Suffolk’s premier centre of integrative medicine and complementary therapies

WELLSPRING – the name
A name for the centre was sought with a ‘water’ and ‘health’ aspect. The centre is in Lower ‘Brook’ Street and leads down to the ‘Waterfront’ from Ipswich town centre.
Water is essential for life itself and it maintains a healthy body. A ‘well’ is a deep source of water and also means 'in good health'. A ‘spring’ is a source of water rising from the ground and the beginning of a flow of water that can spread outwards to reach many people.

Wellspring provides health and healing to those in Ipswich and the surrounding area of Suffolk and East Anglia 

WELLSPRING – the source

Desiree Shelley, Medical Herbalist, opened Wellspring on July 18 ^th 2005 as a place to practice herbal medicine and to work collaboratively with like minded professionals.Once the premises had been found a six month refurbishment programme got underway. The result is a modest interior, which is warm and welcoming from the reception area to each of the five individual consulting rooms.

WELLSPRING – the ethos

All the therapists at Wellspring are committed to offering health and healing to their clients. We all work together for the benefit of the client and never work in competition with each other.

Each therapist holds a nationally recognised qualification in their area of expertise and are members of a professional organisation that oversees their programme of continuing professional development.

Potential clients are welcome to talk with their chosen therapist on the telephone or for a short informal consultation at Wellspring. We believe that it is important to feel comfortable with the therapist to gain most benefit from the therapy. We are also able to offer some taster therapies to try before you commit. The more you know about your chosen therapy the more effective it will be.

WELLSPRING - the vision
We see the centre as a tranquil haven where people come to replenish their energies, seek solutions to their physical or emotional problems, or maintain their good health. It is like the first drop of water in a still pool that radiates ripples of wellbeing from the centre out to an ever increasing circumference.


WELLSPRING - the future
There are many paths open to us all as we travel through life. As a building, Wellspring stands firm in Lower Brook Street, offering health and healing to all who take the path to our door.

When clients leave they take our principles of caring and kindness into the outside world and so the ripples of our vision extends to others.

In the future it is hoped that we will work closer, in an integrated way, with our NHS colleagues and that we will take our mission of health and healing to wherever we are led