A clear journey to clear skin

Before your initial 90-minute consultation, you’ll be asked to complete a Client Questionnaire and a 3-Day Food Diary, so that I get a good idea of how you live and how nutritional recommendations can be incorporated into your lifestyle with minimal disruption.

After your initial consultation, you’ll be sent your personalised acne plan within 3 days. It’ll cover everything we spoke about during our consultation along with dietary changes, lifestyle advice and any supplement recommendations. If there are any areas that need further exploration, I’ll recommend functional tests, such as hormone testing or food intolerance testing, so that we can really get to the core of the problem.

Follow-up sessions last 45-minutes and are our chance to check in on your progress, tackle any ongoing concerns, and make any adjustments to your plan if necessary to tackle ongoing imbalances.

These sessions are here for you to be honest about your progress, how you’re feeling, and how you’re adjusting to the changes you’re making. After each follow-up session, you’ll be sent an updated plan that may have dietary, lifestyle or supplement dosage changes, depending on your progress.

I tend to focus on all the foods you can add in, in a way that suits you, rather than giving you a strict meal plan. This is because meal plans can feel restrictive, and we all enjoy different styles of eating.

That said, I am a huge foodie and love sharing recipe ideas, meal inspiration and cookbook recommendations. I will always guide you on which foods to prioritise, but how you include them is completely up to you, so eating well can feel enjoyable, flexible and realistic long term.

Absolutely. Nothing I do is based on any kind of template or copy-and-paste approach, because, as humans, we’re all unique.

Even when I see two clients with the same health conditions and the same goals, my recommendations will be completely different for each client – not because their conditions are different, but because their bodies are different.

Every single one of us has a unique health timeline, including medications we’ve taken, illnesses or conditions we’ve experienced, as well as genetics, life experiences, personal choices and beliefs. All of these things work together to create a wholly unique being – which means that applying a template or cookie cutter approach to helping you reach your goals just won’t work.

Getting to know you during our initial consultation is a vital step on our journey together, so that I can recommend foods, supplements and lifestyle changes that actually work for you.

Removing foods is always a last resort for me.

Skin health is influenced by so many factors beyond food, including gut function, hormones, stress, sleep, and skincare.

While some people do have genuine allergies or intolerances, some food reactions can develop because the gut is not functioning as well as it could. In those cases, the goal is not to keep removing more and more foods, but to understand what is driving the sensitivity in the first place.

Sometimes a food may be removed temporarily while we support digestion and gut health, with the intention of gradually reintroducing it later. My ultimate aim is to help you build a way of eating that you enjoy, feel confident with, and that supports both your skin and your overall health long term.

A balanced diet is always the foundation of my work. However, there are times when food alone is not enough to correct certain imbalances.

I do recommend supplements as part of my approach, but only once we have clear insight into what your body actually needs.

This is why I base supplement recommendations on your symptoms, medical history and test results. Taking random supplements rarely leads to improvements and often just wastes money.

By using testing to guide supplement choices, we can be targeted and intentional, supporting your skin and overall health without unnecessary or excessive supplementation.

Everything I do is tailored to your body and your lifestyle, so any other health conditions you experience, including IBS, will always be taken into account. During our initial consultation, we’ll discuss the goals you want to achieve while working together – and if one of those is to better manage your IBS symptoms, that’s exactly what we’ll do.

Nutrition doesn’t just deal with one condition at a time, so every recommendation I make takes into consideration everything your body is dealing with. If you know that a particular food causes IBS flare ups, it’ll never feature in your nutrition recommendations – because, no matter how ‘good’ it might be for your acne, it’s not good for your IBS.

My goal is to improve every health challenge you’re facing, not just one in isolation, so we’ll work together to find a nutrition plan that helps your acne and your IBS at the same time.

I’ve struggled with IBS and acne myself, so I know how hesitant you might be about changing your diet at the risk of causing a flare up. If you are concerned about any recommendations I make during our time together, please tell me and we’ll find an alternative that works for your body.

I do not routinely use food intolerance testing, as it is not considered gold standard and can lead to false positives and negatives. Instead, I usually recommend gut function testing, which I find far more useful in practice.

Gut testing looks at the gut microbiome, digestive function, inflammation and infections, all of which can influence how your body reacts to foods and affect your skin. This helps us understand why certain foods may be causing issues, rather than just identifying foods to remove.

During your initial consultation, we’ll talk through your symptoms, history and goals, including whether food intolerances may be playing a role. If appropriate, I may recommend gut function testing to give us deeper insight and allow us to work on addressing underlying imbalances. This approach often supports reintroducing foods over time, rather than long term restriction.

I’ll forgive you for thinking that ‘holistic’ means everything organic and wholesome and, quite frankly, expensive. That’s not what holistic means in holistic nutritional therapy.

What it really means is that I take a holistic  approach to your body – I take into account your diet (the ‘nutritional’ part of ‘holistic nutritional therapy’) but I also take into account your lifestyle, your habits, your routines, your skincare regime, your stress levels, your gut function, your sleep patterns, your entire life.

Taking such a wide approach means that we can tackle not only the issue you’re struggling with, but also make overall improvements to your life – so you can live a happier, healthier, acne-free life for years to come.

That’s exactly what a holistic nutritional therapist can help you with! As a nutritionist, my specialist focus is foods – but as a holistic  nutritional therapist, I take into account everything from hormone imbalances to stress management to how much sleep you get at night.

Our bodies are incredibly complex things, so for us to achieve long-lasting clear skin without restrictive diets or dependence on medications, we need to dig deep into every interaction your body has with your diet, your lifestyle and your health.

On my acne journey, I discovered my acne was primarily caused by PCOS resulting in hormone imbalances that caused regular breakouts. And by making changes to my diet and lifestyle, I was able to rebalance my hormones and, as a result, see huge improvements to my skin.

So whatever is causing your acne, nutrition can help.

Unfortunately not. Nutrition is powerful, but it can’t completely heal acne scarring. Eating a balanced and nutritious diet will help to minimise scarring to a certain extent, but it isn’t a miracle worker.

Once your acne is under control, you may want to seek advice from a facialist who can support with reducing scarring.

Yes, I can! While acne is my specialism, I often work with clients who are experiencing other skin conditions, including psoriasis, eczema and rosacea. I also work with clients whose primary concern is a health condition, such as IBS, IBD, PCOS, endometriosis and autoimmune diseases.

Many skin conditions and health conditions are interconnected, so while acne is my focus for many clients, I also use holistic nutritional therapy to treat a range of other conditions too.

Unfortunately, there are some conditions that nutritional therapy can’t help with, including cancer, diabetes, eating disorders, chronic kidney disease, and mental health conditions. If you aren’t sure if your condition can be improved through nutritional therapy, please get in touch for a chat.

Yes, definitely! During our initial consultation we’ll discuss all medications you’re currently on so that we can avoid anything that might interact or interfere with your medication.

Nutrition can often help to alleviate the negative side effects of medications too, so nutrition and medication work alongside one another to make big improvements to your skin and your health.