We are all familiar with expressions such as ‘red with anger’,  green with envy’ and ‘feeling blue’, it is accepted that colours affect our emotions and it is also accepted that emotional states effect our physical health.  Colour therapy uses colour and light to treat a variety of health conditions; by altering the colours around us overall health and well being can be improved.  

Colour therapy can help with many conditions but in particular, stress, anxiety, behavioural disorders, derpression and it may be useful after illness or surgery related conditions.

Just a few examples of how light can help health issues - the winter months can often bring the blues, Seasonal Affective Disorder is readily cured by sitting in front of bright light (10,000lux) for about half an hour morning and evening.  Until the 1960s babies born prematurely suffered a life-threatening condition of jaundice, which may have necessitated a blood transfusion, but it is now known  that all is required is exposure to light. This cure results from the chemical breakdown of bilirubin by full spectrum or blue light.  Dyslexia sufferers can now read more comfortably with tinted glasses or overlays; black and white is often too harsh for them to see clearly.

Use our online directory to find Colour therapists in your county using the search box at the top of the page.