Dietary Healing: the complete detox program
Kathryn Alexander D.Th.D., Adv. Dip. Naturopathy, Gerson Therapist Kathryn is an internationally acknowledged expert in the field of detoxification and dietary healing, holding twenty years experience since qualifying as a dietary therapist in 1987, having studied under Dr. Lawrence Plaskett at the College of Dietary Therapy, London. Through her work with patients choosing the Gerson Therapy she has witnessed at first hand the fundamental role of specific dietary protocols in the healing of chronic disease.  Over the last twenty years Kathryn has lectured widely in the UK, USA and Australia, developed training packages for both professionals and members of the public, and is the author of Get a Life, the Detoxification Diet Made Easy! - the forerunner to this revised edition. In 1999 Kathryn joined the board of directors of the Gerson Institute with responsibilities for research and development and practitioner training. She developed the training curriculum for the Gerson Therapy (R) and produced Nutritional Healing: a Patient Management Handbook, described by Charlotte Gerson as “the ‘bible’ of the nutritional healer of the future.”   Kathryn is also a recognised thought leader in the growing trend of the expert patient, where governments around the world are setting the trend toward the patient self-managing their chronic condition. As a consequence, a consumer-centric model of healthcare is now evolving in which patients seek to form partner-relationships with their primary health-care workers. This assists them in best practice management strategies that more closely reflect their own criteria for a best clinical outcome. Invariably strategies involve the combining of complementary and medical treatments, and medical professionals are increasingly required to have a working awareness of complementary protocols in treatment. Kathryn is now based in Australia where her self-management courses have been well received by both professional and public sectors, with positive feedback from participants who are now equipped to either self-manage their own healing program and make informed decisions in treatment, or to case-manage those of their patients.  www.kathrynalexander.com.au