How it works
During an extensive initial consultation, Virginia will carefully listen to your life and medical history, including your current and long-standing symptoms, diet and lifestyle, and employ an array of investigative tools, to create a timeline of your health journey.
Towards the end of the appointment, Virginia will take a few moments to go over her understanding of your disorder, and some of the factors which gave rise to it and which may be driving it on. At this point, relevant tests to help identify root causes and imbalances may be suggested and explained.
All of your concerns will be listened to and dealt with, and all of the information you give, together with test results, will be used to create a whole picture of your history and your life now. From this joined-up picture of your issues, a future health plan will be created to help restore you to optimal health.
This unique health plan will include changes to what you eat and how you spend your days and nights (sleep is a huge pillar of health). This plan may include nutritional supplements and herbals, as well as microbiome-boosting supplements (probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics), and naturopathic therapies where appropriate.
The Health Plans
Chronic health conditions have been a long time in the making and the road to better health will take effort and time. Although some improvements may be noticed within weeks, nutritional and lifestyle changes address the root causes of disorders, and this type of medicine takes time to reach those roots.
With this in mind, experience has shown that clients have better outcomes when they opt for a health plan which matches their health needs, whether that be a 3-session, 12-week or 6-month commitment.
The Mini-MOT Health Plan is appropriate for clients who are generally healthy but would like to optimise their wellbeing by improving their diet, lifestyle and supplements regime.
The 12-Week Health Plan is appropriate for clients who are looking to improve some more minor aspects to their health, such as weight control or sleep issues.
The 6-Month Health Plan is for clients who need support for more complex and longer-standing health concerns, such as autoimmune conditions and other chronic disorders.
Initial and follow-up appointments are also available. These are suitable for clients with more minor health issues, who are seeking preventative advice on just one or two simple issues, or who are not ready to commit to a longer-term plan.
To find out more about The Natural Medic Health Plans and pricing, please click on the button below.
Hypnotherapy Appointments
As a qualified hypnotherapist, Virginia offers hypnotherapy sessions where appropriate to clients as part of, or in addition to, their Health Plans. To find out more about how hypnotherapy could help with your disorder and for pricing, click on the button below.
Wellness-at-Work
Wellness-at-work programmes have been shown to increase employee satisfaction and decrease employee absenteeism.
The Natural Medic offers a selection of corporate programmes to support your employees. Popular topics include: How to Increase Energy and Focus; Stress Management; Healthy Weight Loss, and Wellness Hacks for Busy People.
Programmes include lunchtime talks, as well as wellness workshops ranging from 3 hours to day-long events. These workshops can be organised to take place in-house or at other venues, and include interactive talks and a range of therapies.
The exact nature of these workshops can be tailored to your company’s needs. To arrange a call to discover more about what the Natural Medic can offer your company, click on the button below.
Group Programmes
Functional Medicine Group Programmes can work to create improvement for many disorders and make good health accessible to a wide variety of people facing diverse health challenges.
Join the wait-list for the Natural Medic’s next 10-week group programme for support with chronic symptoms. To find out more, click the button below.
A Note on Safety
As a complementary practitioner, Virginia works within strict guidelines to keep her clients safe. This means she will refer you to your GP or primary care physician if she believes your symptoms are outside of her scope of practice.
If you have a chronic condition which has already been diagnosed, or just a set of symptoms which have been troubling you for some time, Virginia will be happy to work with you and this may involve – with your permission - working together with your primary physician or other healthcare providers.
Virginia will always carefully check for drug-nutrient-herb interactions, as well as being fully aware of any therapies which may be contra-indicated with your existing conditions.
Consultations can be delivered via Zoom; however, Virginia believes consultations are best held in person whenever possible.
FAQs
All appointments are completely confidential, and all records will be kept securely on file for 8 years in accordance with the UK records management code of practice for health and care records.
Once a booking has been made, the client will be asked to fill out a seven-day diet and lifestyle diary, as well as a short medical symptoms questionnaire, both of which will help to ensure consultation time is used optimally.
Virginia is contactable by email within normal working hours. She will answer short questions from clients relating to protocols free of charge. Extensive questions will require an interim consultation, which can be conducted via Zoom.
Cancellations: consultations can be rescheduled free of charge, provided notification of at least 48 hours is given. If a client is unable to attend on the day, Virginia should be contacted as soon as possible and she will try to help.