Holistic Health Counseling and Wellness Coaching

What can you expect from holistic health counseling and wellness coaching with Cynthia Perkins?

Counseling or wellness coaching with a holistic health approach attempts to optimize your physical, emotional, cognitive, social and spiritual health by identifying the underlying causes of your symptoms and encourages a variety of integrative health remedies like changes in diet, green living principles, nutritional supplements, exercise, mindfulness, meditation, deep breathing exercises, changes in lifestyle and more.

The underlying causes of all medical and psychiatric health conditions tend to fall under the categories of poor diet, nutritional deficiencies, environmental toxins, overgrowth of Candida yeast or some other organism like bacteria, parasites or viruses, neurotransmitter imbalances, impaired adrenal function, food sensitivities, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, hormone imbalances and chronic stress.

Many psychological and physical symptoms can be alleviated or improved by making simple changes in the diet, environment and lifestyle and replenishing nutrients.

Not all conditions, illnesses or diseases can be completely "healed", but they can at the very least be significantly improved with the right interventions. We will, of course, look for healing and seek relief where it exists, but complete healing is a journey, that usually consists of time.

Being healthy does not always mean the "absence" of disease or illness. It means living and functioning as optimally as possible with your condition. Finding harmony and balance in the midst of the storm, while continuing to strive for a more optimal level of health.

Holistic health counseling or wellness coaching with Cynthia is short-term and goal focused.

We will employ a variety of self-care strategies that empower you to take control of your own health care plan and become a partner with your health care provider.

• Alternative Mental Health Education

You or someone you love lives with depression, anxiety, hyperactivity or other so called "mental illnesses" and you would like to find holistic or alternative approaches for relief. Learn how diet, nutrition and environmental toxins impact your mental health and what to do about it. Conditions such as depression, anxiety and hyperactivity can be addressed successfully without drugs. There is no such thing as a mental disorder that exists without a physiological cause.


• Biochemical Education

Learn how diet, nutrition and chemicals in our environment affect our biochemistry and thus our mental and physical health and how these factors can create symptoms that appear to be psychological in nature, but are actually physiological. And how these symptoms can be eliminated or reduced by correcting one's diet and nutrition or by removing chemicals from your living space.


• Personalized Biochemical Nutritional Evaluation and Testing

Each one of us is unique biochemically and metabolically. There is not a one size fits all vitamin supplement or healing plan. Your nutritional supplement program and recovery path should be designed specifically for your biochemistry. Use these ground breaking biochemical tests to determine your nutritional needs and create a supplement regimen and path for recovery that is created just for you and your body.


• Healthy Eating Plans

Design a healthy eating plan that is right for your unique biochemical needs and addresses the health conditions that you face. Making simple changes in the diet is one of the most powerful self-care strategies at your disposal and is the foundation of my holistic health counseling approach.


• Paleolithic Eating

Learn how Paleolithic eating can improve your physical, emotional and spiritual health, regardless of which health condition you face and design a diet plan that's right for you. Understand the basics of a good Paleo diet, the science behind it and why it works.


• Food Sensitivity Testing

Undiagnosed food sensitivity occurs in approximately 80% of the population. It can be at the root of many physical and mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, hyperactivity, irritable bowel, fatigue, arthritis, insomnia, autism, weight gain, Fibromyalgia, gastrointestinal distress, ear aches, headaches and many more. With a simple test sent to your home, you can determine your hidden food sensitivities and make drastic improvements in your health.


• Candida Education and Support

Candida is a cunning and difficult health condition to manage. It requires a great deal of patience, education and persistence. Learn how Candida impacts your mental and physical health, tips and advice on diet, supplementation, treatment options, coping and adjustment or lifestyle changes.


• Nutritional Deficiency Testing and Evaluation

More than 80 percent of the population has nutritional deficiencies in a variety of crucial nutrients. Nutritional deficiencies lead to a vast number of psychological and physiological health conditions. When you identify your deficiencies in nutrients and replenish them, significant improvements in physical, emotional and spiritual health can be made.


