training.

She went on to work within the field of substance misuse which led to her becoming a trainer in the NADA Protocol.

She has a Masters Degree from Teeside University and further qualifications in Clinical Acupuncture, Medical Acupuncture and Dry Needling, Fertility & Pregnancy Reflexology and Battlefield Acupuncture.

Areas covered: Co Durham, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Northumberland

Steve Carter

Email: stevecarter9@hotmail.com

Telephone: 07908 132222

Steve runs the Zenergie Pain Therapy Clinic in Ramsgate Kent. He is a Shiatsu and Microsystems Acupuncture Practitioner qualifying as a Shiatsu Practitioner with the European Shiatsu School under Chris Jarmey and studying Acupuncture with John Tindall at the Yuan Centre.

His ethos is to never make assumptions about anyone especially in matters of health.

Areas covered: Kent

Sarah Clifford MSAAc

Email: sarahann.clifford@gmail.com

Telephone: 01892 231194

Mobile: 07941267819

Has practiced the NADA protocol for 15 years and which now forms the bedrock of how she works across all disciplines for improving health and wellbeing.

She focuses on Micro Systems Acupuncture together with healing and is a Mind Calm Meditation teacher & a Mind Detox Practitioner, as well as a Sivanananda Yoga teacher.

Aware that many people struggle with the challenges life presents she understands the NADA protocol is a great tool to overcome these obstacles and thrive.

Areas covered: Kent, Sussex, Surrey

Philip Crawley

Email: philip.crawley@cgl.org.uk

Telephone: 0131 469 5044

Mobile: 07595 415799

Philip works for recovery services providing support for those having issues with drugs, alcohol and related risky behaviour using Transactional Analysis theory to inform and underpin this work as a way of understanding his clients and helping them to understand themselves.

He has worked in mental health settings including secure psychiatric wards, crisis intervention outreach at festivals and nightclubs and psychotherapy in private practice.

Areas covered: Scotland

Gill Croft

Email: gillcroft8@gmail.com

Telephone: 07989 141630

Gill is a fully qualified body acupuncturist with a busy clinic in west London and has 15 years experience in delivering the NADA 5 point auricular protocol having trained at the pioneering Gateway Centre in 1997 under John Tindall. Gill went on to volunteer there as a NADA practitioner and became a founding NADA GB Trainer in 2015. Gill also works for NADA internationally in NGO’s and teaches Qi Gong at NADA courses held by fellow trainer Rachel Peckham

Areas covered: London, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Wiltshire

Sharon Delaport

Email: sharon@equilibriatherapeutics.co.uk

Telephone: 07475 944127

Owner of Equilibria Therapeutics based in Liverpool, Sharon is a Holistic Therapist and first qualified as a NADA practitioner in 1997 before going on to become a NADA GB Trainer. Sharon is a Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner, trained in Body and Microsystems Acupuncture, Reiki Master, & Well-being Facilitator.

Areas covered: Merseyside and the North West of England

Jamie Dunn

Email: jdunn@earlybreak.co.uk

Telephone: 0161 723 3880

https://earlybreak.co.uk/products-training/nada-gb-5-point-protocol/

Jamie has been working for Early Break, the young person and family service based in Greater Manchester since 2007.

He has a background in treatment interventions for substance misuse and holistic therapies. Jamie’s passion for acupuncture began after sitting in on a treatment session, where he saw for himself the benefits of acupuncture. In 2008 he decided to learn the 5 point NADA protocol.

In 2012 Jamie became Early Break’s Service Assessor and undertakes the yearly re-assessments for internal and external therapists. Although he is based in Greater Manchester, Jamie is prepared to travel for bespoke training sessions.

Areas covered: Manchester.

Mark Dyer

Email: info@mdphysiotherapy.co.uk

Telephone: 07870 166861

Landline: 01789 400073

Mark believes in a patient-centred approach to treatment and therapy where communication, privacy, comfort, continuity of care, hands-on treatment, quality of treatment and facilities are the way to a quality service for patients in his care. As a NADA practitioner and Trainer Mark fully supports the NADA protocol from his clinic Theorem Health in Alcester, Warwickshire.

