Sunflower therapy (also known as the Sunflower Method) is a holistic healing approach intended to help children with learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD. It involves a number of techniques, including applied kinesiology, physical manipulation, massage, homeopathy, herbal remedies and Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP).

The Sunflower Trust was founded in 1995 in the UK by Mark Mathews, a Guildford osteopath.

The Sunflower Therapy is a new and effective approach to helping children with learning and behaviour difficulties.

In a comprehensive step by step process, the child's muscular-skeletal system, neurological responses, diet, nutrition and psychological state are assessed and treated naturally.

Research shows that this method can bring children greater health, happiness and confidence, and ability to achieve more of their own potential.

Our Beliefs:

Balanced, well-integrated, healthy children naturally perform better, feel better, achieve more, have a greater sense of self-esteem and get on better with others.

Learning Difficulties

The term 'learning difficulties' is used to cover a wide range of problems. Children who have difficulty with handwriting or in learning to read and spell often manifest problems such as memory recall blocks, attention deficit, speech delay, clumsiness, poor co-ordination and other health problems. Each child's difficulties are unique - a combination of auditory, visual, muscular, chemical, emotional and neurological imbalances.

Extraordinary improvements in some children's performance in various areas of their lives, including academic accomplishments, have been observed after treatment via the Sunflower Therapy.

The Sunflower Method

The process begins with the practitioner's full assessment of the child and report of findings. There follows treatment in stages of structural, chemical, neurological and psychological elements.

Typically there will be around twelve treatments, probably over one year, at a cost of about £800 - £1000.

Sunflower Practitioners

The ability to talk to somebody who understood all aspects of Andrew’s condition helped us greatly

Practitioners are experienced healthcare professionals (osteopaths, chiropractors or doctors) who have completed rigorous post-graduate training. All are also skilled and qualified in using the sophisticated diagnostic technique of Applied Kinesiology, and in applying Neuro Linguistic Programming.

The Sunflower Therapy is successfully used to treat the following conditions in children:

• Dyslexia


• Dyspraxia


• Memory recall blocks


• Attention deficit


• Speech delay


• Clumsiness


• Poor Co-ordination