• Neurotransmitter Screening

Neurotransmitter depletion and/or disruption is the primary underlying cause in all mental health conditions and many physiological as well. With a simple questionnaire that costs nothing beyond the phone consult we can screen for crucial neurotransmitters and determine if more advanced testing is called for. Alternatively, we can use a variety of biochemical tests to get a more accurate and thorough picture of neurological function.


• Mindfulness Techniques and Breathwork

Discover how to use a variety of mindfulness techniques and/or deep breathing exercises to improve health, restore balance to the autonomic nervous system, relieve or manage chronic pain, alleviate anxiety and assist in spiritual development and awareness. Mindfulness and breathwork are one of those rare holistic health counseling techniques that truly encompasses all the aspects of healing for an individual in one simple and affordable step.


• Alcoholism, Compulsive Overeating and Food Addiction Recovery

As a recovered alcoholic and addict of many substances with 22 years of uninterrupted and craving-free sobriety, I can share with you the reason traditional treatment fails so often and what you need to get sober and stay sober.  Learn about alternative treatments for alcoholism, addiction and compulsive overeating that are much more successful than the traditional route.


• Weight Management

It's not your fault you're overweight. Learn how factors such as hidden food allergies or sensitivities, thyroid disorders, and common everyday chemicals in your environment trigger your appetite and interfere in proper metabolism, and how you can succeed in maintaining your desired weight.


• Adrenal Burnout and Other Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction

Adrenal fatigue or burnout and overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system is a major contributing factor in most health conditions, syndromes and illnesses, both physical and mental/emotional. Learn the basics of adrenal burnout and autonomic nervous system dysfunction, how it impacts your mental and physical health and what is needed to restore balance through diet, nutritional supplements and lifestyle changes.


• Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

With an extensive amount of first hand experience with each of these conditions, I will teach you the many underlying factors that contribute to symptoms and how to use diet, nutritional supplements and changes in lifestyle to find significant improvement and improve the quality of life.


• Living with Chronic Illness or Chronic Pain

Healing is a process; it takes time. During that time it is essential to find effective coping skills that maximize the quality of life. If you live with chronic illness or chronic pain, your life may seem like a roller coaster sometimes.  You're likely to deal with a variety of emotional issues on a daily basis.  There may be times you need support, encouragement, advice or education from someone who truly understands.I have first hand experience navigating the challenges of chronic illness and chronic pain and understand the impact it can have on your life.

We may focus of any issue you might have.  Coping skills, illness management, symptom management, pain management, relationship issues, sexuality, grieving, coping and adjustment, day-to-day living, acceptance, self-discipline, healing childhood trauma, stress management etc. etc. 


• Detoxification

Learn how toxins impact your physical, emotional and spiritual health and how to detox your body in the safest, most natural and effective manner. Understand your detoxification system, how to identify your toxins, the detoxification diet, genetic vulnerabilities and a wide variety of natural interventions.


• New Patient Education

Available to those newly diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Chemical Sensitivities, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and would like help and support in learning about all the issues that one will face concerning their illness. Issues such as: lifestyle changes, diet, where to find doctors, networking, catalogs, environmental cleanup, coping, etc. can be addressed.


• Professional Consultation

Comprehensive consultation for mental health professionals, public agencies, health care providers, etc., who would like to learn more about my knowledge base, my approach and how to incorporate this type of holistic health counseling or coaching into your practice.

60 Minute Phone Consultation - $65.00

30 Minute Phone Consultation - $35.00

Email Consultation - $45.00

30 Minute Phone Consult Plus Test Review and Interpretation - $90.00

30 Minute Phone Consult Plus Extended Test Review and Interpretation - $120.00

30 Minute Phone Consult Plus Comprehensive Test Review and Interpretation - $150.00

Prefer to Pay by Phone? - Call 888-633-2131