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Vanessa is a Registered Naturopath with the New Zealand Society of Naturopaths Incorporated, completing her training in 2009. She is also a member of the New Zealand Institute of Safety Management.
She has spent time in various retail outlets and clinics seeing a variety of clients of all ages for Naturopathic Consultations and Relaxation Massage. You can be assured Vanessa will give you her undivided attention.
As well as Naturopathic Consultations she is available for Relaxation Massage treatments including Indian Head Massage, Reflexology and Reiki. Favourite blends of aromatherapy oils from Aromaflex are used. Total relaxation is guaranteed!
The beautiful clinic setting is an ideal environment for consultations and treatments.
She thoroughly enjoys helping her clients to understand the environmental changes that they face internally and externally and how best to manage this. She uses her knowledge to come up with solutions to various health concerns by making an assessment of the cause and contributing factors and making specific recommendations. Early awareness of changes in health are encouraged to be explored before chronic levels of ill health occur.
For employers Vanessa can provide a specific and unique perspective to health issues employee’s face. Vanessa has experience in managing the effects of shiftwork, stress and fatigue with workplace health, safety and employee wellness being a strong area of focus for her. She truly believes health concerns such as stress and fatigue should have an individual approach. Be sure to send your employees and yourself along for Vanessa’s unique perspective on workplace health.
Vanessa has a wealth of knowledge within the health sector starting in pharmacy where she spent eighteen years mostly as a Pharmacy Technician in retail, public and private hospitals in England, Australia and New Zealand. It is here that her knowledge and understanding of the health sector started many years ago. She went on to study Diploma’s in Community Work, Naturopathy and Occupational Health and Safety. Vanessa has various qualifications and experience within the disability and mental health sectors such as dementia training and she is a Stop Smoking Practitioner having trained through the Heart Foundation.
Vanessa is employed within the mental health sector as a Wellness Recovery Coach and Health and Safety Officer. Her experiences in the disability and mental health sector have enabled her to truly focus on the needs of others, and she is convinced prevention is key.
An appointment can be made by contacting Bay Health Clinic (07) 571 3226 ask@bayhealth.nz or Vanessa directly on 027 3226360 kiwivanessak@hotmail.com
