So how does this look?
First, there is the diagnostic and assessment process, where an individual will be run through diagnostic tests and psychometric tests.
The diagnostic tests consist of:
Organic Acid Testing:
This test looks for different forms of organic acids, minerals, vitamins, neutransmitter metabolites, gut markers that indicate digestion, and amino acids, which would tell us where the breaks are in your nutrition and metabolism. For instance, micronutrient deficiency leads to various issues from mood to cognitve performance. So instead of inferring issues in the top-down (psychological), we can have a look at what is happening in the bottom-up for the building blocks.
Methylation Testing:
Methylation deals with brain metabolism and how certain epigenetic markers are interacting with micronutrients and their metabolism. When certain polymorphosims are present (changes to the gene) that increase or decrease the rate at which you metabolize certain micronutrient with signficant influences in mood and cognition.
Hair Mineral Analysis Test:
We use this test to find out what your toxic burden and exposure has been in terms of metals and what your mineral ratios are looking like over a longer time frame (give or take 3 months). I’ve found this to lead to convergent conclusions in combination of the organic acid testing and methylation, with the help of a practitioner who has allowed me to help clients rebalance key minerals they were either deficient in or had skewed ratios.
Blood Testing:
Blood work is our main window into looking at hormone and organ function. I’m particularly interested in checking sex hormone levels, and thus getting convergent data (through the other tests) where issues might originate from.
Gene Testing:
Similar to the mythalation testing, although this one is on other levels of biology, like dopamine sensitivity, how you respond to exercise, and what forms of exercise your genes favor, and potential sensitivities or intolerance (perhaps allergies) to foods and even medicines.
DUTCH Test:
The DUTCH test is the gold standard of hormone testing across a day. Most tests are a freeze frame of the moment, blood work included, so we misss out on crucial data, like what cortisol (the “stress” hormone) is doing, but also how other hormones are flucuating throughout the day.
Gut Test:
Although we could technically consider this an add-on, when it comes to bacteria ratios, diversity, and dominance, it gives us some indications of what the gut is struggling with, like potential latent infections. It provides us with another layer to customize and individualize one’s nutrition.
Possibly a Mycotoxin (mold test) if other data shows signs of mold exposure. Additional testing could be done to check even deeper, depending on the individual's needs.
Psychometric testing is done online through a battery of tests.
Coaching process
Exploration of your biology and psyche (and how the two influence/drive each other).
Co-regulation: a non-judgmental and explorative dialogical presence.
Practices: cognitive explorative drills and breathwork/meditation drills.
Somatics: different forms of movement and forms of body therapies.
Packages
12-week Reset (foundational): labs, 8 coaching sessions, customized movement and sleep plan, supplement starter kit, app tracking.
6-month Psychagogia (deep): monthly labs, peptide/nootropic protocol management, supervised psychedelic integration (if chosen), ongoing dialectic exploration, and cognitive and somatic protocols. Retreats are an option as well, either on the client's location or another location.
Maintenance subscription: Available to anyone who has done a previous workup, this includes weekly check-ins, lab micro-checks, target dialectic exploration, practitioner referral for further therapies or treatments.
Everything I do and aim to do is tailored to the individual’s need, which might mean more tests or less tests, which might mean more time or less time together. This has been my professional focus for the last few years, which my trips across the world have afforded me plenty of experience in. When you want to know how this would look for you or fit your situation and needs, you can click the button below to get in contact with me directly.