ABOUT DR WILK
From disease control to health and healing
Since beginning my medical training over 25 years ago, I’ve been on a journey to better understand health and health care. As soon as I began to look after patients with longterm health conditions, something about the conventional medical model didn't sit right with me. Despite many groundbreaking advancements in treatment, my patients seemed to be trading symptoms for side effects. The sole focus was on controlling, or even fighting disease, rather than nourishing the body and nurturing the health within each of us. This was a system of disease, not health. And so began my search for a better model of care. Combining functional medicine and embodiment practices has helped me to develop evidence-based care that attends to the whole person: body, mind and spirit.
In an effort to help manage the effects of chronic stress on long term illness, I have completed training in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy with the highly regarded Karuna Institute. Please visit my Craniosacral information page to learn more about this powerful therapy.
My journey towards helping patients address the impact of adverse early childhood experiences on their longterm health has led me to undertake training with Dr Gabor Maté in an immersive therapeutic approach called Compassionate Inquiry. I have deepened this process through my experience with Diamond Approach as taught by A.H. Almaas. I have found that engaging with our bodies with curiosity can serve as a powerful gateway to trauma integration and healing.
I am also very pleased to be studying herbalism with Sajah Pophum, a gifted and truly holistic herbalist, and I integrate this knowledge into my clinical toolkit.
Biography
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As a Rheumatologist, Dr Lucie Wilk has worked in a wide range of healthcare environments from academic specialist centres to community NHS Trusts, from Vancouver to Oxford to Devon & Cornwall.
She qualified in Acute Medicine and Rheumatology at the University of British Columbia, and was a faculty member with the UBC Division of Rheumatology and Department of Medicine, teaching, working and conducting research at the two largest academic hospitals in the province of British Columbia, and helping to run the tertiary care Lupus Clinic.
Since moving to the UK in 2010, she has worked as a Consultant Rheumatologist at a number of NHS hospital trusts including Oxford University Hospitals and she currently continues to care for rheumatology patients at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. She has a wealth of experience in autoimmune diseases, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and vasculitis. Being dually trained in Acute Medicine, she is also qualified to treat many other chronic illnesses including diabetes, heart disease and gastrointestinal disorders.
She was awarded funding to conduct a research project at Torbay Hospital which was designed to measure the benefits of education in the principles of functional medicine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. She believes strongly in the need for patient agency in health care.
see her TEDx talk for more information.
“I am excited to be able to offer people the kind of ethical care I’ve long been searching for. I truly believe that this is the future of medicine: sustainable care that helps to liberate people from a state of chronic illness and return to their lives feeling empowered to continue to make positive changes.”
