• Mental Health

    Stress, Anxiety, Fatigie and Depression are commonly presented conditions that Naturopathy can assist with. At Naturepure Women's Health Clinic sometimes certain testing can be useful to determine underlying factors. Counselling is beneficial in improving mental health and provides help and support to work through difficult times.

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    Counselling

    Emotional problems, anxiety and stress can interfere with the healing process. Mental and emotional issues can often manifest as a physical symptom in the body and specific attention to healing these areas may be required. Techniques can include stress management strategies and life coaching.

     

    Many women live very busy lives that can lead to exhaustion, stress and anxiety. We often lose touch with what is really important. With a demanding lifestyle there is often little time or energy left for ourselves. We forget to check that our lives are on track and give ourselves time for greater self knowledge and understanding. Sometimes it may be a personal crisis, relationship breakdown or an illness that causes us to reflect on our lives.

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    Counselling can help improve and develop deeper relationships with ourselves and with others. By creating a safe space of reflection and discussion, a release of negative and self-defeating life patterns can occur, increasing self-esteem and self–acceptance.

     

    Recommended behavioral strategies can be set in place to develop new skills and help in life’s ongoing challenges. The resulting benefit of counselling is to experience a greater sense of peace and calm. It can cultivate the feeling that life can be enjoyed rather than endured

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    Adrenocortex Stress Profile Test

    The Adrenocortex hormone profile is a non-invasive saliva test that serves as a reliable marker of stress response and a critical tool for revealing adrenal imbalances. Lifestyle, physical and psychological stresses put constant demands on the adrenal glands. If they become depleted adrenal fatigue or insufficiency may be experienced.

     

    Each person has two adrenal glands both located on top of each of the body’s two kidneys. These glands are important to the body’s endocrine (hormonal) system. Adrenal fatigue is a very common condition in today’s societa.y through the physical and physiological demands we put on our adrenal glands. Each gland is composed of two distinct zones, the large outer cortex and the inner medull

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    The Adrenocortex stress profile extensive is an expansion of the Adrenocortex basic test in the sense that it includes Secretory IgA levels. Salivary cortisol testing is an effective non-invasive salivary hormone test that evaluates bioactive levels of the body’s important stress hormones, cortisol and DHEA. This hormone test (stress test) serves as a critical tool for uncovering biochemical imbalances underlying anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, obesity, dysglycemia, and a host of other clinical conditions that may affect our day to day lives.

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