Services

Naturopathy

Naturopathy involves a holistic approach to health and healing. This includes an understanding of everything – past and present- that is influencing your current health and happiness. A naturopathic consultation takes into consideration your past illness and trauma, current diet and nutrition, lifestyle and social interaction, stressful influences, weight and exercise and everything that could be impacting your life.

In this way, underlying causes for health concerns may be recognised and addressed, thus helping the body to heal from within.

Naturopathy addresses each case individually and uses a variety of aids, such as herbs, vitamins and minerals, homeopathy, diet, stress management, flower essences and in-depth consultations, to help the body on its journey away from disease and towards improved health.

Nutrition

Nutrition plays a vital role in supplying our body's cells with essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients, essential for health and wellbeing.

When these are lacking, our cells struggle to function as they should, and this leads to both short-term illness and chronic disease.

Everyone has their own nutritional needs, depending on their lifestyle, age, health and workload.

I specialize in individual diets, including those for Coeliac Disease, Gluten Intolerance, Stress Overload, Immune Boosting and Weight Loss Programs.

Gut and Bowel Problems

"We are what we eat", should be corrected to "We are what we absorb".

Gut and Bowel Health can now be connected directly to our overall health. 70% of our immune system and over 80% of our energy can come from our gut and bowel mucosal lining. When this is impacted and damaged, we develop problems such as bloating, constipation, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, flatulence and then more serious illnesses such as Chrone's Disease, IBS and Bowel Cancer, for example.

Finding the root causes of gut and bowel problems, will help remove uncomfortable symptoms and encourage our bowels to better absorb the nutrients we need for better health. It will also work towards improving our immune system and prevention of more serious illness and disease.

GI MAP – Stool testing

Gastrointestinal Microbial Assay Plus (GI-MAP), can assess the microbiome from a single stool sample. It screens for pathogenic bacteria, commensal bacteria, opportunistic pathogens, fungi, viruses and parasites. These microbes can disturb the normal microbial balance and contribute to gastrointestinal disturbances and overall ill-health.

GI-MAP uses a multiplex, automated, DNA analysis, to provide an integrative view of the gastrointestinal microbiome. It also gives standard markers for immunity, inflammation and digestion. Some of the pathogenic organisms and parasites detected include C. difficile, E. coli, Salmonella, Giardia and Helicobacter pylori. An overall view of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ bacteria can be seen and also their quantities are measured, so there are clear guidelines for correction with the use of herbs, diet and pre/probiotics.

Children’s Health

Children face the challenge of increasing allergies, food sensitivities, eczema, skin conditions, learning difficulties, behavioural problems, and anxiety. Natural help is available through the understanding of today’s foods, their current lifestyle and how these are affecting their overall health.

Natural help includes diet adjustment, supplementation of deficient vitamin and minerals, relaxation techniques, exercise and outdoor therapy, homeopathy, flower essences and an overall look at how they are coping with their current life.

Stress Management

Stress can be the underlying cause for both short-term and chronic long-term illness. Our modern lifestyle brings with it many stressful influences including high-pressure employment, financial burdens, family pressure, social isolation, and an unrealistic pressure to look and behave, a certain way.

Naturopathy looks at both internal and external stressors impacting bodily function. Identifying these and treating with natural methods, will enable the body to relax and heal from within.

Flower Essences

The gift of healing through Australian Bush Flower Essences. Flower essences address the psychological, spiritual, and physical states of our bodies.

They heal ‘deep’ within our bodies and help bring a person into emotional, spiritual, and mental harmony. Emotional imbalances and past trauma can greatly influence a person’s health and can lay behind many physical illnesses.

Flower essences can be effective for adults, children, and animals.

Detox Programmes

Detoxification involves removing toxins from our bodily systems.

Over 2000 new chemicals are produced each year, which impact our soil, water, air, and food supply. Exposure to these toxins is unavoidable and build up in our body’s tissues, influencing our cellular function and ultimately affecting our short-term and long-term health.

Detoxification programmes aim to remove these toxins through key elimination channels, such as the liver, kidneys, and digestion tract. Special programmes can be designed for individuals and also group programmes are run periodically.

OMX : Advanced Organic Metabolomic Testing

This is a simple urine test to evaluate how, or why your body is working the way it is. It will reveal your unique metabolic signature and point towards possible root causes for chronic illness.

Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory will analyse these results and provide expert interpretation for all findings, including -

• amino acids and protein metabolism
• levels of nutrition in your body, including key vitamins and minerals
• root causes for body stress and mood imbalances
• toxic impacts
• microbial metabolites
• metabolic pathway obstructions