Topsham Homeopathic Practice

23/06/2025

Curious to learn more about homeopathy? Have a read here: https://www.homeopathyschool.com/why-study-with-us/what-is-homeopathy/..

20/06/2025

With 20 years behind me (10 years in Topsham!) I’d like to celebrate the anniversary with a couple of Open Days and invite anyone who would like to meet me or to find out a little about homeopathy to drop in and have a chat. I will put out my books and some remedies for people to look at and there will be information to take away. Refreshments too!

I love my clinic in Topsham, and although people also come to me from far and wide (worldwide when on Zoom), I feel that I am a local homeopath and am grateful to be here.

If you are unable to come but would like to talk to me, do visit my website to arrange a free discovery call – I’m available when you need me (link is in the comments).

Come along on: Friday 27th June between 5.30 and 8.30 pm or on Saturday 28th June between 10.00 am and 1.00 pm. 18 Fore Street is the black door immediately to the right of Topsham Pharmacy. The door will be open, go straight through and up the stairs to the waiting room and my clinic.

I look forward to seeing you.

Cath Sleigh, homeopath.

10/04/2025

Happy Homeopathy Awareness Week!

Homeopathy Awareness Week - https://mailchi.mp/in-light/homeopathy-awareness-week-2025
This Homeopathy Awareness Week, we celebrate the power of homeopathy in bringing balance and healing—not just to individuals, but to communities and the planet as a whole.

10/01/2025

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12/11/2024

Study finds that most UK dietitians feel positive about plant-based diets, but 75 percent incorrectly believe plant protein is “incomplete"

12/11/2024

It's very disappointing that so many health professionals are not aware of the positive health benefits of a plant based diet.

Study finds that most UK dietitians feel positive about plant-based diets, but 75 percent incorrectly believe plant protein is “incomplete"

09/10/2024

My excellent colleague Karen Leadbeater showing what homeopathy can do.

Client testimonial:

Client of 15 years with recurring throat infections

“Great news! I gave him the one dose as you prescribed. Some weeks later he was on the edge so I dosed him again and since then he’s not been sick at all with any symptoms! He got a cold but it didn’t go to his throat. He’s been out on sleepovers, he’s camped on Dartmoor, he’s got wet in the rain, all things that would have previously had him off school and laid up in bed!

We are so extremely grateful and just wanted to pass on our thanks!”

21/07/2024

I think the best way of showing what homeopathy can do is to see how real people get better – so, with her permission, here is Melissa’s improvement.

Melissa came for homeopathy because she had been off work for many months after suffering a nervous breakdown: she was in a state of heightened, anxious shock that triggered flashbacks of childhood trauma. It was dominating her life.

In a chronic situation like this, homeopathy depends upon understanding the person and their state at its deepest level: Melissa described feeling that life was unpredictable, confusing and overwhelming. She had trust issues and was constantly on alert against being “attacked” and hurt. As a result, she was trying to control her feelings to avoid PTSD. Her sleep was disturbed and she had physical symptoms too, including neck, back and shoulder issues.

Based on my understanding of those symptoms I found a remedy for her and Melissa showed signs of improvement at her next appointment. She felt relief, “lighter” and had some perspective about her grief and losses. She wasn’t feeling the pain of her emotions so deeply. A great start.

After some months and adjusting the remedy’s strength, Melissa is going out more, has lost many of the emotional and physical symptoms she was struggling with - the central fearful feeling that she would be attacked is fading, allowing peace, better moods, good sleep and enjoyment of life to replace it.

Melissa says, “I’ve come out of my nervous breakdown. The biggest positive is that I’ve not been overwhelmed at all in all that time [of being treated].”

We are still working together, with a way to go before her full health potential is realised but I hope that it’s clear that homeopathy can help the whole person with all their symptoms, able to transform the negative, unwell state to the positive well one. Everyone is different and will need the remedy that suits them most accurately.

If you would like to work with me or would like to bring your child for homeopathy, do contact me for a chat via my website. The link is in the comments.
Cath Sleigh DSH RSHom

28/06/2024

A patient asked me how on earth I could find a very specific remedy for them out of the thousands that are available (success depends upon a remedy matching the whole symptom picture of the patient) and I thought it may be interesting to describe one of the many “maps” homeopaths use to narrow down to a remedy that is going to suit their patient.

A really nice map is Kingdoms: identifying qualities that might mean the person needs a remedy from the Animal, Plant or Mineral Kingdom.

Which Kingdom do you think that you may belong to?

A person needing an animal remedy may talk about themselves in terms of surviving, of being in competition against someone else, of feeling dominated by or superior to others. Being attractive, feeling a connection to a group and many other facets give clues to the animal kingdom. And then… is the animal an earthworm, a lion, a sea urchin, a bee, a snake…? There’s more work to be done! Sub-kingdoms all have further features and differences that help to pin-point a remedy.

But perhaps the Plant Kingdom is indicated. Plants are characterised by their sensitivity and reactivity: they will say “I am affected by… I am sensitive to… this hurts me… I can’t bear…” Their environment must be just right or they will suffer. People may be soft in nature, emotional, easily influenced, adaptable or irritable. Families of plants have characteristics that flag up what plant is needed. For example, there is pain and numbness in the Papaveraceae family, the sensation of constriction and becoming smaller in the Cactaceae family and so on. There are further sub-divisions to be considered too before a good match can be found.

And the Mineral kingdom? This is all about structure, whether that relates to identity, relationship, work, performance, responsibility… There is a lack within themselves that relate to one of these issues and means that they may not feel complete. They may present as organised and to the point. Homeopaths use the map of the Periodic Table to focus in on the area where the remedy may be found.

The Kingdoms are used by many homeopaths (not all) alongside other maps so that an individualised, ultra-diluted potency of the indicated remedy can be chosen to stimulate the symptom pattern of the patient.

Knowing a little of Nature’s characteristics as manifested in people is part of why I love homeopathy so much!

Do get in touch with me if you would like to discuss how I may help you. A link is in the comments.