Monica Doherty

Naturopath & Nutritionist

Monica Doherty is one of Australia’s most specialised naturopaths offering support to neurodivergent patients — a rare combination of clinical naturopath, nutritionist, and active PhD researcher whose entire practice is built around supporting autistic and ADHD adults and children with evidence-based complementary medicine.

As an AuDHD practitioner and parent of neurodivergent children, Monica brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work. She understands first-hand the importance of a safe, neuro-affirmative clinical environment — one where patients feel genuinely heard, respected, and supported without judgement.

In addition to her clinical practice, Monica is currently completing her PhD through the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine at Southern Cross University, researching complementary medicine use by autistic adults in Australia. She has also contributed to research projects with the World Naturopathic Federation. Her work sits at the leading edge of this emerging field, and there are very few practitioners in the country with this depth of clinical and academic focus.

Monica’s approach is highly individualised. Dietary and lifestyle advice is always considered through a realistic, sensory-aware lens — taking into account each patient’s capacity, preferences, and family context. Where appropriate, she may recommend functional pathology or microbiome testing, and may prescribe herbal medicines or supplements. She also collaborates closely with other health professionals to ensure care is holistic, integrative, and aligned with each patient’s goals.

Monica has great success with:

Supporting neurodivergent patients – Supporting autistic and/or ADHD adults and children with diet, sleep, digestive concerns or any co-occurring health conditions
Fatigue, Burnout & Mental Health – Burnout, overwhelm, stress, anxiety, insomnia, OCD, and depression
Digestive Health – IBS, bloating, constipation, diarrhoea, and gastrointestinal dysfunction
Food Intolerances & Allergies
Immune Support

Monica consults on Mondays and one Saturday per month. She is best suited to neurodivergent adults and children seeking dedicated, specialist support for any health concerns.

Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) — Swinburne University of Technology
Master of Human Nutrition — Deakin University
Advanced Diploma Naturopathy
PhD Candidate, National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine — Southern Cross University

Full Member, Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA)

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Angela was highly recommended by a friend. I found Angela very professional, patient & amazing. It is so easy to talk to her about all my health concerns & work through them. I love the way she explains how things work, the rationale behind getting tests done & the supplements she prescribed.

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I saw Jasmina for facial reflexology and oh my goodness, the experience was above and beyond my expectations. Highly highly recommended. I wish I could give it billions of stars instead of five.

Del

Georgie has been a life saver, her care and dedication to help me with my digestive concerns has been amazing, she has been very thorough with her investigation and I feel finally someone is actually listening to my concerns and steering me in the right direction.

Thank you And I would definitely recommend Melbourne Natural Medicine Clinic and Georgie

Keran

I have been seeing Erin Graystone for the past 4 months due to leaky gut symptoms and a bacterial overgrowth in my GI tract. Erin is knowledgeable, kind and understanding and really goes the extra mile to make sure you are getting the right treatment. My symptoms are greatly reduced and we are on track to a full recovery after 10 years of other practitioner’s not finding an answer. It’s been life changing. Can’t recommend her highly enough. Thankyou Erin

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Olga’s expertise and experience has brought my son’s health back on track and he is now a much happier and healthier boy. Olga is thorough and covers all aspects of gut health. With Olga’s support my son’s health and overall wellbeing has improved immensely.