I have worked as a primary health physician and GP since 1976 and three years later added Anthroposophic medical insights and therapies to my practice, after forming a mentoring relationship with the experienced and insightful Dr Ken Friedlander in Hawkes Bay.
In the early 1980’s I relocated my family to the UK for three and a half years to further my clinical and theoretical understanding of illness management and options for therapy. This included three months in Germany at Klinik Öschelbronn, six months at Park Attwood Clinic in the Midlands and a year at the Camphill Residential Community in Ringwood, Hampshire.
Returning to Napier in 1984 I used my expertise to expand my work as a GP to include the understandings that come from an Anthroposophic approach to the care of my patients.
After twenty-one years practising in Hawkes Bay I returned to my hometown and worked at Masterton Medical until 2021.
The primary health service being offered by myself at NZDHHC enables longer consultations and more attention to be applied to exploring the causes of a patient’s illness. It also allows for the range of treatment options to be increased to include the prescribing of “living medicines,” psychotherapies and artistically-based therapeutic processes.
Working at NZDHHC gives me the opportunity to work in a more focussed way than regular general practice allows; with people willing to explore an extended understanding of their illnesses and soul struggles. Spiritual Science/Anthroposophy can address and provide answers to questions about maintaining and improving health, as well as managing illnesses.