Areas covered: Warwickshire and Worcestershire

Lynn Erasmus

Email: pathfinderscotland@gmail.com

Telephone: 07394 432905 

Lynn Erasmus is a qualified NADA GB Trainer & Practitioner, and trauma-informed practitioner who helps professionals, teams, and community leaders bring calm, clarity, and connection into their work.

With a background as the founder of a successful community newspaper and events company in South Africa, Lynn has spent her life building spaces where people and stories thrive. After navigating her own recovery from addiction and trauma, she redirected that same entrepreneurial drive into understanding how people truly heal, body, mind, and spirit.

Today, through her social enterprise Pathfinder CIC in Tayside, Lynn delivers NHS Tayside Charitable Trust-funded wellbeing programmes, CPD-accredited practitioner training, and corporate stress recovery sessions that transform how organisations support staff wellbeing and how practitioners serve their clients. Her unique approach integrates NADA ear acupuncture with neuroscience, meditation, hypnotherapy, and somatic movement, offering a simple, scalable way to create nervous system safety and emotional resilience in any setting.

Her purpose, shared in her TEDx Talk, is to empower 1 Million REBELs by 2030: individuals and teams who choose to lead with resilience, empathy, authenticity, and self-worth. Every training she delivers is designed not only to skill practitioners but to transform the way they see themselves and those they serve.

Areas covered: Scotland and UK-wide by invitation.

Clare Gates-Sjoblom

Email: clare@acugates.co.uk

Clare is the owner of Urban Sanctuary, a wellbeing centre located in Edinburgh’s West End. She is an accredited acupuncturist with the British Acupuncture Council and a certified NADA practitioner.

With training in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Five Element Acupuncture, and a background in occupational psychology, Clare specializes in addressing workplace-related stress, sleep issues, anxiety, and musculoskeletal (MSK) health.

Clare has extensive training in Yin Yoga, with a focus on passive meridian stretching, under the guidance of Paul Grilley. She has also been leading her own professional training programs since 2010. Additionally, Clare has studied and practiced Restorative Yoga with Judith Hanson-Lasater since 2010.

By combining multi-seat/bed NADA therapy with Restorative Yoga, Clare has developed a unique practice called AcuRest®, designed to restore and balance the nervous system.

Areas covered: To be confirmed

Ann Gibson

Email: anngibson0@gmail.com

Telephone: 07738 962012

Landline: 028 9188 9002

Nada GB Trainer for Ireland. I am also prepared to travel to other areas if the need exists.

Owner of Re-Balance your life: Holistic Therapies based in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland. Member of Federation of Holistic Therapists. Member of Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council.

Ann became a NADA Trainer as she is passionate about encouraging others to train as NADA practitioners, having seen the holistic benefits it brought to her own life and her clients well being. She is very proud to be able to deliver the NADA 5 point auricular protocol as part of the NADA GB team

Ann is also an Aromatherapist, Reflexologist, Reiki Master and Master Ear and Facial Acupuncture Therapist. and provides breathing and meditation courses within schools and businesses alongside individually tailored ‘Coaching for Success’ programmes.

Areas covered: Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland

Kathy Godolphin

Email: changeforlife.kathy@gmail.com

Telephone: 07977 005530

Kathy is an integrative counsellor and addiction therapist qualifying over 15 years ago, working as a private counsellor and for a range of organisations such as probation, NHS, Ngos. and senior schools as a counsellor.

After receiving NADA protocol herself she recognised the absolute benefits in the NADA treatment and trained as a NADA practitioner.  She then continued her training with John Tindal in auricular accupuncture. She delivers NADA privately and for organisations. In 2025 Kathy completed her trainer training and with the ethos of NADA of making it an accessible treatment for as many as possible, she now offers training in the Isle of Wight.

Areas covered: Isle of Wight

Michelle Hammond

Email: Hello@michellehammond.co.uk

Telephone: 01491 861 009

Website: www.michellehammond.co.uk & www.tpot.org.uk 

Michelle is a NADA GB Trainer, Clinical Acupuncturist, Integrative Psychotherapist, Therapeutic Practitioner, and award-winning Educator with over 30 years’ experience in integrative health and wellness. She combines her teaching with a thriving private practice in Wallingford, South Oxfordshire, supporting trauma recovery, emotional resilience, and wellbeing within the community.

