Naturopathic
Services
Bel is a clinical naturopath who uses a holistic whole-body approach to find and treat the root cause of imbalance or dis-ease.
Understanding you are more than your illness or collection of symptoms; Bel integrates traditional medicine with scientific evidence-based research to support the body’s innate ability to heal and thrive.
Recognising the interaction between systems of the body Bel takes an individualised approach to health and healing using many avenues including:
Holistic Nutrition
The philosophy of Hippocrates (the founder of naturopathic medicine), Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’ is at the core of naturopathic treatment.
Diet and nutritional interventions are utilised to ensure a varied diet balanced in macro, micro and phytonutrients. Nutritional recommendations including recipes are specific to your bio individuality.
Lifestyle Advice
Our genetic expressions are influenced by behavioural and lifestyle factors. Lifestyle modifications are addressed in consultations including, sleep, stress management, movement (physical activity), rest, exposure to sunshine, toxin exposure and ensuring support networks.
Herbal Medicine
Herbal medicine is the most utilised naturopathic tool for healing imbalance and dis- ease. Our ancestors have used plants as medicine to thrive and survive for thousands of years. Herbal medicine uses plants containing chemical constituents to treat ailments of the body by providing a broad scope effect on the body’s physiology.
Plant preparations are made by using plant parts (roots, leaves, flowers and bark) to form tinctures/tonics and herbal infusions. These tonics are used to help regulate, stimulate or tonify the organs or systems of the body without overriding or shutting down the body’s own innate capacity to restore balance and maintain homeostasis.
This ancient art of healing gifts us the real power of nature and is now backed up with modern scientific, evidence-based research.
Nutraceuticals
A Naturopath uses a food first approach when it comes to supporting you to thrive; however, there are times when our nutritional demands are increased. and nutrient supplementation is considered to ensure optimal nutrient levels to prevent depletion and regain health.
Energetic Medicine
Energetic medicine is used where necessary, when there are emotional blockages to healing. Australian Bush flower and Bach flower essences help release suppressed emotions allowing you to truly heal and regain balance in the body.
NATUROPATHIC APPOINTMENTS
Initial appointment $195
Initial consultations are 75 minutes and include:
Holistic health assessment
Family and medical history
Dietary and lifestyle analysis
Pathology interpretation
Referral for further investigations – pathology or functional testing where necessary
A holistic understanding of your presentation
Lifestyle and dietary advice including recipes
Nutritional supplementation and/or herbal prescription
Follow up appointment $120
Follow up appointments are 30 - 45 minutes
These appointments are to check in on your progress, to ensure your health journey is on track and goals being reached.
Revision of health symptoms
Pathology/functional testing analaysis
Updates to prescription
Subsequent follow ups to implant a long term plan to maintain your health.
Extended follow up to 60 mins advised where necessary $150
Couples Initial fertility appointment $349
A couples fertility appointment aims to facilitate healthy conception, address fertility concerns and uncover and treat the underlying cause of infertility.
Whether wanting to fall pregnant naturally or with assisted reproductive technology (ART), proper preconception care is critical to improving fertility and increasing your chance of conception and carrying a healthy baby to term.
It takes two cells, 1 egg and 1 sperm, each of which carry 50% of the DNA that will make up your future baby, therefore both partners need to be a part of the preconception journey when it comes to creating a healthy baby.
This appointment is for couples wanting:
To optimise their chance of natural conception
To address male fertility issues including poor sperm concentration, motility, morphology and/or DNA quality
To address female fertility issues including poor ovarian reserve, women over 40 yrs trying to conceive, PCOS, endometriosis, hormonal dysregulation.
Support through ART such as IUI, IVF, donor sperm cycle
Help to identify and resolve causes of miscarriage and poor embryo quality.
Support for unexplained fertility, e.g. tests come back within range, but you are still not pregnant?
Initial couple fertility consultations are 2 hours long and include:
A holistic health assessment of both you and your partner
Dietary and lifestyle analysis
Pathology interpretation
Referral for pathology or functional testing where necessary
Referral for further investigations
A holistic understanding of fertility concerns
A treatment prescription including - Lifestyle advice, dietary advice including recipes, nutritional supplementation and herbal prescription
Naturopathic Areas of focus:
Women’s Health and Hormones
Premenstrual symtoms, PMS, PMT, PMDD,
Post contraceptive/pill cycle regulation
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
Hormonal acne
Endometriosis and adenomyosis
Menopause
Weight management: holistic weight loss or weight gain,
Preconception/Fertiilty, Pregnancy and Postpartum Care
Natural Fertility enhancement
Integrative fertility treatments (IVF,IUI)
Male factor fertility - enhancing
Preparation for labour
Breastfeeding support
Post Natal Depletion
Mental Health
Eating disorder recovery
Addiction,
OCD
Anxiety and Depression
Mood swings,
Sleep issues and insomnia
Headaches/migraines
Digestive Complaints:
Food sensitivities, intolerances,
Bloating, constipation, diarrhoea, abdominal pain
IBS, IBD, colitis
Reflux, heartburn
Parasitic infections
Children’s health and nutrition:
immune support,
anxiety,
skin conditions
gastrointestinal upset
allergies
Immune conditions
autoimmune conditions
recurrent infections (UTI’s)
Recurrent thrush
Bacterial vaginosis
Endocrine dysfunction:
undiagnosed thyroid conditions, hypothyroid, hyperthyroid, hashimotos,
Diabetes, insulin resistance
Skin conditions:
eczema, psoriasis, acne
Metabolic syndrome
Qualifications and Associations:
Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy)
Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement Studies)
Diploma of Massage
Cert III and Cert IV Fitness
Diploma in Community Services (Mental Health)
Cert Myofascial Dry Needling/Cupping
Registered member of Australian Natural Therapies Association (ANTA): Member number #23423
Working with children blue card
First Aid and CPR