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Barbara Wicks

 

 

Barbara Wicks is a BANT registered Nutritional Therapist who incorporates elements of naturopathy into her practice. She is also a NAET (Nambudridpad's Allergy Elimination Techniques) Therapist certified at Advanced Level (more details about NAET below).

 

 

 

Nutritional Therapy – What Is It and How It Can Help You?

Nutritional therapy uses food and supplements to encourage healing, which is achieved through:

• detoxification
• correcting nutrient deficiencies
• improving digestion
• developing positive eating habits.

Main positive aspects of Nutritional Therapy are:

• safety of use across different age groups (including pregnancy, infancy and old age)
• patient-directed approach (with the therapist as mentor and the patient in charge of the process)
• compatibility with other therapies
• working with something you are already doing - as we all have to eat.

Can Nutritional Therapy help you?

Nutritional therapy can help conditions such as:

• allergies
• asthma
• skin conditions
• headaches and migraines
• cardiovascular complaints
• digestive problems
• fatigue
• hyperactivity
• autism
• insomnia
• depression... and many others.

Nutritional Therapy is particularly effective for the management of:

• stressful lifestyles
• vegetarian and vegan diets
• babies, children’s and other special needs diets
• pre-conception and pregnancy diets
• weight-loss diets
• sports programmes.

As well as individual consultations, Barbara offers talks about nutrition and allergy-related subjects for individuals and organisations.
Details of forthcoming events are listed on her website and in the Higher Evolution main leaflet (electronic copy of which can be e-mailed to you by Barbara on request).

 

NAET (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques) – A New Hope for Allergy Sufferers

Allergies and sensitivities are:

• probably amongst the most under-diagnosed medical conditions
• often considered to be a missing link in many health complaints.

Allergies and sensitivities are often hard to find and treat, so it is exciting that we now have a method that can do just that. Invented by an severe allergy sufferer desperate to get rid of her own life-long problems, NAET:

• is non-invasive, drug-free way of diagnosing and eliminating allergies
• blends oriental medicine, acupressure, chiropractic techniques and nutrition
• NAET’s understanding of allergy is based on the principle of energy flow in the body.

Treatment is by acupressure to on the back and avoidance of the treated allergen for 25 hours afterwards. Babies, young children, pregnant women, disabled and elderly patients, or anyone too weak to have a treatment themselves, are treated via surrogate.

For more details about Nutritional Therapy, NAET, workshops, client testimonials, or to book a session:
please contact Barbara on 01473 356321, via email: mail@barbara-wicks.com or through her website http://www.barbara-wicks.com.

 

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Barbara Wicks writes:

I had a keen interest in herbs and nutrition since I was a teenager. My great-grandfather was a self-taught herbalist in Poland many years ago and his work influenced me a lot. I trained to be an English teacher initially, having gained a Masters Degree in English, and worked in education and local government sectors.

It was my son's health problems when he was a very young child, which rekindled my interest in nutrition and complementary therapies in general. I did a lot of self-study and research at the time, trying to find a non-pharmaceutical solution for his medical condition. It was really hard at times, but eventually my perseverance paid off. With a careful combination of diet, herbs, supplements and a lifestyle change, my son's health gradually improved. Within three years from when his problems first started, he changed from a boy who had 3 to 4 colds every winter and who coughed and wheezed every night, to one that hardly got ill any more. I was really happy about the progress he made and, as I was always talking about nutrition to my friends and whoever else would listen, I decided to qualify as a nutritionist, so that I get an opportunity to help other people as well.

I gained my professional qualification from The College of Naturopathic Medicine, which follows BANT approved syllabus (British Association of Nutritional Therapy, which is the main professional organisation for nutritional therapists). I also trained in NAET (Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Techniques), which is a therapy blending some of the principles of oriental medicine, kinesiology, chiropractic manipulation and nutrition in order to detect and treat allergies and sensitivities.

 

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