Presriptive Team

Dawn Talavera (Dunstan)
LCH, MARH
Homeopath

Dawn studied homeopathy at the London College of Homeopathy after being impressed at the treatment of her eldest child's glue ear by Linda Razell. She is currently a licentiate of the College of Homeopathy and the Royal Society of Homeopaths. She has a very thorough approach to her case taking and balances her strong intuition with measured science.
Dawn is also a mother of five children and therefore has a natural affinity to the issues of childhood and motherhood.

Pauline Appleton

MA, MNIMH, Dip. Phyt
Medical Herbalist & Massage Therapist

Pauline is an experienced medical herbalist, who established her clinic at the Dulwich Therapy Rooms in 2000. She is also a therapeutic massage practitioner and is a Lecturer for ITEC in Massage at Lambeth College.

Virginia Waples

BSc(Hons), DipBCNH, mBANT, CNHC
Nutritional Therapist

Since graduating from the British College of Nutrition and Health (BCNH) Virginia has worked with the NHS supporting hundreds of families with varying health complaints. Work with children includes obesity/ weight management, digestive problems, allergies, repeated infections, rickets and anaemia. Virginia is an expert in child fussy eating and its resolution. Her work with adults includes support for weight management, hormonal imbalance, allergies and food intolerances, IBS, inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, headaches and migraines, exhaustion/ CFS, fibromyalgia and nutritional support for addiction and withdrawal.
Virginia is also a lecturer at the Institute of Optimum Nutrition and teaches on the BCNH's (UK College of Nutrition & Health) BSc course in Nutritional Therapy.

Sandeep Garg

BSc (Hons), PG Dip. Ayurveda, APA
Ayurvedic Practitioner

Sandeep has had a working relationship with Ayurveda since 1992, especially with Ayurvedic herbs and their therapeutic uses. His interest and belief in Ayurveda, led him to look deeper into the clinical aspect of Ayurveda and its approach to promoting better health through changes in lifestyle and the use of herbal supplements. This culminated in him taking up a three year degree programme from Middlesex University, where he gained an Honours (BSc) degree in Complementary Health Sciences (Ayurveda) and completing his Post-graduate Diploma with a clinical internship under Dr Vasant Lad (B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc.) in Pune, India.

Sandeep is an Executive Committee member of the (APA) Ayurvedic Practitioners Association UK and one of the founding members of the Herbal Forum, a body that liaises with the UK Government on regulation of Herbal and Traditional medicine.