Today I had the privilege of interviewing Lisa Beaury, a holistic clinician from Healing Alternatives in Orlando, FL.

Healing Alternatives is a holistic wellness clinic that focuses on treating the entire person – mind, body and spirit.  They treat patients of every age and walk of life, by looking for the root cause of their ailments and healing from those causes, not from symptoms.

Dr. Donna Johnston, D.O.M. has 20 years of experience in natural medicine.  Not only is she a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, but she is a Doctor of Naturopathy, she has also achieved the status of Master Herbalist and Certified Natural Health Professional. She is further certified in Homeopathy, Iridology, Kinesiology, Nutrition, Reiki, Yoga, Biological Terrain and Metabolic Balancing for Allergy Elimination.

Her clinician who is with us today works with and supports her on a daily basis with all patients.  Lisa works with applied kinesiology, as well as all bioenergetic feedback modalities, and energy clearings.  She answers client questions and sees patients for appointments when Donna is not available.

There is also a new Acupuncture Physician, Tara Reed who will be starting with them soon and will focus on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Herbs, as well as Acupuncture.  She will be a great addition to their dynamic team!

Lisa started off by talking about how common it is to see children now days needing alternative types of health services to treat attention, sensory and/or behavioral difficulties.  She stated that it’s much more common now than 10-15 years ago.  Their clinic is set up to see people of all ages, but they are getting calls at least once a week from parents concerned about their children having ADD, ADHD, sensory-based concerns, etc…  These parents express how they have been through the wringer trying to figure out ways to help their children after a number of unsuccessful attempts and a whole lot of frustration.

She stated that usually by the time a family brings their child in for an evaluation they are happy but frustrated and often feeling nervous about trying a new testing or treatment approach.  After the team at Holistic Options spends a good hour with them reviewing their background, the parents usually feel well understood, less stressed, and then they become curious of what can be done to help their child.

As far as their testing procedures, I had Lisa explain to us how their office determines a child’s underlying problems when they come in for initial testing.  This is something I try to explain concisely to many parents that have children with sensory processing difficulties, food sensitivities, allergies and suspected neurotransmitter imbalances to name a few.  Lisa was able to break this down for us with very good explanations (of course)!

They always start their testing by looking for “root causes” of the symptoms reported by the parents.  They have explanations of their tests on their website at  http://www.healingalternativesinc.com/ if you look under their “services” tab.  They mainly use applied kinesiology techniques and a computerized electrodermal screening machine called the LSA Pro by Zyto.  These are fascinating testing approaches that are highly sensitive and able to pick up subtle changes in the body to give the clinician information on how the body needs to best be balanced.  I highly recommend you listen to this episode to hear the great ways that Lisa explains this technology in an understandable way.  The LSA Pro machine has 40,000 different test items in its database with the ability to assess the health of each organ and every gland in the body as well as detecting specific viruses, mineral imbalances, neurotransmitter imbalances, foreign chemicals in the body (such as plastics and pesticides), parasites (as well as identifying the type), molds, mycotoxins and even electromagnetic fields that affect our bodies in negative ways.

If you are concerned about your child being able to sit still and cooperate, rest assured, they have several tricks up their sleeve to help ease you and your child.  They have toys, Legos, crayons, etc… available to distract your child, and often one of them will work gently to distract your child while the other one does the testing, so the parent can be freed up from trying to get their child to behave and feel a lot less stressed.  This allows the parent to think more clearly, be able to share information and ask all the important questions they came with and have along the way.

Once Lisa and Dr. Johnston have identified the keys areas to address within each child’s body, they find specific supplements from their natural pharmacy of over 1,800 products to complement and balance that child.  They are very creative and realistic when it comes to finding ways to get children to take certain products, vitamins or supplements, and can disguise many products into a tasteless liquid form to put in their mouth or to be blended into good-tasting drinks or shakes.

Lisa has agreed to return for our next episode, to talk to us about: common symptoms that are seen in children who have been (usually unknowingly) exposed to high levels of toxins compared to what their body can handle; the biggest known causes of AD/HD, mood disorders and sensory disorders from an alternative health provider’s prospective; common treatment plans provided to help children to act and feel better; and other general health recommendations that we can all learn from.

Thank you so much Lisa for your time and expertise!  We look forward to more great information!

If you would like to contact Healing Alternatives directly you can find them on-line at www.healingalternativesinc.com call them @ 407-682-7111 or email Lisa directly at: lisa.halternatives@gmail.com

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