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I offer one-to-one nutritional therapy consultations, nutrition reviews and am available to deliver talks

Consultations

Consultations can take place in person in my Forest Row clinic (near East Grinstead, Sussex), or by Zoom or telephone.
I offer a free 15-minute phone assessment to discuss whether Nutritional Therapy could help you. Please get in touch to arrange your phone call.

As your nutritional therapist, I will:

Review your complete health history
Look at your diet and lifestyle and assess nutritional status (this means eating the right amounts and variety of good quality foods to meet your nutritional needs to support all body functions, and maintain good health)
Assess root causes of your health issues. See Functional Medicine approach for more information.
Recommend laboratory testing where appropriate as part of a strategy to assess root causes, and supplements to boost nutritional status or alleviate symptoms. Laboratory tests and supplements are optional. For more information, see below.
Work with you to devise a personalised plan of manageable dietary and lifestyle changes to support better health, based on your health history, lifestyle, and goals.

The consultation process:

Free assessment consultation

I offer a free 15-minute phone assessment to discuss whether Nutritional Therapy could help you. Please get in touch to arrange your phone call.

Before the consultation

You will be asked to complete and return an in-depth health questionnaire and food diary. Completion of this is essential to the process, as it gives me a broad overview of your health history so that much of the analysis can be carried out beforehand. This ensures that you get the most out of your consultation time. A date for the initial consultation is fixed when you return the questionnaire.

Initial consultation (90 minutes)

Building on the information from your completed health questionnaire and food diary, we spend time getting into the details of your health history and current health picture and establishing what you would like to achieve. I explain what I consider are the factors underlying your health issues and work with you to provide a targeted and personalised Nutrition and Lifestyle Plan.

Follow-up consultations (60 minutes)

These are generally every 4-6 weeks to monitor progress, discuss results of agreed laboratory tests, discuss any difficulties you are experiencing, answer ongoing questions, explore new issues, and make adjustments to your plan accordingly.

How many consultations?

Some people may only need the initial consultation. However, depending on how long you have been unwell, it may not be possible to achieve everything in one session. Chronic illness doesn’t appear suddenly, so it makes sense that it may take time to resolve the root causes.

In general, I recommend at least one follow-up consultation to monitor your progress. I offer discounted packages to reduce the cost of fees to you.

Individual consultations or packages?

I offer consultations on an individual basis and in packages.  See Fees page.
Individual consultations give the opportunity to see if nutritional therapy is for you or they may provide you the information you need.
If you have a chronic health issue or you are looking for ongoing support, the discounted packages are more suitable.

What you receive:

Nutrition and Lifestyle Plan

You will receive your Nutrition and Lifestyle Plan either at the end of the consultation if face-to-face, or within 48 hours if by Zoom or telephone.
The Nutrition & Lifestyle Plan includes a summary of what we discussed and a number of agreed action points.
Depending on whether this is an initial or follow-up consultation, this may include:

Nutrition and lifestyle advice

Emphasis is on real food, nothing processed and nothing more complicated than your own cooking skills. I can provide practical tips such as meal ideas, recipes, shopping lists and sample meal plans, to help you integrate my recommendations into your life.

Laboratory tests (optional)

I may recommend advanced diagnostic laboratory tests from reputable, reliable and quality-assured laboratories. Testing takes the guesswork out of your health issues. It helps gain further understanding of root causes and allows for a more targeted strategy.

Common tests I recommend are comprehensive stool analysis (to assess gastrointestinal health), SIBO breath test, nutritional status, and antibody profiles (food allergy/intolerance). These are usually non-invasive (stool, saliva, urine) and samples can be collected by you at home.

The cost of private laboratory testing is in addition to the consultation. To save on laboratory costs, where possible I will suggest you request tests from your GP; some testing can be done at home at no cost.

Supplement programme (optional)

A healthy and well-balanced diet is the priority, but I may also recommend good quality supplements (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, probiotics, permitted herbs) if I consider they are helpful in boosting nutritional status or alleviating symptoms. The cost of supplements is in addition to the consultation. You receive a 10% discount on recommended supplements.

Support between consultations

I am available for up to one week following consultations to answer questions regarding your current Nutrition and Lifestyle plan. This consists of a 15-minute phone call. Further support or new issues require a consultation.

Working alongside other complementary healthcare therapies

Nutrition is a foundational component of wellness but it doesn’t encompass all the elements that contribute to a fulfilling and healthy life, such as physical activity/fitness, and mental/emotional wellbeing.

If I recognise you could benefit from additional support, I have strong therapeutic alliances with complementary healthcare therapists, eg acupuncture, osteopathy, personal training, herbalism, homeopathy, counselling.

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Nutrition Review (60 minutes)

The nutrition review is a one-off consultation providing an analysis of your usual diet. It’s for those wanting to check their diet is optimal for their health or wanting to improve their diet and lifestyle.

While it isn’t an in-depth analysis of root causes of health issues, it can provide an opportunity to consider whether the current diet may be impacting health issues. The nutrition review is based on your three-day food diary. You will receive a food diary analysis with recommendations for appropriate changes to your way of eating. I can provide you with meal ideas and recipes.

NB: I will be unable to give advice on factors underlying your health issues, on health conditions, or recommend any supplements/functional tests. A full consultation is needed for an in-depth analysis of health issues.

Nutrition Review & Supplements (90 minutes)

This one-off consultation includes the nutrition review (see above) and supplement plan.

Talks

I am available to deliver a variety of educational talks on subjects such as:

Optimal nutrition
Digestive health
Detoxification
Metabolic health
Hormonal health
Musculoskeletal health
Weight management.

Please get in contact to discuss this further.