Theresa Stevenson – BHSc (Nat), BHSc (NutDMed), Mineral Analysis (Cert), Nutrigenomics (Cert).
Welcome to Thyme for Natural Medicine
At Thyme for Natural Medicine, I provide evidence‑informed natural healthcare with a special focus on mental health, biochemical individuality, and whole‑person wellbeing. My approach blends naturopathy, nutrition and dietetic medicine, herbal medicine, nutrigenomics, and mineral analysis to uncover underlying drivers of health concerns and support long‑term healing.
I work collaboratively with patients and alongside other healthcare professionals to ensure safe, coordinated, and personalised care.
Services
Mastering Brain Chemistry
I look at the underlying chemistry of the brain to understand how nutrient patterns and biochemical balance may be influencing your mood, sleep, focus, and overall emotional wellbeing. Subtle shifts—like low zinc, high copper, Vitamin D deficiency, or methylation imbalances—can affect how your brain produces and regulates key neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine.
By using targeted testing, we can identify which biochemical patterns may be contributing to symptoms such as anxiety, depression, low mood, irritability, or insomnia. Once we understand what your system needs, we use personalised nutritional strategies to support healthy brain function, steadier moods, and more restorative sleep.
This approach is especially helpful for improving emotional balance, stress resilience, cognitive clarity, and overall mental wellbeing.
Naturopathy
Naturopathy combines traditional healing wisdom with modern scientific understanding to support the body’s natural ability to heal. I work with patients experiencing both acute and chronic conditions, using a holistic framework that considers physical, emotional, and environmental influences on health.
My special interest lies in mental and emotional wellbeing, including stress, anxiety, mood dysregulation, burnout, ADHD/ADD, and sleep disturbances. Treatment plans are tailored to each individual and may include herbal medicine, nutritional therapy, lifestyle strategies, and functional testing.
Nutrition & Dietetic Medicine
Nutrition is one of the most powerful tools for restoring health. Whole foods provide a complex synergy of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and phytochemicals that support every system of the body from digestion and immunity to energy production and mental wellbeing.
While supplements can be used strategically, they are never a replacement for the therapeutic complexity of food. Instead, they are prescribed to address specific biochemical needs or restore balance where deficiencies or increased demands exist.
Nutrition plays a key role in neurotransmitter production, meaning dietary choices can directly influence serotonin, dopamine, glutamate, and other pathways involved in mood, cognition, and emotional resilience.
Nutrigenomics
Nutrigenomics examines how your genes influence nutrient metabolism, enzyme function, and overall biochemical balance. Genetic variations can reduce the efficiency of certain enzymes, affecting pathways related to detoxification, methylation, neurotransmitter production, fertility, immunity, and mental health.
Through nutrigenomic testing, we identify variations that may be contributing to your symptoms. Once we understand which pathways need support, we use targeted nutritional strategies such as vitamin and mineral cofactors to optimise enzyme activity and restore balance.
This approach is especially valuable for supporting mood regulation, stress resilience, cognitive function, and behavioural health.
Mineral Analysis
Minerals are essential for growth, healing, vitality, and metabolic function. They regulate nerve conduction, muscle contraction, fluid balance, enzyme activity, and energy production. Because they participate in nearly every biochemical process, they are often described as the “spark plugs” of life.
Modern farming practices, soil depletion, environmental toxins, and chronic stress can all contribute to mineral imbalances. Mineral analysis allows us to identify deficiencies, excesses, or patterns that may be affecting your physical or mental wellbeing.
Key minerals such as magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, and manganese play critical roles in neurotransmitter synthesis, mood stability, and stress response, making mineral assessment especially valuable in mental health support.
Herbal Medicine
Herbal medicine utilises the therapeutic power of plant‑based phytochemicals to support healing, restore balance, and prevent illness. Each herb offers unique actions for example, Curcuma longa (turmeric) provides potent anti‑inflammatory support, while Echinacea species modulate immune function.
Herbal formulations are customised to your individual needs and may include herbs that are adaptogenic, calming, antimicrobial, digestive, immune‑supportive, or anti‑inflammatory. This personalised approach allows herbal medicine to work synergistically with your body’s natural healing processes.
Herbal medicine can also be tailored to support nervous system regulation, stress resilience, sleep, and emotional wellbeing.
Integrated Care
I believe the best outcomes occur when healthcare providers work together. I maintain clear communication with GPs, psychologists, counsellors, and other allied health professionals to ensure your care is safe, coordinated, and aligned with your broader treatment plan.
About
Theresa Stevenson
BHSc (Nat), BHSc (NutDMed), Mineral Analysis (Cert), Nutrigenomics (Cert).
Theresa relocated to the Gold Coast in 2003 from Dubbo, NSW, to undertake formal training in natural medicine at Endeavour College of Natural Health, completing a Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy). She later returned to complete a Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition and Dietetic Medicine) in 2020. Her further professional development includes training in Nutrigenomics and a certificate in Mastering Brain Chemistry.
Theresa has spent the past four years working within a mental health clinical setting, contributing to multidisciplinary care for patients with complex presentations. Her practice integrates naturopathic and nutritional medicine with a functional, systems based approach. She focuses on identifying potential biochemical, nutritional, and lifestyle contributors to patient symptoms and provides evidence informed education to support patient understanding and self management.
Theresa works with an appreciation for the demands of modern life and the importance of sustainable, balanced health strategies. Her clinical style is practical, collaborative, and patient centred, informed by her experience as a practitioner, partner, mother, and grandmother.
Outside of clinical practice, Theresa enjoys walking, swimming, movies, picnics, and spending time with family and friends.
Contact
Thyme for Natural Medicine
Unit 2/37 Parker St
Labrador
QLD 4215