Acupuncture, Chinese medicine, EMDR, IFS therapy and clinical nutrition, one practitioner, one integrative health approach, 25 years of experience. For the patterns that haven’t fully resolved anywhere else.
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These are the patterns I see most often. They can be connected, and they respond when the right layers are addressed together.
Anxiety that runs as a low undercurrent you can never quite switch off
Sleep that doesn’t restore, trouble falling asleep, waking between 2 and 4am or waking too Early
Weight that won’t shift despite doing everything right
Cravings, blood sugar crashes and brain fog that disrupts your day
Hormonal imbalance, mood swings, hot flushes, irregular cycles
Chronic pain or inflammation that lingers despite treatment
Exhaustion that rest doesn’t fix.
Old emotional patterns or past experiences that keep resurfacing
The feeling that something is off, but no single cause has been found
The body, the nervous system, hormones, nutrition and our emotional history speak to each other constantly. Treating one layer in isolation, without addressing what’s driving the pattern, is why so many people stay stuck despite trying many different approaches. This is the space I work in. After 25 years of integrative practice, I specialise in complex situations, the ones that haven’t fully responded elsewhere.
As an integrative specialist, I combine multiple evidence-based therapies to support lasting change.
As an integrative health therapist, I don’t treat the mind separately from the body, or symptoms separately from their story. Every tool I use is chosen because it addresses the whole of you.
Acupuncture directly regulates the nervous system, reducing cortisol, calming the stress response and improving sleep. Chinese herbal medicine supports this from within, addressing the root imbalances that keep the body stuck.
EMDR, TIST and IFS therapy go deeper than traditional talk therapy. They include the body, help resolve the emotional and neurological roots of anxiety, trauma and recurring patterns, the layer that most physical treatment never reaches.
Clinical nutrition, built around your hormones, metabolism, and gut health, completes the picture. What we eat directly affects mood, energy, sleep and how the nervous system functions. Food is medicine, not an afterthought.
Each service has its own page, what it treats, how I work with it, and what to expect
AHPRA-registered acupuncture for pain, male & female hormones, fertility, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, digestive and immune health.
Individually prescribed herbal formulas, not off-the-shelf products. Targeted protocols built on classical texts and modern research.
Evidence-based therapy for complex trauma, PTSD, anxiety, relational issues and phobias. Works at a neurological level to resolve what talk therapy can’t always reach.
Internal Family Systems, for anxiety, emotional eating, self-criticism, trauma and the relationship patterns that keep repeating.
Personalised protocols built around your hormones, metabolism and gut health from an integrative nutritional therapist. Eating in a way that works with your body, not against it.
Trance & somatic work to shift limiting beliefs and unconscious blockages, release deep patterns and support positive lasting change from the inside out.
For most of my career, I’ve been drawn to the same kinds of presentations such as weight issues, anxiety, insomnia, headaches, brain fog, hormonal imbalance and nervous system patterns that don’t quite resolve. Chinese medicine trained my brain to read these patterns. It doesn’t look at a symptom in isolation; it looks at the whole picture. Nutrition added another layer. What we eat directly affects the nervous system, hormonal balance and how the brain functions.
When I added EMDR, TIST and IFS therapy, something clicked; these tools work at a neurological and emotional depth that sits right beneath the physical symptoms I was already treating. What makes Flow in Nature different is not just the breadth of training; it’s that I bring it all together. Only essential referrals, no fragmented care, no repeating your story. One practitioner who holds the whole picture.
“After years of yo-yo dieting and chronic pain, I finally feel comfortable in my body and calm around food. Isabel helped me rebuild trust in myself”
Weight & nutritional support
“I am feeling my body again after losing 4 kg in ten days. No more carb cravings. This is a major success — I finally got out of the vicious cycle I was in.”
PPP Method
“Having your program helped me through a period of madness. I feel wonderful and lost most of the extra weight I’d gained over the last year, in just 2 months.”
Wellness & weight recovery
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A free 15-minute call is an easy first step, a relaxed, no-pressure conversation to understand what’s going on and explore how I may be able to help.
Consultations are available in person on Sydney’s Northern Beaches or online across Australia.
The introductory 15-minute call is complimentary, with no obligation to book.
An integrative health practitioner considers how physical symptoms, nutrition, emotional wellbeing, stress and the nervous system may influence one another. Isabel draws from acupuncture, Chinese medicine, clinical nutrition, EMDR, IFS and somatic approaches to create care that reflects each person’s individual needs. Not every person needs every therapy; the approach is shaped around what is most relevant for them.
Integrative nutritional therapy may support digestive concerns such as bloating, reflux and irregular bowel habits, as well as fatigue, low energy, blood-sugar fluctuations, cravings, weight and metabolic health, and the changing nutritional needs of perimenopause and menopause. Rather than providing a generic diet, Isabel considers each person’s symptoms, health history, eating patterns, lifestyle, stress, sleep and available pathology results to create a practical and sustainable nutrition plan.
Isabel supports people experiencing trauma, PTSD, anxiety, chronic stress, emotional overwhelm and patterns that continue to affect the body and nervous system. Her approach draws from somatic therapy, IFS, EMDR and Trauma-Informed Stabilisation Treatment (TIST), with acupuncture and body-based regulation incorporated where appropriate. What makes this work particularly integrative is Isabel’s understanding of both psychology and physiology. She considers how emotional experiences may interact with the nervous system, hormones, digestion, inflammation, sleep and energy, using insights from clinical nutrition, Western physiology and Chinese medicine. This allows therapy to address the emotional experience while also recognising what may be happening within the body.
Ongoing health concerns often involve more than one contributing factor. Physical symptoms may be influenced by nutrition, sleep, stress, emotional experiences and nervous system regulation. An integrative approach allows Isabel to combine or sequence different therapies thoughtfully rather than expecting one treatment to address everything.
