Children, Teens and Toddlers

Attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are neurodevelopmental disorders.

• Symptoms: Being easily distracted, difficulty following directions, difficulty staying on task, forgetfulness, loss of personal items such as keys or books, not paying attention to details, problems staying organized, and short attention span.
• My Approach: My focus is to help to help itself. I achieve this by identifying and removing the barriers to healing.
• Barriers to Healing: The obstacles to healing for ADD and ADHD may include poor diet, stress, poor gut health, nutritional deficiencies, and sometimes unresolved past emotional trauma patterns.
• Treatment Options: I recommend diet modifications. I offer osteopathy to help the body process unresolved past emotional patterns and gut health work to reduce inflammation. I may also recommend other complementary therapies, such as craniosacral therapy.

Asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways.

• Symptoms: Coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and fatigue.
• My Approach: My focus is to help to help itself. I achieve this by identifying and removing the barriers to healing.
• Barriers to Healing: The obstacles to healing for asthma may include poor diet, stress, poor gut health, nutritional deficiencies, and sometimes unresolved past emotional trauma patterns.
• Treatment Options: I recommend diet modifications. I offer osteopathy to help the body process unresolved past emotional patterns and gut health work to reduce inflammation. I may also recommend other complementary therapies, such as craniosacral therapy.

Acne is a prevalent skin condition that affects most teenagers.

• Symptoms: Whiteheads, blackheads, papules and pustules.
• My Approach: My focus is to help to help itself. I achieve this by identifying and removing the barriers to healing.
• Barriers to Healing: The obstacles to healing for acne may include poor diet, stress, poor gut health, nutritional deficiencies, and sometimes unresolved past emotional trauma patterns.
• Treatment Options: I recommend diet modifications. I offer osteopathy to help the body process unresolved past emotional patterns and gut health work to reduce inflammation. I may also recommend other complementary therapies, such as craniosacral therapy.

Eczema is a general term for a group of skin conditions. The most common type of eczema is atopic dermatitis, which is often associated with allergies and asthma.

• Symptoms: Itchy, dry, red and inflamed skin.
• My Approach: My focus is to help to help itself. I achieve this by identifying and removing the barriers to healing.
• Barriers to Healing: The obstacles to healing for eczema may include poor diet, stress, poor gut health, nutritional deficiencies, and sometimes unresolved past emotional trauma patterns.
• Treatment Options: I recommend diet modifications. I offer osteopathy to help the body process unresolved past emotional patterns and gut health work to reduce inflammation. I may also recommend other complementary therapies, such as craniosacral therapy.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder that occurs in the stomach and small intestines.

• Symptoms: Abdominal cramping and pain, alternating constipation and diahrea, bloating and flatulence and a sudden urgency to have a bowel motion.
• My Approach: My focus is to help to help itself. I achieve this by identifying and removing the barriers to healing.
• Barriers to Healing: The obstacles to healing IBS may include poor sleep, lack of movement, diet, stress, loneliness, poor gut health, nutritional deficiencies, and, in particular, unresolved past emotional trauma patterns.
• Treatment Options: I recommend strategies to improve sleep, increase movement, diet modifications, stress management techniques, and ways to find community. I offer osteopathy to help the body process unresolved past emotional patterns and gut health work to reduce inflammation and stress. I also recommend complementary therapies such as energy work, mind-body psychotherapy, and craniosacral therapy.