What to expect from naturopathy & FAQs
Are you sick of pricey protocols and long, scary health checklists? I offer real-life strategies and manageable change based on the person in front of me.
What to expect at your first 60-minute appointment:
- Time spent listening to your story
- Questions around your symptoms and related body systems
- Discussion of what your life looks like now and your health goals
- Physical assessments as required (if in-person)
- Nutritional assessment based on your diet habits, signs & symptoms
- Education around likely causes, contributing factors, and next steps
- Co-creating health strategies and manageable changes
- Access to immediate, custom-designed herbal formulas
- Access to the Vital.ly platform for any required supplements
- Realistic discussion about budget, leading to a prioritised supplement stack, if appropriate
- Accessible options and alternatives provided, with a focus on food first
- Discussion around prognosis, further appointments needed, and further testing, if required
After your appointment, you will be emailed a comprehensive prescription, with:
- The highlight “Aha!” moments of our session
- Your health goals
- The therapeutic strategy to reach them
- Dosing of any medicines
- Nutritional assessment based on your diet habits, signs & symptoms
- Specific nutritional and food prep advice based on your nutritional needs
- Manageable, co-created lifestyle changes that fit you
- Ideally, download and print your prescription off, placing it somewhere that you can see regularly.
How to prepare for your first appointment:
- Upon booking, you will receive a confirmation email and text message
- In the email, there will be a link to our consent form - please fill in as soon as possible
- There is also a link to a health questionnaire which gives us important information about you - please fill in as soon as possible (approx. 5min)
- If you have booked an online appointment, you will receive a Google Meet link for your appointment in the confirmation email
- 5 minutes before your appointment, click on the Google Meet link to set up and ensure your video and sound are working properly
- If you have any recent medical test results, please bring them with you, or email copies to hello@kanaturopath.com.au before your appointment
- Come to your appointment as you are, with a cuppa if online, and an openness to sharing your story and receiving new ideas!
FAQs
Do you offer health insurance rebates?
Not currently. However, the situation IS changing in the near future, as the government revises its policy on naturopathy. Stay posted!
What if I can’t afford your service?
Why does naturopathy cost so much?
As a small business owner, I have a variety of large overheads to meet in order to operate at all. Not only do I offer longer consultations than many mainstream health providers can, in order to properly understand your health needs and context I also research and plan for your case outside of the appointment time. I also am available to you via email for questions or help thereafter. For comparison: a $180 naturopathy session of 60 minutes, is equivalent to paying $45 each for 4 x 15 minute sessions with a doctor.
Do you work with GPs?
Yes, I much prefer to work with doctors than not! They are the official gatekeepers of the medical world, and they provide access to so many services and referrals. Having a good healthcare team is critical to getting the best health outcomes for people. I am not anti-medical, anti-science, or anti-anything that will help my patients, and good referring is a foundational part of my approach.
Will you make me come back?
No, I will not make you buy a bundle of appointments, or book you in without your input. Unless I really believe for your safety and well-being that you need return appointments, I do not push for this. Of course, I love to see return patients and provide email check-ins to make sure you are travelling well with your therapeutic plan. I will sometimes ask for a return appointment to make sure supplements or herbs are still appropriate, where time-intensive questioning is more appropriate to a consultation. Supplements on Vital.ly will also have a time-limit in which to purchase, typically a few months, at the end of which we will discuss whether a new appointment is required or if the prescription can be renewed.
I can’t find my Vital.ly account email.
If you have checked your spam inbox and done a search for “vital.ly” with no result in your email, please contact me and I will resend it to you.
Can I bring my kids to my appointment?
Yes, if you have an in-person appointment with me at TLC Birth & Beyond, there is space for kids in the consulting room. There is also a kids play area in the waiting room. I realise how difficult it can be to organise babysitting or respite with young children so just let me know and we can work out the best way to occupy them.
Can you fix my fatigue?
In my clinical experience, fatigue is a symptom that might have a number of causal factors, from poor gut function limiting nutrient uptake, to post-viral syndromes/immune dysfunction, chronic conditions such as EDS and fibromyalgia, mitochondrial dysfunction, sleep conditions, a dysregulated nervous system, and more¹ ². It is critical to do the work that uncovers YOUR key drivers of fatigue. This is what I will help discover with you.
- Ariza M. E. (2021). Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Human Herpesviruses Are Back!. Biomolecules, 11(2), 185. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11020185
- Missailidis, D., Annesley, S. J., & Fisher, P. R. (2019). Pathological Mechanisms Underlying Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 9(3), 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics9030080
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