Why Choose Us?
Holistic Health is an integrative wellness clinic founded by Doreen Schwegler, Medical Scientist and Naturopath, who has over 35 years of health, wellness and medical experience. We offer an exceptional & premium service to people suffering from recurrent/chronic urinary tract infections, fertility issues or recurrent miscarriages.
We offer Zoom or mobile consultations for interstate or international patients and face-to-face consultations in Sydney.
Our approach involves thorough investigation and research to identify the ‘driver/s’ behind a presenting health condition. This can include in-house testing such as Vitality, Longevity & Ageing (Bioimpedance testing using Quadscan) or outsourced tests including DNA analyses to identify specific predispositions and Functional pathology testing (including MicrogenX urine, vaginal and semen testing, Gut Microbiome testing, Food allergy and DUTCH Complete Hormone profiles).
We also creating ‘Creating Healthy Babies’ – an online Proactive Preconception Course suitable for women and couples wanting to learn how to optimise the health of their future family. Message us for a FREE link to the first module doreen@holistichealth.com.au
We recommend quality, evidence based Practitioner-only prescribed products to maximise results.
Appointments can be made to visit our clinic or via zoom or mobile
DOREEN SCHWEGLER
Medical Scientist, Naturopath & Bowen Therapist
BApSc (RMIT) DipApSc (SSNT) DipBT
Member ANTA (Fellow)
Doreen has been passionate about assisting her patients optimise their health and wellbeing for over 35 years. After completing her Medical Science degree in 1982, and working in Melbourne laboratories, she travelled to the UK to gain further experience. After returning to Australia, she completed her Naturopathic qualification in 1989 and completed the initial training in Bowen with Ozzie Rentch, and later upgraded to Cert IV then a Diploma in Bowen. She then pursued post-graduate studies in Natural Fertility Management with Francesca Naish.
Doreen’s passion is educating and preparing couples by way of thorough preconception care to understand and optimise their overall health and fertility. She also determines the underlying ‘drivers’ behind sub-fertility and recurrent miscarriage, incorporating thorough testing and treatments, as well as supporting IVF treatments. She has trained under Ruth Kriz’s unique approach to treating chronic UTIs, interstitial cystitis and prostatitis using MicrogenX NGS testing and addressing underlying drivers
She founded “Creating Healthy Babies” -an 8-module proactive preconception course, to educate and empower couples to optimise their health and fertility prior to conceiving the healthiest baby possible.
Doreen’s approach
Doreen’s focus is on trying to discover the underlying reasons, or ‘drivers’ behind a patient’s issue and incorporates numerous tests including iridology, live blood testing, body parameter measurements; thorough pathology testing, functional testing such as hair mineral analysis, stool and microbiome analysis, extensive hormone analysis and genetic profiling.
So whatever health condition or goal a client presents with – whether it’s to lose weight, have a healthy baby, or assist hormone or digestive issues, her focus is comprehensive assessment and personalised treatment. Doreen has 2 adult children and her great joy is to hear and meet the beautiful babies she has assisted into being. Her aim is to positively affect future generations by helping parents not only achieving a great pregnancy by ensuring that both parents are as healthy as possible to enable the creation of the best possible baby.
What Doreen does in her spare time
Doreen is an avid reader, science and sports enthusiast who enjoys dancing, skiing, yoga, bushwalking, cycling, eating out, sea-kayaking, writing and travelling!
She is the author of ‘Complete Health Overhaul – a Guide towards Happiness, Better Sex and Healthy Ageing’; co-author of ‘Smart Business Builders’, and “Health for Mature Women”.
Our Testimonials
Our beautiful boy “Max” Ryan was born yesterday afternoon at 12.45pm weighing 2935g. Our hearts are full of love and joy for the new addition to our family. I am also doing well. Thanks for all your help in preparing my body for the labour.
My husband and I have been with Doreen Schwegler for over 10 years now and she is great with assisting to keep our overall health in check. It’s nice to know that you’re not alone when it comes to keeping healthy and there is somewhere to turn when you’re unsure of what vitamin to take and which is best for you.Thanks for helping to keep our minds, body and soul as healthy as possible.
Hi Doreen,
It was more than indescribable to meet you today.
Thank you deeply for your care, consideration and most importantly knowledge.
I don’t think you understand the gravity of you giving me the reassurance that you’re wanting to help, but also take the time to really analyse my situation and come up with solutions.
I really hope this pain ends soon and I’m beyond grateful for you.I have spoken to my GP and I have done an urine test and I’ll do bloods tomorrow, when she gets the results she will pass them on to you.
My Doctor is thrilled I’m now seeing you !
I was personally recommended to you in 2016 after suffering from two miscarriages and being told by my GP that it was an unfortunate event. No further testing was recommended by my GP, however I knew that there was more to my miscarriages. It wasn’t until you provided me with a list of further testing that I discovered I had a MTHFR gene mutation. Your ability to manage this with vitamins and dietary changes definitely aided in the healthy conception and development of Chloe. However, I also praise your ability to ensure a healthy pregnancy throughout all trimesters along with the preparation for labour in the final trimester. I don’t think I would’ve achieved the successful labour outcomes for both pregnancies if it wasn’t for your support. We have been blessed with two healthy, beautiful and intelligent children, which I highly believe is due to maintaining a healthy body from preconception to post-birth.
Just wanted to check in with you to say thank you so much for all your help and guidance in tackling HPV and cervical dysplasia with me. I am very happy to tell you my last results concluded I am now HPV and dysplasia FREE! There are no words to express how happy I am to have been able to cure both the cause and symptoms, I’m so very grateful for your assistance and expertise – THANK YOU!
Thank you for your support. I am very grateful for all of your expertise and help. You are absolutely making a difference, and having a positive impact on my health.Kind regards,BG
I got Covid in the March of 2020, right at the beginning. I spent most of the two years after that suffering from Long Covid. I’ve been unable to work or study that entire time. I could barely think, I couldn’t exercise, if I went and did anything, I went to the movies with a couple of friends after the lockdowns ended and I spent the next four days unable to do even the most basic things.
I’ve tried to get help from a lot of people. From several GPs, from specialist clinics like the Royal Melbourne Covid clinic. Every single time I was met with scepticism or a shrug and a “we can’t help you.” One of the GPs I’ve seen, after months of trying to get help from him, forgot why I had come to see him and tried to send me off for tests for several other non-covid related viruses, and one of the others had me do a respiratory test and declared that, because that was fine, it couldn’t be Long Covid, and that I was suffering from depression.
My first appointment with Doreen lasted for an hour and a half. She listened to me, and engaged with my concerns, and in the couple of months since, has actually helped me with my issues. Thanks to her treatment and advice, my condition has improved a great deal, I feel almost normal now. I’m exercising again, I can think clearly…I still have a way to go to get back to normal, but I’m very hopeful that in another month or two I should be able to find a job again, and get back to my studies next year. EV