Health is not only physical but mental and emotional.
Twizel Medical Centre aims to support holistic health. If you need some extra support for your mental or emotional health or simply want to chat to someone about improving your overall well-being, you can book an appointment with the following visiting health specialists:
Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP) – available between 11am and 2:30pm every Tuesday from 15 October 2024.
Health Coach (HC) – available between 11am and 2:30pm every Tuesday from 08 October 2024.
If you are unsure of who to see or how much time is required to address your specific health need, please phone us on (03) 435 0777.
What is a Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP)?
Our HIP has the knowledge and skills to help you with:
- managing thoughts, feelings and behaviours
- stress, anxiety, depression or feeling down
- coping with loss
- sleep problems
- drug and alcohol problems
- family or relationship issues, domestic violence, parenting
- chronic pain
- living with the side-effects of illness and health conditions,
- navigating gender identity, sexual orientation
What is a Health Coach (HC)?
The HC can help you reach your health goals.
We can:
- work with you to improve your eating habits and get more active
- help you understand your medicines and show you how to take them safely
We can teach you how to live well with:
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Asthma
- High blood pressure
- Gout
- Low blood pressure
We can also help with:
- improving your sleep
- positive parenting
- tips for managing stress and emotions
- getting help from others who can help you with housing, food, social connection or quitting smoking
