Consultants Profiles

Tina Burchill RSHom: Newsletter Editor and Media Consultant

Tina Burchill joined the Society’s team early in 2004, when she took on the role of Newsletter editor. Her initial brief was to implement a major re-design, making good use of her 16 years experience in the field of journalism.The result was the precursor of the Newsletter as it is today. Tina stresses that it is constantly evolving with the aim of improving with each issue. The job is wide ranging, involving both the big picture - planning and co-ordinating all editorial copy and photographs – and the miniscule details of writing picture captions and making sure everything fits as it should.

At the time she took on the role, Tina was a third year student at the School of Homeopathy in Devon, having discovered homeopathy in 1997 when her then baby son developed severe eczema. She qualified in June 2005 and set up a clinic in her local area. In January 2006, she took over a corporate homeopathy clinic at the head office of a newspaper group in London, which she continues to run on a fortnightly basis. In October 2007, Tina was appointed media consultant. Working as part of the communication team, she is involved in all aspects of communication, both in getting information out to members and the public, and in helping to implement the Society’s media strategy. Her journalistic career spans eight years as a reporter on local newspapers, including the Gloucestershire Echo, the Lancashire Evening Post and the Leicester Mercury, followed by two years as assistant news editor on the Leicester Mercury, a post she left in 1996 when her son was born. She continued to do freelance work, and had features published in The Telegraph, The Times and The Guardian, as well as parent/baby magazines.

Zofia Dymitr FSHom Consultant

Zofia was a Society director for eight years and took on various roles including Welfare Director, Honorary Secretary and was Chair for four years. These roles have informed her awareness of developments within the profession over the last 14 years. She has represented the Society on both CORH council and Accreditation Working Group over the last six years. Zofia is the Society's representative on the European Council for Classical Homeopathy which represents and seeks to develop the homeopathy profession in Europe.

Zofia is also Vice Chair of the European Council for Classical Homeopathy, and has been a member of the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board and Accreditation Committee since March 2005.

A graduate of the Northern College of Homeopathy, Zofia has been a practising homeopath for 22 years. She has completed training in supervision as well as the Society’s Assessor training and is also part of the student liaison team visiting colleges.

Rachel Roberts RSHom Research Consultant

Rachel joined the Society as Research Consultant in June 2008. She works closely with the Chief Executive, the Communications team and the Research Committee, providing colleagues with relevant information about research in homeopathy. Rachel is also tasked with ensuring the research section of the Society’s website is kept up to date and acts as a useful resource for those with an interest in research.

Rachel graduated as a homeopath in 1997 and currently practises in London and Bristol. Before discovering homeopathy she gained a degree in Biological Sciences (specialising in Physiology) from the University of Birmingham. It was the experience of conducting a final-year research project for this degree that sparked a life-long interest in research. Rachel is a visiting lecturer at various colleges in the UK and overseas, teaching all aspects of the homeopathic and medical science syllabuses. Rachel was a speaker at the Society of Homeopath’s Conference in 2005 and the Student Conference in 2007.

Francis Treuherz FSHom Journal Editor

Francis Treuherz lives in London with his family and a huge collection of books, and old bottles and portraits and other artifacts from the history of homeopathy. He was editor of the Journal from 1986 to 1993 and is delighted to be back in the editor's chair since January 2007. He works with a dedicated team of editorial advisers, proof readers, and designers.

He has written many clinical and historical articles, an account of his work in the NHS (Homoeopathy in General Practice on sale from the Society office) and a book on the story of homeopathy in the Irish potato famine. He has lectured at schools and conferences in Chichester, Helsinki, Jerusalem, London, Manchester, Prague, San Francisco, Seattle, Stockholm and Westminster.

He is one of the founders and a trustee of a charity, the Homeopathy Action Trust sponsoring research, low cost clinics, student support, a magazine for patients and more. Francis raises funds through the sale of donated used homeopathy books.

He now sees patients privately in London and Letchworth, having been in full time practice since 1984, including 13 years in NHS primary care, and many years on a homeopathic helpline telephone service.