CityLife Community Care Health Related Services

Dietician - Carmen Bouchier

Good nutrition is vital for healthy living. Carmen is an expert in food and nutrition. She can help promote good health through correct eating and by developing individualized nutritional care plans.

• Cardiovascular Disease
• Diabetes
• Obesity and Weight Loss
• Aged Care
• Eating Disorders
• Malnutrition including under-nutrition due to poverty, lack of nutritional knowledge
  or disease conditions e.g. cancer
• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Sports Nutrition
• Paediatric Nutrition
• General Nutrition

Naturopath - Penny Hayes

Penny’s practice brings together a wide knowledge of herbal and nutritional medicine, dietary and lifestyle tailoring and massage to assist patients to achieve and maintain good health.

Conditions which benefit from Naturopathic treatment include:

• Fatigue and recurring illness
• Blood sugar imbalances including diabetes
• Headaches
• Cardiovascular problems, eg. high blood pressure
• Gastro intestinal problems, eg. bloating, constipation
• Hormonal disturbance both male and female
• Pain
• Sleep problems

Clinical Psychologist – Catherine Chan-Kwa

Catherine Chan-Kwa aims at providing professional and compassionate counselling and psychological services to the Christian community as well as the general public. Areas of interests include:

• Addressing the wholeness of a person (psychological, sociological, biological & spiritual).
• Coaching and mentoring with a focus on spiritual needs.
• Conducting workshops on basic life skills (i.e. stress management).
• Conducting workshops on basic counselling training for pastoral care staff.
• Providing a professional counselling service with a Christian approach.
• Offering secondary consultation to pastoral and counselling staff at their local church.
• Making professional counselling an accessible and affordable service for the whole community.
• Mental health issues
• Cross cultural counselling
• Adolescent issues
• Adjustment and transition issues
• Psychological assessments.

Catherine comes with a wealth of experience in providing continued care for people who are in need.

Catherine is a registered and endorsed clinical psychologist with a Medicare Provider Number and is also registered with:

• Medibank Private & other health insurance companies
• T.A.C
• Victims of Crime
• Workcover

Visit www.soteriaconsulting.com or contact (03) 9988 2688 for more information.

Psychologist – Jacob Topy

Jacob Topy is a Psychologist who will be working at CityLife Community Care on Thursdays.

Jacob has a particular interest in adolescent and men’s issues.

Areas of expertise include:

• Relationship Counselling—Individuals, couples and family issues.
• Work Related Issues such as career development, rehabilitation following accident or injury and dealing with retrenchment or burnout.
• Education—School Problems, study or learning difficulties, behavioural issues, motivation, formal testing.
• Everyday living—including anger/conflict, anxiety/phobias , grief and loss, stress/relaxation, sleep problems, depression, mood disorders and addictions.

Jacob is registered with:

• Medibank Private & other health insurance companies
• T.A.C
• Victims Referral
• Workcover

Probationary Psychologist

Lorraine McGregor has an education and business background and is working towards getting her Psychologist registration this year. She has seven years experience in working as a counsellor and probationary psychologist. Lorraine works with adolescents and adults (including couples). She specialises in: grief and loss, relationships, depression and anxiety, separation and divorce, abuse, sexuality, anger and conflict.

Barrister & Solicitor - Mary Boardman

Mary works at CityLife Community Care on Monday & Wednesday mornings. Her services include:

• Commercial agreements
• Conveyancing
• Deceased Estate / Probate
• Family Law
• Leases
• Wills

Schedule of costs are available upon request.