Mary Strugar
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Mary is a Human Givens Psychotherapist, Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Practitioner. She qualified as a Nutritionist at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION) in 1997 and holds a BSc (Hons) in Nutritional Therapy from an academic collaboration between the University of Portsmouth and ION. She completed her post graduate Psychotherapy qualifications in 2011 including completing a course in medical neuro-linguistic programming. She holds a Masters Degree in Human Givens Psychotherapy from Nottingham Trent University awarded in 2013.
Mary completed the foundation course in functional medicine 'Applied Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice’ in 2004 www.ifm.org, with the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) and subsequently completed all six advanced practitioner modules covering cardiovascular, hormones, bioenergetics, gastrointestinal, immune and environmental subject areas. Mary uses the practical matrix developed by IFM to consider functional aspects affecting health such as energy, assimilation, defence and repair, structural integrity, communication, transport and biotransformation. These IFM training modules cover functional and biochemical aspects at Master’s degree level and arguably go hand in hand with and help to underpin excellence in psychotherapeutic approaches. Mary updated all her IFM qualifications through 2022/2023.
More recently Mary has done a substantial amount of work with PTSD Resolution, a charity using HG therapy to help military veterans, reservists and their families. Some of her focus is with those who became homeless who are temporarily housed in Aldershot. More information about this work and the completed research studies as well as those currently being conducted can be found on www.ptsdresolution.org.
In her 20s and early 30s she held various jobs in entertainment and factual media related fields as diverse as holding a leadership role in personnel and administration setting up and launching MTV Europe (Music Channel), working with Hilary Lawson, Philosopher and ground breaking TV Producer/Director and with David van Eyssen, Interactive Film Producer before working with Epic as a pioneering Editor/Producer of medical, educational CD-Roms such as ‘Mastering MRI’ (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), made with the President of the MRI Society (USA), Dr John Crues.
The depth of Mary’s life experiences as well as her hands on, practical and pragmatic approach during her last 27 years of practice has been very appreciated by her diverse client base within her one-to-one consultancy work. The majority of Mary’s referrals come from GPs, Consultant Doctors and the charity to help military veterans PTSD Resolution as well as word of mouth. She consults in Central London and in Ewhurst, nr. Cranleigh in Surrey, UK.
MHGI
Complementary Medical Association (CMA)
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