Pain, poor immune functioning, metabolic problems, infertility, anxiety, grief, stress and depression all impact on our ability to live happy, fulfilling and energetic lives.
Our various practitioners seek to work with you and your primary health carers to deal with the underlying causes of the symptoms that are impacting on your enjoyment of life. All of these therapies are covered by most health funds, but your ability to claim will depend on your personal cover.
Naturopathy
Naturopathy is based on the understanding that the body is self- healing. The belief is that if given the right healthy environment the body can recover and repair itself.
Naturopaths have many recommendations and natural therapies to create that healthy environment. They will look at your diet, medical history, family history, pathology test as well as your work and exercise habits.
Our naturopaths seek to work with your Doctors and primary health care practitioners to make sure that you have no negative reactions between necessary medications and herbal treatments.
Nutrition
Illness and poor overall health often stem from nutritional deficiencies because of poor diet or mal absorption. Nutritionists work like a detective to understand the source of the deficiency and discover how to balance out any deficiencies.
Through specific questioning, blood test and analysis our nutritionist will be able to help discover the contributing factors and resolve them through good dietary practice.
Our nutritionist will work with your Doctor or primary health care provider to ensure that any nutritional supplementation is safe and has appropriate inter-reactions with necessary medications.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture has become a integrated part of the primary health care system, this is known as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Acupuncture has a history of development dating back for thousands of years throughout China and varoius areas of East Asia.
Acupuncture is effective, natural and has become an increasingly popular health treatment.
Acupuncture adopts a wholistic approach to treatment, through understanding of normal function and disease processes, the treatment focuses greatly on the prevention of illness.
While healthy, "life energy" will flow through the body's meridians in an abundant supply of qi (pronounced chee) . If the flow through the meridians becomes blocked, or there becomes an inadequate supply of qi, then the body fails to retain order, balance and harmony, and illness or disease can follow on from this. These conditions can occur as the result of overwork, stress, disease pathogens, poor diet, weather and external environmental conditions, such as lifestyle factors. These factors will become clear to your practitioner through signs of body dysfunction. By establishing signs of health and body dysfunction, TCM practitioners giving particular attention to the presenting signs, symptoms, medical history, and the tongue and pulse.
Acupuncture treatment is basically the insertion of very slender, sterile needles into acupuncture points along the body's meridian lines to clear energy blockages, encouraging the normal flow of qi throughout the body. The practitioner may also use other methods to help stimulate the acupuncture points, including techniques such as cupping, moxibustion, laser therapy, massage and electro-stimulation in order help re-establish the flow of energy.
Occupational Therapy
Occupation is EVERTHING we do and want to do in everyday life. Factors such as illness, disability and life change, can interfere with your experience and satisfaction in life. Occupational Therapy is a health profession that assists people to overcome barriers to engage in meaningful and productive activities.
Mental health occupational therapy is about assessing the gaps in your satisfaction and/or function in many life areas and sharing skills to help you 'get more out of life' or even just 'get a life'! Some important life areas and roles may be leisure, household, relationships, financial, vocational, physical health, and mental health, emotional and parenting.
Our Occupational Therapist, Liz Fourie, is an accredited Mental Health Therapist with over 16 years experience in mental health recovery, community health and alcohol and substance dependency. She specialises in assessing how your mental health may impact on being able to do the things you really want to and need to do. She works with you in utilizing your strengths and resources to participate in activities, manage your symptoms and reward yourself with good mental health! Liz works with adolescents and adults with a range of mental health conditions.
OT may be particularly beneficial for people who:
- Are experiencing mental health issues secondary to major life change, such as retirement, divorce, bereavement, a traumatic event/disaster or injury
- Face challenging lifestyle issues, such as excessive demands, carer role, lack of activity or social isolation
- Are having difficulty juggling or fulfilling occupational roles at home and/or work
- Struggle with life skills such as stress management, problem solving or communication
- Could benefit from a practical, solution based approach to managing their health
Occupational Therapy (OT) is a 4 year degree where occupational therapists study subjects such as anatomy, physiology, psychology, psychiatry subjects and life span development. Occupational therapists work in areas such as mental health, disability, neurological rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, aged care, brain injury and paediatrics.
You may be eligible for rebate for OT through Medicare or private health insurance.
innerShe counselling by Liz Lotscher
innerShe counselling is for women who feel overwhelmed in life and just want to feel good about themselves again.
Your life would be perfect except, for that one thing… the reproductive issue that keeps on hurting, your relationship worries, your body confidence or sexuality issues, or your stress and anxiety levels or that secret from your past. No matter the cause you’re struggling with, you probably find it hard to trust yourself fully or be yourself deeply.
If you have tried counselling before and it was like mental gymnastics, or if you have tried body work but never seemed to get to the bottom of your issue, or if you have managed your issues by keeping yourself busy or maybe, you have never thought you could live life another way, then my heart feels for you. You are not alone in feeling this way.
To heal your issues from the core, to let go of stress and bring joy, clarity and self trust back into your life requires two things. Firstly, by creating the space in your life to heal and secondly, to explore your problems holistically, that is, with your womanly body, mind and heart.
Liz Lotscher has had a passion for working with woman and their reproductive and spiritual wellness for over twenty years. In her counselling practice She draws on modern body/mind science, Tantric and Taoist sexuality and Anthroposophical and Buddhist psychotherapeutic approaches to mental health and self esteem. Liz is also trained in Family Constellations processes, Artistic therapy and has a background in Hospitality Management, Childcare and Information Technology.