Watsu therapy in Wakefield

Highly commended - Excellence 2016 in the 'Excellence in improving health and wellbeing' category.

Watsu is a unique type of therapy which involves a service user being immersed in warm water and, whilst being held and supported by a therapist, gently moved around, stretched and massaged.

The team on Trinity 1 in Wakefield are the first team to offer Watsu in an inpatient mental health setting, and have received 100% positive feedback on its benefits. Service users have reported increased mobility and flexibility, a sense of relaxation, more restful sleep, and an emotional release. One service user even commented that his experience of Watsu would stay with him for the rest of his life.

"I am so privileged to have been one of the first patients to have received Watsu therapy in this Trust. It has been the perfect vehicle, enabling me to relax and also let go of all the tension by putting complete trust in another person" - Kate Amaral, service user.

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