Introducing our clinic and team
Our clinic was established in 2023 by Dr CJ Godden and is located in Shifnal, close to the M54 and accessible by train, convenient for patients in the West Midlands. There is easy off road parking, with an electric car charging point.
Oakfield Herbal Medical Practice is in a quiet, private location, and we offer the opportunity to take appointments in the garden; as the weather permits.
Dr CJ Godden BA, BMBS, Dip.HM, MNIHM
Medical Herbalist
Dr CJ Godden has nearly two decades of experience working for the NHS including Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care and latterly in General Practice. Dr CJ Godden is a true life-long learner holding degrees in Law & Philosophy, Medicine & Surgery and a Diploma in Herbal Medicine.
Dr CJ Godden studied Herbal Medicine for four years including; human anatomy & physiology, pathology, botany, ecology, herbal tradition, pharmacopoeia, pharmacology, clinical & business skills and completed 500 clinic hours necessary for Professional Qualification and membership with the National Institute of Herbal Medicine. He was awarded a distinction.
Dr CJ Godden adopts an integrative approach to health and wellbeing. This integration is both at the level of modern scientific medicine and traditional herbal practice, and also at the level of the person seeking aid. This refers to increasing the harmony and coherence of the whole being; focused on the person and their unique experience rather than the disease or disorder. The intention is to promote and enhance well-being, resilience, and the realisation of an individual's innate capacities for; self-care, self-regulation and self-healing. The herbal medicine supports this process drawing on the evolved power of plants to support, sustain and to heal.