I have over 20 years of clinical experience as a medical doctor, mostly in General Practice.  I am passionate about working with physical, emotional and mental health together, as a whole-person approach.

Over recent years, I have trained in the practice of mind-body medicine, understanding the vital role of psychological factors, stress and emotions in the development and treatment of physical symptoms.

Your mind affects your body and your body affects your mind.

This occurs through the power of your brain and nervous system. 

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Your brain has one main job: to keep you safe and alive.

Any threat to your safety will create physical changes in your body designed to protect you.

In a fast-paced, demanding world, these threats are everywhere.

Your own thoughts and feelings can also make your brain feel unsafe.

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Over time, these protective responses generated by your brain build up into persistent symptoms such as pain, fatigue, headaches, intestinal problems, bladder issues, anxiety and depression.

For a more detailed list of mind-body conditions, click here.

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Symptoms produced by an overly-protective nervous system are very real physical symptoms, but they are not caused by a disease process in the body itself.

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When these mind-body symptoms are not diagnosed correctly, and treated like a physical problem, you may experience the following:

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• You are suffering but you are told that there is nothing wrong with your body.

• You are offered medical or surgical treatment but your symptoms do not improve as expected.

• You develop multiple symptoms and conditions in different parts of your body.

• You are made to feel that you are making your symptoms up or they are all in your head.

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When you understand that your symptoms are arising from your nervous system,

due to a brain in high alert,

then you can focus your attention on calming the brain, which will allow the symptoms to resolve naturally. 

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