My name is Oephebia, I was born many moons ago in Paris (France). Since early childhood, I always have been an animal lover.

Pinky the Schnauzer came to live with us (my family), when I was a teenager. He was such a character and I always communicated with him (although I did not know at the time I was communicating, it just occurred naturally).

When he was put to sleep (old age), he came to say goodbye in my head, at the exact time of this departure, despite me being in England and him in France!

As the years passed by, I had a few animals like a cute little mouse, a dwarf rabbit, a cat, a pair of lovebirds, a pair of parakeets and the love of my life; a Blue Fronted Amazonian parrot named Coco which now lives happily in a parrot sanctuary based in Lincolnshire with a colony of Amazons like him. He even has a girlfriend!

After Coco went to the sanctuary, I decided to train as an animal communicator. During my training I realised that during all these years I just communicated naturally with my animals, the only thing is I did not know that this wonderful way of being with animals was called animal communication. Everything fell into place during the training.

Since 2003, I lived with an African Pygmy Hedgehog called Zoë. Sadly, this beautiful soul had to be put to sleep in November 2008.

I am a fully qualified professional Animal communicator (ACT2). I qualified with an average of 97% accuracy on the cases I worked on for the examinations. The panel for the four exams is a mix of people involved in animal welfare such as a vet, an animal behaviourist, an animal trainer and a representative from an animal welfare organisation.

As a trained and qualified animal healer (MHAO), I am very aware of the energies surrounding every living creature and plant. I work on an intuitive level and use different techniques such as chakra balancing, compassionate release and spiritual healing to help an animal to balance their energies between the mind, body and spirit.

My aim is to help animals (pets and wild) and their people to understand each other better, to respect each other and above all to give all creatures the love and understanding they deserve.

As I have a particular interest in parrots, I support two charities in the UK dedicated to the rescue and welfare of unwanted and neglected parrots: NPLR (New Life Parrot Rescue) here in England and the Island Parrot Sanctuary in Scotland.

I have been working with different organisations as a healer on a voluntary basis including the RSPCA (South Godstone and Patcham) and the Celia Hammond Trust in Hastings.