Your life shouldn’t revolve around your gut.

Yes you do. This is a series of consultations delivered over six months. Every session is with the principle naturopath, Cassandra Duffill, who is one of Australia’s most experienced gut health practitioners.

We call it “support with healthy boundaries”.  

Gut Recovery includes direct access to Cassandra through your private client chat portal for brief questions about your treatment and support when something needs adjusting.  Messages are monitored during Health Haven clinic hours, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays and clinic closures.

Portal support isn’t monitored overnight or on weekends and isn’t intended for urgent or emergency medical care.

For questions requiring a more detailed clinical assessment, I’ll let you know when we need to address them in an appointment rather than trying to practise naturopathy via chat. Plus you get an Acute Care consult we can use at any time, if needed. 

In Gut Recovery you get genuine support and continuity of care, without either of us needing to be online 24/7.

Yes the cost of supplements and herbal medicine is additional. Also, if we need additional testing, such as SIBO, microbiome or blood work, these are also additional. We include the cost of the 500 Foods & Sensitivities Test, which is $395 and a Supplement Starter pack that we curate specifically for you, that includes a 200ml herbal medicine and up to two supplements.

No you can’t, it’s not safe to do gut elimination work at these times.  Once you’ve finished breast feeding please come and we can welcome you.

At Health Haven the Gut Recovery program is 12 weeks long and costs only $2500 inc gst.  We also offer a continuation option, Gut Recovery Maintain, to those who need more support beyond the initial program, at a significant discount.

You can come to clinic, do it completely online with telehealth, or a combination of both.  Many clients choose to do the entire program via telehealth for convenience. Either way you’ll be working directly with Cassandra Duffill, one-to-one.

Most treatments focus on finding a pathogen, killing off bacteria or having you avoid foods for life. That is not our approach. Our prioprietary framework repairs and heals the gut, where others just focus on erradicating symptoms.

Yes you can. As every session and treatment protocol is specifically created for YOU, we can customise this journey to address any other issues you have. Commonly our clients have health concerns like perimenopause/menopause, MCAS, autoimmune illnesses, skin conditions and allergies, that we treat concurrently. It’s a cost effective way to restore your health.

Don’t worry, we have got you!  Your program includes pre-scheduled sessions plus a priority Acute Care consult you can schedule anytime, particularly when a flare happens. Because we know your gut flares don’t often line up with your consultations.  Plus we do ongoing phone check-ins and you have a direct line to Cassandra you can use when needed.

Most clients notice positive changes in the first four to eight weeks. Lasting change happens as we progress through the program and rebuild your gut, however our goal is to reduce you symptoms as soon as possible, while we work on the underlying causes and drivers. 

Your final session leaves you with clear next steps and a future plan to follow, so if you leave us the end of Gut Recovery you’ll know exactly how to proceed, as your gut will take another few months to completely heal.

Some digestive health need a little longer, particularly after years of symptoms or with more complex presentations. For clients who would benefit from additional support after their 12 weeks of Gut Recovery, we offer an optional continuation pathway,  Gut Recovery Maintain.

There’s no obligation to continue. Gut Recovery Maintain is only recommended when clinically relevant and is tailored to what your gut needs at that point.  It is a discussion we can have toward the end of your 12 weeks, if needed.