Founder of The Power of Touch (TPOT) training school (established in 2012) and a renowned wellness consultant, Michelle has taught globally on the role of touch in health and healing. She has guided thousands of complementary medicine therapists to adapt treatments for clients living with and beyond cancer and other chronic conditions across healthcare, luxury spa, and resort settings. Her consultancy work also leads the integration of meaningful, measurable health and wellness strategies in residential living environments and within major global workplaces, including Barclays (London 1CP, Doha, Delaware, Radbroke, Northampton, Pune, and Glasgow).

Her approach, informed by worldwide application, interweaves evidence-based health science, ancient wisdom, and compassion to enable and empower both practitioners and clients alike.

Michelle’s special interests include anxiety, burnout, PTSD, chronic disease, and pain, with ongoing research in psycho-neuro-immunology through acupuncture and auricular therapies. She delivers NADA training across the UK and offers bespoke sessions for organisations wishing to embed the NADA protocol within holistic, healthcare, and workplace wellbeing settings.

Areas covered: Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and London; Nationally and Internationally within the luxury spa and wellness markets.

Farrah Idris

Email: farrahidris@live.co.uk

Telephone: 07932 043532

Farrah works in health and wellbeing as an educator and practitioner.  Initially, as a clinical therapist supporting people with life-limiting conditions and palliative care within the NHS and St Joseph's hospice, London. Her current role is in primary care delivering wellbeing interventions to staff and community groups.

She has completed trainings at City Lit college and Yuan Clinic with John Tindall. A passionate advocate of integrated healthcare she is developing and delivering NADA training to Primary Care colleagues in Tower Hamlets with the GP Care Group. In 2024 she assisted Judith Blair to train refuge friends at JRS .

Farrah’s heart lies in sharing the joy of self-discovery and healing through therapeutic bodywork, clinical hypnotherapy, and movement. The simplicity and accessibility of the NADA Protocol is foundational to her approach in reducing health inequalities.

Areas covered: London and Essex border

Wayne Johnson

Email: moxa@hotmail.com

Telephone: 01473 831135

Wayne is Director and Founder of the Aspen Centre. Member of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council which is approved by the Department of Health. He trained under John Tindall at the Yuan Traditional Medicine College and Jong Baik at the Korean Hand Acupuncture Institute.

He has been in practice since 1998 and is a fully trained Cosmetic Acupuncturist and Therapist. Member of the CAUK (Cosmetic Acupuncture UK).

He has a background in treating addictions, criminal justice, fertility and psychological health.

Areas covered: Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk

Jacqueline Mangold

Email: jacqueline.mangold@me.com

Telephone: 07957 416641

Jacqueline qualified as a Shiatsu practitioner with the Ohashi Institute in 1996 and as an acupuncturist at the College of Traditional Acupuncture in 1998 (Advanced Licence in 2002). She is a NADA GB Trainer within a 50 miles radius of Oxford.

Area covered: Oxfordshire

Mark Navin

Email: francisnavin@hotmail.com

Telephone: 07870 323250

Mark is a Counsellor , Supervisor and Independent Consultant and Trainer, he has worked within the health and fitness and addiction field for over 20 years in many diverse and challenging settings.

Mark has a private practise covering many areas of health and well being including coaching, mentoring and the NADA 5 point auricular protocol. Mark uses Acupuncture in a variety of ways to help the process of healing and change.

Areas covered: Devon

Raj Nayee

Email: theflyingneedletechnique@gmail.com

Telephone: 07828 697292

Raj is an accomplished Auricular Acupuncture practitioner with over 21 years of experience, currently working at Pathways to Health, a Brighton-based charity that supports individuals with drug and alcohol dependency, as well as mental wellness through drop-in services. 

He has progressed through various programs, from the Level 1 Detoxification Programme to the integrated Master Class in Auricular Acupuncture. As a qualified trainer and assessor with the Yuan Clinic and College of Acupuncture, Raj has also become a trainer of the NADA Protocol under NADA GB. 

