Natural Therapists

Acupuncture

Chinese Medicine

Chiropractic

Homeopathy

Massage Therapy – incl Bowen, Swedish, Shiatsu, Chinese …

Naturopathy

Osteopathic

Kinesiology

Reiki

People typically use natural therapies to heal themselves as an alternative or as a compliment to conventional methods of depression management such as medication prescribed by GPs and psychiatrists, and psychological or counselling therapy.  When considering using natural therapy as an alternative or complimentary treatment, it is recommended that you discuss this with your GP and for more information please click here

Many of the techniques used by natural therapists are considered to be non-evidence based by conventional science and the general medical community.  Hence, they should be used with caution and with an understanding that not all natural therapies may work for you.  Nevertheless, natural therapy is growing in popularity as indicated by the growing number of Australian health funds now offering health insurance for natural therapies.

Furthermore, look for a practitioner who is a member of a professional association, as these can offer national standards of education and practice, accreditation, and encourage the highest ideals of professional, ethical standards and disciplinary functions.  For a list of associations in Australia which represent the majority of alternative medicines, please click here.

Many practitioners, including GPs and pharmacists, incorporate complementary medicines with conventional medicines into their practice and for more information about this, please visit the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA) website.

• Natural Therapy Pages
• Australasian Integrative Medicine Association
• The Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
• Therapeutic Goods Administration
• Australian Traditional Medicine Society
  
  To search for a Natural Therapist in your area visit our Depression Friendly Practitioners page.