Principals of Naturopathic Medicine:

• Treat the cause - my goal as a practitioner is to identify and treat the root cause of illness and symptoms. Symptom management is important, but getting to the cause is vital for long term results.

• Treat the whole person - all aspects of an individual are considered (including physical, emotional, environment, nutrition, genetics, previous traumas). “It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease, than to know what sort of disease a person has” - Hippocrates.

• Heal naturally - harnessing the body’s natural ability to regain homeostasis (balance) and heal itself. Restoring health by removing obstacles to healing, and identifying treatments to enhance and induce healing capabilities.

• Do no harm - using natural, least toxic or invasive therapies first to restore physiological, psychological and structural balance.

• Guidance - focused on educating, empowering and motivating clients to regain health intuition and responsibility.

• Prevention is better than cure - If the bathroom sink is overflowing, would you first mop up the excess or turn off the tap? It's better to stop something happening than to repair the damage after it has occurred. Once you have reached a good point, I will recommend more long-term maintenance approaches to strengthen areas with susceptibilities to help build resilience and offer long term protection for your health.