I describe myself as a little eclectic, which is a slightly odd thing to put on a website, so here is what I mean by it.
Naturopathy has traditions, and practitioners often pick one and stay there. Some work almost entirely with herbs. Some are nutrition first and rarely reach for anything else. Some build a whole practice around testing.
I am not loyal to a method. I am loyal to the kid in front of me.
In practice that means two children with the same word on their referral letter can walk out with completely different plans. One might need food and sleep sorted before anything else, and no supplements at all. Another might need a herbal mix and almost no dietary change, because their diet was already fine and what they actually needed was help settling their nervous system.
It also means I am willing to say that something is not the answer. If a family arrives expecting a full testing panel and I think the money is better spent elsewhere, I will say so. If herbs are not the right tool, I will not prescribe them for the sake of looking like a naturopath.
The risk with the word eclectic is that it sounds like making it up as I go. It is closer to the opposite. Picking one method and applying it to everyone is the easier job. Working out which tool suits which child takes longer, and it means being honest on the occasions when the answer is not in my kit at all.
So you will not get a plan pulled off a shelf. You will get one built for your child, which is a slower way to work and, I think, the only one that makes sense with kids.

