Denise Tiran MSc RM RN ADM PGCEA
a midwife, university lecturer, author and complementary practitioner,
is an acknowledged international expert in maternity-related complementary medicine.
She has written numerous professional textbooks, chapters and journal papers,
and a book for expectant mothers. She is a member of the editorial committee of the Complementary
Therapies in Clinical Practice journal, an advisor to Pregnancy and Birth magazine,
has previously written a health column in the Daily Express
and has featured on several TV and radio programmes.
Denise uses several therapies, including reflex zone therapy, acupressure, moxibustion, herbal,
homeopathic and Bach flower remedies, aromatherapy, nutrition and sexual counselling.
She established a unique complementary therapy antenatal clinic at Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust in Kent,
between 1994-2004, which was “Highly Commended” in the 2001 Prince of Wales’ Awards for Healthcare in London,
and which gained an international reputation as an example of complementary medicine integrated within
conventional maternity care. Denise specialises in the treatment of “morning sickness”.
Denise is a frequent conference speaker, in the UK and overseas. She is Chair of the
Complementary Maternity Forum and a midwifery representative for the Prince of Wales’ Foundation for Integrated Health.
She regularly advises the Royal Colleges of Midwives and Nursing on complementary medicine
in maternity care, and has been consulted by the midwifery Local Supervising Authority officers for
England on the development of supervisory guidelines. She was the midwifery representative of a
Royal College of Nursing / Foundation for Integrated Medicine working party on complementary medicine
education in midwifery and nursing, exploring specifically issues related to Fitness to Practice.
Prior to establishing Expectancy, Denise was Principal Lecturer and Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons)
Complementary Therapies at the University of Greenwich, London, UK, where she developed one of the
first practice-based degree programmes on complementary medicine. She has undertaken research,
funded by the Dept of Health, to investigate continuing professional development amongst complementary
practitioners. She continues teaching at the University as an Honorary Lecturer and her current research
activities include an exploration of complementary therapies for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy,
and a study to investigate the potential of reflexology to predict stages of the menstrual cycle.
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Maggie Evans MSc RM RN HV Cert
originally trained as a nurse, but has spent most of her career in midwifery and health visiting.
More recently she spent ten years as a midwifery lecturer, where she taught complementary therapies
on the midwifery curriculum and post basic study days. Maggie is a qualified complementary therapist,
applying aromatherapy, reflexology, Bach flower remedies, nutrition and shiatsu to midwifery practice.
She has a strong commitment to the promotion of complementary therapies in maternity care,
in order to enhance holistic care for women before and during pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Maggie completed a Masters degree in Complementary Therapies at the University of Westminster in 1999.
She is currently working as a freelance lecturer and complementary therapist, and is co-editing a midwifery textbook.
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