Additionally, he has attended Micro Systems Courses led by John Tindall, co-founder of NADA GB, covering Scalp, Facial, Hand, and Foot Acupuncture. Raj is particularly passionate about teaching the Flying Needle Technique, emphasizing the importance of painless needle insertion for enhancing client comfort in acupuncture.

Areas covered: East Sussex and Brighton

Gordon Park

Email: yuanmidlands@btinternet.com

Telephone: 07813 978633

Gordon is owner of GP Holistics and Yuan Midlands based in Willenhall, West Midlands and is a Nada Trainer for the Midlands Region.

Gordon trained as a holistic therapist in 2005 and is qualified in the delivery of Cupping, Swedish Massage, Reflexology. Sports Performance coaching, NLP, EMDR, Post Traumatic Stress and Low Level Laser Therapy. In 2008, Gordon became a qualified Hypnotherapist and has supported clients across smoking, weight and stress disorders.

In 2015 Gordon qualified in Microsystems Acupuncture covering Auricular Masterclass, Facial, Scalp, Hand and Foot. He provides support delivery in a range of Acupuncture courses at the Yuan Traditional Medicine College in London.

Areas covered: Midlands

Rachel Peckham

Email: rachel@nadagbacupuncture.co.uk

Telephone: 07966 230781

Rachel’s passion for the NADA protocol began the first day she started work as a volunteer acupuncturist in 1994 at The Core Trust, a London rehab programme. She was invited to have the NADA acupuncture treatment along with the clients in the group acupuncture session and is now a longstanding Trainer for NADA GB

Areas covered: London and Home Counties

Ray Rose Raymond

Email: peaceistheself@gmail.com

Telephone: 07979 853202

Website: www.peaceistheself.com

Ray Rose Raymond is a fully qualified acupuncturist and practitioner of Classical & Traditional Chinese Medicine, spanning over 20 years.

As a NADA trainer, his explicit intention is to train you to the highest standards. To ensure you are safe, confident to practice and open to the peace and unconditional positive regard which is the foundation of all NADA sessions.

Motivated by the unlimited potential of humanity, a wish to serve and a belief in the good in all, Ray is a devotee of Sri Ramana Maharshi, meditation teacher, university academic, and founder of the Clement James Ear Acupuncture Clinic.

Training is provided for both groups and individuals.

Areas covered: London

Ruth Shaw

Email: rshaw01@btinternet.com

Telephone: 077028 22200

Ruth has been delivering the Nada Protocol for 22 years, specialising in Addiction, Stress Management & Recovery

She trained with John Tindall at The Gateway Clinic in 1997 then completed further Nada training with Dr Michael Smith at The Lincoln Clinic in The Bronx New York- 2000 - Trained as Assessor 2000 – Trained as a Nada GB Trainer with John Tindall & Rachel Peckham Yuan Clinic London – 2017

As a former Complementary therapies co-ordinator for Lighthouse project Liverpool shesuccessfully set up 16 clinics across the Merseyside area and was responsible for overseeing over a 100 trained health professionals deliver the Nada protocol safely within Community Drug & Alcohol Services, Prisons & Hostels.

She is currently focusing on setting up Community Acupuncture groups in the Merseyside area to make it affordable & accessible to as many people as possible. She is passionate & proud to be part of the Nada GB team and happy to offer my support & to answer any enquiries.

Areas covered: Merseyside

Nick Shough

Email: shough.nick@yahoo.com

Telephone: 07737 066458

Facebook: www.facebook.com/nick.shough.1/

Nick began work in the drug and alcohol field in 1994 in a residential drug rehab in Birmingham, he currently works in Public Health Sandwell using an ABCD approach to developing recovery opportunities in the community and promoting and celebrating recovery wherever and whenever possible.

Nick became a NADA practitioner in 1997 and an advanced (Liver Wellness) Yuan Practitioner in 2007. He first assessed points of trainees after a course he found funding for at a homeless alcohol project in 2000, and then went on to provide annual assessments with Anna Venables, at the mental health trust between 2010 -2013.

Nick provides NADA GB auricular acupuncture training and annual supervision for registration and/or re-assessment.

