Optimum Learning & Health Centre

Online, Telephone and Email Consultations

Why an Online or Telephone consultation?

An Online or Telephone consultation has several advantages:

*	You save time and money because you do not need to travel to your appointment
*	You do not need to take time off from work, because you can make the appointment after hours
*	You can get expert advice about what functional pathology testing can be done to assist you in identifying the cause(s) of your condition/issue
*	You can find out which therapy is most suitable to start treating the cause of your health or learning issue
*	If you or your child are too sick to travel to a Naturopath, the Naturopath will come to you

*	If you cannot leave the house because you have young children, you can have a consult at home when they are asleep
*	You can have the appointment in the comfort of your own home for as long as you choose
*	You can learn how to do the Brain Gym® exercises via webcam and find out which ones are most beneficial for you or your child

Who can benefit from an appointment?

Anyone who suffers from a health problem and would like to know how to improve their condition or anyone who would like to know how to stay healthy and prevent health problems in the future or find out how to prevent premature aging can benefit from an appointment.

Most chronic diseases take a long time to develop. This gives you an enormous window of opportunity to turn this process around. For example a deficiency in an important nutrient such as zinc or vitamin D is easy to fix by a small change in diet or by taking a nutritional supplement and/or by fixing the digestion and absorption of your food. However if this deficiency is not addressed it can lead to a wide variety of serious diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, auto-immune diseases, allergies, eczema etc.

If you treat your body like you treat your car and give it regular services such as these consultations, it is easy to spot little problems such as stress, weight gain or nutrient deficiencies. It is also easy to address these small problems before they become big problems.

A disease process is comparable to riding on a train. Once you are on a certain train you can calculate where you are going to end up after a certain amount of time. If you do not want to end up there, you need to get off that train and onto another one that goes in the direction you do want to go. If you want to go in a different direction you need to change things. The food you eat is the fuel for the train. Your way of thinking determines the direction of the train and the amount of positive changes you make will determine the speed with which the train gains momentum in the new direction. The million dollar question is: "What changes do I need to make?" This is different for every person, so we need to determine what changes are best for you.

Obesity or being overweight is a good example. It takes years to lead to type 2 diabetes, stroke, heart attack or cancer, but during these years the outcome is pretty much reversible if the person decides to get off that train. This means lose weight by eating a healthy diet and adopting a healthy lifestyle that is fun and easy to do, so that you will keep doing it for the rest of your life.

A healthy diet means eating foods that your body can easily digest and turn into the nutrients that it needs so that it can perform all its functions optimally. One person's food is another man's poison, so again the best diet for you is the one that makes you healthy. Fortunately it is possible to determine what these foods are for every individual with Kinesiology or muscle testing and this is one of the things I can do for you during an internet consultation.

What issues can I make a consultation for?

Health issues

When you have a health problem or just don’t feel 100%, it is sometimes hard to know where to start. Western medicine offers surgery and drugs that suppress a disease, so if you want to take control and address the cause, where do you start? Is the cause mainly emotional or more nutritional, or perhaps your body needs herbs or Homoeopathy? Trying out different modalities can be costly and if something does not give immediate results, most people don’t go back. Many people buy nutritional supplements based on hear-say, because a friend recommended it or because they read about it. The question is how do you know whether your body actually needs it or whether it needs something else much more urgently? You can waste a lot of money buying supplements that your body does not need. Fortunately your body knows what it needs and with Kinesiology you can tap into this knowledge. You can find out what treatment, diet, lifestyle and supplements it needs. So if you are about to embark on a healing journey, but you are not sure who to see or what to buy, book in for an internet consultation and you can find out what treatment(s) your body needs and where to start.

Developmental delay

If you have a suspicion your child is not developing quite right, your suspicions may be taken seriously if they are obvious, or you can get told not to worry and/or to come back in 6 months. It is my experience that a mother’s suspicion is usually right and by waiting valuable time is lost. Small problems early on in life can lead to big problems later on in life such as Learning, coordination and behaviour problems. The first 5 years of a child’s life are the most important in terms of brain development, so in this time most therapies have the maximum effect. Many hospitals recognise this and early intervention programmes are aimed at this period.

The most common early intervention approaches involve Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy and Speech therapy. The problem is addressed by a series of exercises and encouraging play and movement. This is not wrong, but I have rarely seen much progress being made in addressing the cause of the problem, i.e. the brain, gut and/or liver. With young children Physiotherapy is often passive in that the Physiotherapist moves the limbs to keep them flexible. This is different from addressing the part of the brain so that the child can start to control that limb. I call that working from the inside-out versus from the outside-in. Kinesiology is one of the techniques that work from the inside-out and there are many different Kinesiology techniques that are specifically developed to help children with developmental and learning difficulties such as Educational Kinesiology, Brain Gym® and NOT.

If you have even the slightest suspicion that your child’s development is delayed or not going according to plan, or changed after antibiotics or vaccinations, please start now as you will never get this time back again. You can ask me any question you may have on how and where to start and we can develop a programme for your child that can help improve his/her brain development. This includes diet, nutritional supplements (if there are deficiencies), Brain Gym® and advice on which therapy to start with.

Learning, coordination or behaviour problems

Learning, coordination and behaviour problems are often not immediately obvious, but as the child goes through Primary school, it becomes apparent that your child is not coping easily. Some children mask a learning difficulty by becoming the class clown, others have tummy aches, sleeping problems, bedwetting or simply refuse to go to school. These are all signs of stress and will have an effect on your child’s self esteem. Self esteem is very important and when you notice your child’s self esteem is decreasing, it is important to act immediately. To prevent the self esteem from decreasing further it is essential to identify and address the cause of the problem.

Research has shown (see SureReading booklet or for more information please visit the SureReading page) that children who have struggled at school leave school early, have manual, low paying jobs and are not interested in learning more to advance themselves. In this day and age jobs change and continual education is required for most jobs, so early learning experiences can affect a child for life. If you act quickly and the cause can be found and addressed quickly most children can learn to read and write and feel good about themselves. This way you not only save your child from a painful school experience, but you save money as well since the road back is a lot quicker and easier. So if you have any concerns, act now.

What medium do I choose?

You can have your consultation via the Telephone, Email or Internet (Skype). You can choose the medium, the time and the duration of the consultation.

How much does it cost?

The fee structure is as follows: You can buy time in multiples of 15 minute time slots. The price for 15 minutes is AUS$45 (approx. 40 USD and 35 EURO). For currency conversion please go to: http://www.xe.com. You can buy as many blocks of 15 minutes as you like and if they are not used up in the first consultation you can use them for the follow-up consultation(s) or for asking questions via Email. You can pay with your credit card via PayPal Secure pay.
Please fill in the invoice number where requested. A 2.5% Credit Card Payment fee will be added to your payment at the check-out (referred to as GST rate).

Special Introductory Offer:

Free half hour introductory phone consultation to discuss treatment options for you or your child.

How do I make an appointment for a consultation?

To make an appointment for a free introductory telephone consultation or to book in for a follow-up consultation please click on the "Make an Appointment" button below. You will be asked to register first. If you prefer, you can also request a consultation by sending an email to akoelman@ozemail.com.au.

It is possible that the "Make an Appointment" form does not work well from a mobile phone or tablet. If so, please use a computer, phone me on (61) 8 - 8379 4755 or send me an email.