Integrative Medicine is healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person (body, mind, and spirit), including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and makes use of all appropriate therapies, both conventional and alternative.

The principles of Integrative Medicine are:

• Patients and practitioner are partners in the healing process.
• All factors that influence health, wellness, and disease are taken into consideration, including mind, spirit, body, and relationships.
• Appropriate use of both conventional and alternative methods to support the body’s innate healing response.
• Effective interventions that are natural and less invasive will be used whenever possible.
• Alongside specific treatment the concepts of health promotion and the prevention of illness are explored.

“Not all unconventional therapies are holistic, nor is conventional medical practice necessarily NOT holistic. A single therapy whether its medications, nutrition, herbs, supplements, bioenergetics, exercise, massage or surgery is not holistic unless it is done in the content of the whole person.”

In this consulting practice (IntoWellBeing), a wide range of health issues can be addressed.

Patients are encouraged to maintain their relationship with their primary care or other health practitioners.

Consultations are not of a primary care nature but are designed from an Integrative Medical perspective to:

1. To support and connect patients to their healing resources.
2. To empower patients by sharing relevant integrative health care information.
3. Together develop an individual health care plan to support health challenges, restore and maintain optimum wellbeing for each person.