Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Registered Acupuncturist & Natural Medicine Practitioner
Clinic life with Acupuncture
Tanya is your local Sunshine Coast Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture and Natural Medicine with now 18 years experience in health. Tanya welcomes her patients into the clinic with compassion an and open mind, while understanding their desired outcomes for current ailments and life-long optimal health. Her particular interest is in women’s health and fertility, pain, the immune system and mental health.
As a result of reducing stress and reconnecting with yourself through nutritional, exercise and lifestyle adjustments – maintaining wellness becomes LIFE. To have patients’ experience increased energy, pain relief, strong digestive and immune systems and creating healthy babies is why Tanya does what she does.
Tanya naturally embarked in a career in Acupuncture and Chinese medicine from a young age, after growing up on the Sunshine Coast and being involved in a lot of sports. Performing well athletically meant that taking care of her health needed to be prioritised. Today, Tanya runs a busy clinic while doing further post graduate study in health and sustainable living. She’s an animal lover, vegie garden enthusiast and loves the beach and getting out for hike in the fresh air.
Tanya is in private practice on the Sunshine Coast, collaborating with both medical and natural medicine practitioners. She has built a strong reputation as an exceptional natural health practitioner and she stands behind her work and continued study. She is registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) and the Australian Natural Therapies Association (ANTA).
Tanya acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of this land, the Gubbi Gubbi people of Jinibara Land. In the spirit of healing she recognises their connection and contribution to country, thus paying our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging.
Tanya acknowledges and pays respect to the thousands of years of linage and wisdoms of Traditional Chinese medicine and Acupuncture, and practices with gratitude.
Qualifications & Training
Tanya has extensive study within Australia and internationally. She endeavours to learn from elite professors in Chinese Medicine and still maintains continued study in evidence-based medicine and healthcare.
Bachelor of Health Science (Chinese medicine) – Endeavour College of Natural Health, Brisbane
Clinical Internship – Advanced studies in Guangxi, China – in the Orthopaedic, Gynaecology Traumatology and Gastrointestinal hospital wards.
Post graduate studies related to Chinese medicine and evidence-based medicine :
- Pain relief and management
- Women’s health, fertility, endometriosis, polycystic ovaries, pre natal and post natal care, hormonal assessment
- Pathology
- Herbal medicine
- Mineral and vitamin supplementation
- Advanced Japanese Acupuncture
- Abdominal and meridian palpation diagnostic therapy
- Sleep disorders and Insomnia
- Emotional-mental healthcare
- Autoimmune conditions
- Scar Therapy
- Thyroid health
- Adrenal health
- Methylation and gut health
- Other training related to reiki, flower essences, osteopathy, remedial, shiatsu, thai therapy – massage is no longer something that Tanya offers but draws upon their philosophy