Acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, EMDR, IFS therapy, and clinical nutrition come together in one whole-person approach.
25+ years of experience supporting complex and persistent health patterns.
Years Experience
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Or Online Australia-wide
Sleep issues, mood swings, hormones, metabolism, stress and physical symptoms don’t always exist in isolation. Often, there are overlapping patterns worth exploring.
Anxiety that seems to run in the background, even when life is going well
Sleep that doesn’t restore you, difficulty falling asleep, waking between 1 and 3 am or waking too early
Weight that doesn’t seem to shift despite your best efforts
Cravings, energy dips or brain fog that seem to take over your afternoon
Hormonal changes that show up as mood swings, hot flashes or changes in your cycle
Pain, tension or inflammation that keeps returning despite treatments
Feeling exhausted even when you’re getting enough sleep
Old emotional patterns or past experiences that keep showing up in the present
A sense that something isn’t quite right even though no single cause has been found
The body, the nervous system, hormones, nutrition and our emotional history are deeply interconnected. When symptoms persist or keep returning, it can be helpful to look beyond one area and explore how these different layers may be influencing each other.
This is how I’ve worked for 25 years, bringing together acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, clinical nutrition, EMDR, IFS and somatic and trance-based therapy to support the whole person, rather than treating each concern in isolation.
I often work with people whose symptoms are complex, persistent, or haven’t fully resolved with a single approach. The aim is not simply to manage symptoms, but to understand and resolve the patterns behind them, to support meaningful change.
Different approaches can support different parts of the same pattern. By bringing them together, we can work with the physical, emotional and lifestyle factors that may be contributing to how you feel.
Symptoms rarely sit neatly in one system. We explore how physical health, the nervous system, emotions, hormones, nutrition, sleep and past experiences may be interacting and affecting you and then draw your treatment plan.
Your care is tailored to what is happening for you. Acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, clinical nutrition, EMDR, IFS and somatic trance-based approaches can be combined as appropriate in each and every session.
Your plan evolves with you. As things shift, we review where you are, what has changed and what may need attention next. I take time to explain things, so you stay informed, involved and able to follow your progress along the way.
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.
An integrative approach to pain using acupuncture, cupping, Chinese herbal medicine, nutrition and therapy. We look at the physical sources of pain and what the body may be communicating through persistent symptoms, particularly when pain keeps returning or hasn’t fully responded to other approaches.
A whole-person approach integrating clinical nutrition, therapy and acupuncture. We explore not only metabolism and hormones, but also the emotional patterns, stress, past traumas and the history of your relationship with food that may be influencing your current eating patterns and food choices.
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.
