About Us | Our Approach

Colin & Olive Harris are known for their passionate, dedicated and compassionate approach to helping clients to regain their optimal health and wellbeing.

At Nurtura Health, your Naturopath will consider your ailment from the point of “why is there a problem or discomfort”, not “what is wrong with you”. There has to be an underlying cause. Our commitment to your long-term health, is to treat the cause in preference to just masking the symptoms, wherever possible.

Your Naturopath will first conduct a consultation, examination and any other assessments necessary. These may include iridology, “Hemaview” live blood analysis, bio-impedance cellular analysis, urinary indican testing, or Vega and resonance testing using the latest VegaTest Expert technology from Germany.

If at the end of your evaluation the Naturopath feels you will respond favorably to care at Nurtura Health, a course of care will be suggested. It is important to understand that your health is in your control. Ultimately, your choice of treatment options will be respected.

“Dis-ease” does not just appear. Pain and discomfort are the eventual manifestation of a subtle, underlying sequence of changes in the body. The length of time to regain health and the cost involved will directly depend on the nature and severity of your condition.

Naturopathic Medicine, or Naturopathy, is a practice of preventing, assessing and treating conditions of the human mind and body. Naturopathic practice endeavours to restore and rebalance body function. By integrating conventional health sciences with a range of natural therapies and traditional medicines, Naturopathy supports the client’s mental, emotional and physical states for a lasting effect.

The Role Of The Naturopath

A Naturopath aims to educate, empower and motivate the client to assume more personal responsibility for his or her health by adopting a healthy attitude, lifestyle and diet. A Naturopath does not simply treat the manifestation of a disease and its effects, but rather searches for the underlying cause. If the underlying cause can be identified and treated there is a better resolution to the concerns. Prevention of disease is accomplished through naturopathic education which assists to build a lifestyle that supports health and wellbeing.

It is the endeavour of your Naturopathic Practitioner to assist you to achieve:

• increased energy and vitality where there are no other symptoms or disease
• relief from ill-health, pain and inflammation as quickly as possible
• ongoing wellness and good health into the future
• prevention of serious or degenerative conditions

The Benefits Of Naturopathy

A Naturopath is trained to employ safe and effective natural therapies that will support and stimulate the healing power of nature in the gentlest, least invasive and most efficient manner possible. Naturopaths use a range of methods to assist in the healing process including:

• Herbal Medicine
• Nutrition dietary and lifestyle recommendations
• Vitamins and Minerals
• Flower Essences
• Iridology and
• Massage

The individual is viewed and treated in naturopathic medicine as a whole, composed of a complex interaction of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social and other factors. Thus clients suffering from a simple everyday cold, as well as more serious, chronic conditions such as allergies and inflammations, may benefit from naturopathic treatment.

An initial appointment can take from ½ hour to 2 hours, in which your medical history and general lifestyle will be reviewed. Generally, before any treatments are undertaken, any one, or all of the naturopathic tests available, will be utilised in order to determine a naturopathic treatment regimen suited to your individual needs.

Naturopathy is suitable for all age groups, from young babies to the elderly, and in most cases is complementary to orthodox medicine. Any orthodox treatments or prescription medications will be taken into account in any recommended treatment plan.