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Sharon Erdrich, Reg Nurse, Naturopath, Herbalist, Health Consultant

...offers health and nutritional expertise to would-be health consultants, health professionals, as well as  to private clients.

Sharon is a registered naturopath, clinical nutritional consultant and medical herbalist with a special interest in weight management, particularly for the benefit in preventing diabetes and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.  Sharon offers an individually-tailored approach to your health problem and in addition to ensuring adequate nutrition, she believes that effective weight management can be achieved by correcting imbalances that contribute to weight gain, and that fundamental to maintaining a healthy weight is proper nutrition.

Sharon uses advanced pathology testing to identify abnormal function and imbalance and give direction to your treatment including salivary/urinary hormones and fatty acid metabolites.

With an abundance of naturopathic and nutritional knowledge, accumulated over the years on her journey through both alternative and conventional medical systems and her enquiring mind, Sharon can support people with an extremely wide range of health conditions.

Sharon's History

Her journey into natural medicine began in 1979, when as a student nurse she realised that sick people, treated with conventional medicine, didn't really get better.  They just got well enough to function, or be discharged from hospital  - until the next health crisis. Her desire to help people correct the underlying causes of their ill-health has fuelled her quest for an indepth understanding of many aspects of natural health care. Her preferred mode of working with clients to support the return to good health, and the maintenance thereof, is Nutritional Medicine

Sharon uses Functional Testing to establish underlying imbalances and thus is able to accurately target appropriate therapies for each client. For many clients, comprehensive testing may be indicated, including Live Blood Analysis as well as establishing the level of toxins in the body which can interfere with even the best nutritional program.

She also uses Herbal Medicine, Bach Flowers, Homoeobotanicals and Aromatherapy.

Sharon is a certified Metabolic Typing consultant and runs the UltraLite Weight Management Program to support client's return to healthy weight. She is also and advanced PSYCH-K facilitator and is trained by MINDD for the Biomedical treatment of children and adults with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders)

Sharon enjoys researching and writing about health, including feature articles for Healthy Options magazine. She was also one of the Nutrition advisors to the 2008 TV Program "What's Really in our Food". Her wealth of experience in a wide range of fields, coupled with her passion for learning makes her an astute clinician, focusing on returning you to optimal health.

Articles available include:

"The Trouble with Sugar",
Science of Smell NZ Herald 02 Sept 2009
Mercury
Vitamin Sunshine
Iron

For her dissertion on "Alternative Therapies for Hypercholesterolaemia - A Comparative Review", click here.(cost $10 for e-version)

Sharon loves teaching and lectures extensively at  Wellpark College of Natural Therapies in Auckland, (Nutrition, Naturopathy, Medical Sciences, Herbal Medicine and Aromatherapy), as well as at the New Zealand College of Massage, lecturing in Medical Sciences.

In her broad-reaching nursing carer, Sharon worked in Cardiology, Intensive Care, Paediatrics, Oncology, District Nursing, General Practice, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Medicine and Surgery.  She has held positions in Australia, the Middle East and the United Kingdom as well as in New Zealand.  She has also studied with the RNZHS - achieving papers in the National Diploma in Horticulture.

Sharon purchased the Light Clinic of Natural Medicine from Auckland naturopath, Erica Light, and renamed it "House of Health". Since then she has expanded the clinic to provide two convenient locations in central Auckland.

She is the creator of Rich Earth natural skin care products and Essential Oils and runs a regular workshop for those interested in making their own natural skin-care products. For the next course dates and to register, click here.

Sharon is a member of the NZ Association of Medical Herbalists the South Pacific Association of Natural Therapists, Naturopathic Society of NZ, the NZ Register of Holistic Aromatherapists, and an associate member of the Australasian Integrative Medical Association, a member of the Clinical Nutrition Association and maintains a current nursing practising certificate.

Speaking engagements have included:
2010 National Hepatitis Conference in Whakatane: "Complementary Therapies for Hepatitis C"
2009 NZ AIMA Conference Auckland: "The  Metabolic Syndrome"
2008 NZ Register of Aromatherapists Annual Conference 2008, "Stress & Aromatherapy",
2009 (Sept) Breakfast TV,  discussing The Science of Smell. 
2008: Invited speaker at The Gluten Free Food & Allergy Expo - " The implications of food allergies for long-term health "

Her Qualifications:

PGCert HlthSci(Nutrition) (University of Auckland)
ND(Hons) (Wellpark College of Natural Therapies)
Dip Med Herb. (Wellpark College)
Registered Nurse (NZRGON), (Auckland School of Nursing)
Dip Aromatherapy (Wellpark College)
Cert Massage (Wellpark College)
Certified Metabolic Typing^® Advisor (HealthExcel)
Ultra Lite Weight Management
Cert QRA Practitioner
MINDD-trained Practitioner
Advanced PSYCH-K® Facilitator (Australia)
CTEFLA, NCAE
DIRECTOR: House of Health City & House of Health Herne Bay

Awards:

• Top Naturopathic Student
• Best Research Paper
• Finalist: Health Practitioner of the Year (2008), NZ Health Industry Awards

Sharon is available for consultation in Herne Bay and in Auckland CBD.

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