THE NATURAL PRACTICE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chiropractor
- Chiropractor ( M.Chiro )
Job Titles:
- Founder of the Natural Practice, Ope
- MBBS MRCS CRCP FFHom - Physician ( Integrated Medicine )
- MBBS MRCS LRCP FFHom Physician ( Integrated Medicine ) - Clinics - Tuesday
- Physician ( Integrated Medicine ) Medical Director
Dr David Owen, founder of The Natural Practice, opened the Winchester medical practice in 1982. The Winchester practice is the ‘Head Office' of the group and home to The Natural Practice Dispensary. They provide alternative medicine in a variety of therapies, some natural, to suit the individual. Twelve alternative medical practitioners are based here, seeing patients five days a week in a beautiful converted old flint farmhouse, based in the centre of Winchester, conveniently close to the railway station and main access roads. The Winchester practice is open for Face to Face consultations on Monday-Thursday. Some virutal clinics also run on a Friday.
Dr David Owen has been practicing medicine and integrated complementary and alternative medicine for 30 years. From his training he became aware of the limitations of conventional approaches for many patients and their illnesses and he became committed to exploring different therapeutic systems to help patients in their self-healing. He says: ‘If you think of a patient's journey into illness it sometimes happens over a number of years, in some ways the healing process has to be a reverse of this and it can take a tenth of the time the patient has been ill to recover.
David Owen is a past president of the Faculty of Homeopathy, the professional organisation for doctors and health professionals working with Homeopathy and was co-founder of the holistic physicians' training group, a course for training doctors and vets in homeopathy and complementary medicine.
David has spent much time working towards the integration of different approaches to healthcare. He was asked to speak about this and his view of where this is going for The Faculty of Homeopathy. To listen to his short You Tube clip, click here
He has much experience of teaching and over a number of years had been contributing to the training of doctors at the Medical School in Southampton University where he was, up until the end of 2018, a Principle Clinical Teaching Fellow one day a week.
David Owen has edited a leading textbook on homeopathic medicine (The Principles and Practice of Homeopathy. He has written about his journey into a more holistic complementary medical approach to patient care in Passionate Medicine (Robin Shohet. 2005 Jessica Kingsley Publishers) and has been influential in the field of introducing clinical supervision for doctors in practice, exploring and supporting doctors to learn from cases that they find most challenging.He has contributed to Clinical Supervision in the Medical Profession (2012 Open University Press).
David comments that a good medical consultation is therapeutic in its own right and has seen much evidence for patients obtaining dramatic results from complementary medicines that he is committed to making more widely available.
He is a longstanding member of the British Society of Environmental Medicine which brings together his interest in nutritional medicine along with allergies and sensitivities to food, chemicals and inhalants. He works with many patients with these sensitivities.
He says: ‘it is truly remarkable that the right homeopathic remedy when supported with appropriate nutritional herbal remedies for organ and tissue support can shift chronic or longstanding illness which falls away from patient and you observe their journey into wellbeing'.
David recently received the Faculty of Homeopathy's President's Cup for lifetime contributions to homopathy. He was also recently awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education from the Unviersity of Winchester.
David is married with four children and enjoys tennis, windsurfing, sailing and walking the dog.
How are you individually and collectively responding to the pandemic? By Dr David Owen
Job Titles:
- Integrated Physician
- MRCGP Physician ( Integrated Medicine ) - Clinics - Tuesday
- Physician ( Integrated Medicine )
Dr Kate would like to guide you on your wellness journey with you in the driving seat. She passionately believes in our body's innate ability to heal and that we should all be in charge of our own healing pathway. She has been a GP for 35 years, working in private and public health in Australia and the UK. She understands the frustrations and limitations in the NHS, and is happy to work out what help is available to you via the public route and which areas may be better served with therapies that compliment this. There are usually multiple issues contributing to current symptoms so working alongside your existing care is paramount.
Dr Kate has worked with homeopaths, nutritionists, dietitians and genetic therapists over the last 10 years and continues to be involved in these areas. Her main focus for the last 5 years has been looking at the Mind Body Connection and Energy Therapies, as there is almost always an emotional component to chronic 'stuck' symptoms, however physical they seem, the neuropsychological area is becoming much more mainstream and Dr Kate was involved in some of the initial studies validating the use of one such therapy Emotional Freedom Technique. If you would like further information on EFT this article gives a helpful overview.
Dr Kate is happy to arrange a 10 minute phone call with new patients to discuss treatment options at the practice. Please contact reception to arrange.
Job Titles:
- BM MRCGP MDCH Hypnotherapist / Physician ( Integrated Medicine
- Physician, Integrated Medicine
Dr. Ruth Dyson qualified from the University of Southampton Medical School in 2002 and completed her GP training in 2007. Through her training she developed an interest in complementary and alternative therapies and the psychological aspects of medicine. She has an ongoing interest in the complex interaction between the mind and the body and a belief in the power of the mind to help support and heal the body. Working as an NHS GP for over 15 years has given her direct experience of the complexities of chronic disease and she has sought out other tools to support her patients where conventional medicine may not always have all the answers.
Her particular interest is in supporting patients affected by:
Job Titles:
- Holistic Counsellor - Family Constellations