Julia Davies

Julia Davies - IFMCP - Specialist in the management of complex chronic disease with a private practice in Warwickshire, UK and remote consultation worldwide.

From a very young age I've been interested in all things health. When I was 8 years old I was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. My grandmother, Margaret Hills, who had developed her own natural approach and helped thousands of people around the world with arthritis, helped me too. Seeing that transformation first hand at such a young age really imprints how you feel about the body and it's healing process. It was a complete overhaul of the things that I could control, I changed schools, ate a special diet, supplemented with nutrients and wasn't allowed sweets! But I got better. I've been fascinated by the role of nutrition and biochemical imbalances in health ever since. As I was being bullied quite severely at that age, I knew how the impact of emotional stress can manifest as physical illness and that understanding has only deepened with all my subsequent training to offer a more scientific explanation of exactly how that works.

My early experiences and challenges led me into a fulfilling career of helping others. I have obtained a BSc Hons degree in Human Physiology, studied nutrition with the College of Naturopathic Medicine and subsequently certified as a practitioner with the Institute of Functional medicine in the USA. I have an insatiable appetite for scientific understanding of the human body and its applications to healing. If you can understand how the body functions, encompassing every bodily system down to the cellular level and the intricate communication networks within the body we can begin to take a dysfunctional system into one of restored health again.

My clinical practice has taken me into the depths of environmental illness and understanding mould and infections as causative for chronic health problems. I have trained directly under Dr Ritchie Shoemaker who is the world leader in the diagnosis and management of CIRS (Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) which is a condition triggered by biotoxins in those genetically susceptible.

My training in Archetypal Alchemy (a division of behavioural psychology) offers insight into the emotional aspects of chronic illness. This enables a very holistic overview of how our behaviour and mindset quite radically influences our health path.

I have a lot of experience in complex chronic health problems. I have developed my own unique strategies for assessing your case and managing your programme of recovery and I review and update my own methods accordingly as I learn even more. I have spent many years supporting individuals with their health journey and seen remarkable transformations in so many. I was a guest for 2 seasons of the Gutology podcast which I was really excited to be a part of as it helps a wider audience to see how functional medicine approaches can help.