Areas covered: Birmingham and West Midlands

Jez Spencer

Email: 6188ltd@gmail.com

Telephone: 07769 332421

Jez has worked in mental health and suicide prevention for 27 years specialising in Suicide Prevention. He qualified as a Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Trainer in 2000 training staff in HM Prisons, NHS, Corporate and Voluntary Sector. He has been practicing the NADA 5 point auricular protocol since 1997.

Areas covered:

Janet Stevens

Email: janet@calmacupuncture.co.uk

Telephone: 07450 270900

Janet trained as an Acupuncturist at the Northern College of Acupuncture and runs a low cost, multi-bed acupuncture clinic in the northwest of England in Lancaster and supports students at the Northern College of Acupuncture as a Clinic Supervisor and NADA Tutor.

She is passionate about making acupuncture accessible to all which led her to volunteering with Judy Blair in assisting at her training sessions and recently to becoming a NADA GB Trainer.

Areas covered: North West England (Lancashire and South Cumbria).

Jo Tobin

Email: jo@iceniipswich.org

Telephone: 01473 214006

Jo is a Micro System Acupuncture Therapist and is the Complementary Therapist Lead and a Family support worker with Iceni Ipswich, working there since 2004.

Jo began her studies and trained with The Yuan Traditional Medicine College in London and Spain in 2003 and has been a trainer and supervisor in auricular acupuncture since 2008. She has also trained with Jong Baik at the Korean Hand Acupuncture Institute. Jo now teachers The NADA Protocol, The Master Auricular Course and Cosmetic Facial Acupuncture.

Jo works with the physical and mental and emotional wellbeing of the client, specialising in Addiction of drug, alcohol and medication detox, PTSD, stress anxiety, organ disease and pain management within her clinic. The NADA protocol was the first level she learnt and she feels it has changed her life

Areas covered: Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk.

Dave Tossell

Email: davetossell25@gmail.com

Telephone: 07854 291001

Dave commenced employment with the NHS in 1994 working in Mental Health and then progressed into the Substance Misuse field and completed his diploma in Substance Misuse. He managed a Recovery Service for three years which commenced in 2002 and recently was a Care Coordinator in Primary Care.

Dave has been delivering the NADA protocol for 17 years as an Auricular Acupuncturist. From 1st September 2018, Dave became the owner of Acu Auri, a Microsystems Clinic in Barnsley.

Areas covered: Yorkshire

Anna Venables

Email: anna_venables@yahoo.co.uk

Website (via enquiry form): www.mtat.uk

Anna is an experienced microsystems acupuncturist and trainer, having set up and delivered extensive complementary therapy services within Birmingham and Solihull NHS and voluntary sector substance misuse and mental health services since 2000, including provision of NHS ear acupuncture supervision with Nick Shough.

Anna has trained extensively in microsystems acupuncture with longstanding teacher John Tindall (Yuan TCM) and added to her learning from other respected acupuncture figures: Terry Oleson, Amanda Shayle and Jong Baik.

Anna is founder of Microsystems Therapies and Training and has a special interest in the field of mental health, trauma and attachment, contributing not only through the integration of oriental and western principles of auricular acupuncture but also through education and research, being a specialist Social Emotion and Mental Health teacher (PG Cert.).

Areas covered: Birmingham, Solihull and surrounding areas alongside Nick Shough.

Alice Young

Email: young_alice@hotmail.com

Telephone: 07854 411444

Anna finds real joy in taking students through the process of learning how to treat people with the NADA 5-point detoxification system; an empowering journey from absolute novice to a confident practitioner in just a few days and giving the tools for each student to have absolute confidence in themselves as a NADA practitioner.

She has been supporting the training of students at the Yuan Clinic and College in London for the past five years in different Microsystems; the ear, face, scalp, hand and foot, led by John Tindall, co-founder of NADA GB.

She operates a busy multi-bed clinic in London and also a 1-1 practice in both London, St Leonards On Sea and Hastings..

Alice’s background is in Training & Development, delivering trainings to adults worldwide on how to empower children with tools to learn without reliance on adults. She caries this philosophy and approach in her training practice with acupuncture, with the firm belief we are all our greatest teacher.

Areas covered: London and Sussex