My Integrative Oncology Network
Cancer Care works beast as a team
No single practitioner can cover every aspect of nutrition, treatment support, emotional wellbeing, rehabilitation and recovery. Over time I have built relationships with practitioners whose skills complement my own. Where I believe one of them may add something useful to your care, I may suggest that you connect with them.
Tamara O'Dwyer
Precision Wellbeing
Integrative oncology nutrition and metabolic support
Tamara is a Registered Nurse, Nutritionist and Naturopath with more than two decades of clinical experience. She works closely with people undergoing cancer treatment who need more detailed nutritional and metabolic support than can realistically be covered in a medical consultation.
Her work may include nutrition during chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, metabolic strategies, functional testing, support for weight or muscle loss, and more complex nutritional planning.
May be especially helpful for: treatment nutrition, metabolic health, weight loss, functional testing and nutritional resilience.
Website: www.precisionwellbeing.co.nz
Kaytee Boyd
The Boyd Clinic
Integrative oncology, functional nutrition and recovery
Kaytee is a clinical nutritionist and integrative health practitioner with more than 25 years of experience across human nutrition, sports science and functional medicine. She holds degrees in Human Nutrition and Sports Science from the University of Otago and has a particular interest in integrative oncology.
She supports people before, during and after cancer treatment, with attention to nutrition, metabolic health, gut function, maintaining muscle, treatment-related symptoms and supplement interactions. Her background in elite sport also gives her a strong understanding of physiology, resilience and recovery.
May be especially helpful for: integrative oncology nutrition, metabolic health, gut support, fatigue, neuropathy, appetite changes, muscle preservation and survivorship.
Website: www.theboydclinic.co.nz
Justine Laidlaw
The Natural Bird
Cancer coaching, resilience and Radical Remission-inspired support
Justine provides integrative cancer coaching designed to sit alongside conventional medical care. Her work focuses on helping people make sense of the wider cancer journey and identify the parts of their health, lifestyle and daily life that are still within their control.
Her programmes are influenced in part by the Radical Remission Project and may explore areas such as nutrition, movement, emotional support, stress reduction, purpose, spirituality and community.
May be especially helpful for: cancer coaching, lifestyle change, mindset, resilience, Radical Remission-inspired work, community support and navigating the emotional side of cancer.
Website: https://thenaturalbird.co.nz/
Addy
Deep Relaxation and Inner Clarity
Relaxation, meditation and supportive care
Addy has close to 30 years of experience as a healthcare professional and offers gentle supportive therapies for people who would benefit from relaxation, emotional calm and time away from the medical side of cancer care.
Sessions may include gentle bodywork, acupressure, guided visualisation, meditation, sound therapy and supportive self-care. These approaches are not treatments for cancer itself, but for some people they can provide valuable support with stress, relaxation and overall wellbeing.
May be especially helpful for: relaxation, emotional calm, meditation, bodywork, stress reduction and supportive self-care.
Contact:
021 175 8423
aleenz@protonmail.com
EMDR New Zealand
Trauma-focused psychological support
Finding an appropriately trained EMDR therapist
A cancer diagnosis and its treatment can be traumatic in their own right and may also bring earlier experiences back to the surface. For some people, structured trauma-focused therapy can be very helpful.
EMDR — Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing — is a recognised psychological therapy used to help people process traumatic and distressing experiences. Rather than referring to one individual clinician, I recommend using the EMDR New Zealand directory to find a suitably trained practitioner, either locally or online.
May be especially helpful for: medical trauma, previous trauma, anxiety linked to treatment, distressing memories and ongoing nervous-system hyperarousal.
Website: https://www.emdr.org.nz/
A note about referrals
The practitioners listed here work independently of Neff Functional Medicine unless otherwise stated. I recommend them because their skills may complement my own in the right situation, but not every patient will need to see every practitioner. My aim is to help build the right team around you, without making your care more complicated than it needs to be.