ABOUT ME

After a previous career in the voluntary sector, delivering, shaping and managing information and counselling services, I trained with the Institute for Traditional and Herbal Medicine (ITHMA) in London and qualified in 2006. I run my own aromatherapy and massage practice, and I’m an aromatherapy author, educator and essential oil researcher. I also talk internationally.

In 2020, I wrote Working with Unusual Oils – Volume 1, covering 18 more unusual oils. In 2024, my second book, Working with Unusual Essential Oils (published by Singing Dragon), covered 40 lesser-known essential oils. My third book Aroma, Aromatherapy and Trauma comes out in March 2025. I have written over 20 articles (including peer-reviewed ones) for several international aromatherapy journals, including the International Journal of Professional Holistic Aromatherapy, Aromatika, In Essence and Aromatherapy Today.

I am a member of the International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (IFPA). https://ifparoma.org/

Helen Nagle-Smith (BA, MIFPA)