Alex Gurney is a clinical herbalist based in Victoria, BC, where she lives and practices on the unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking Peoples. She graduated summa cum laude from Pacific Rim College’s Diploma of Phytotherapy after completing 500+ hours of clinical training and 2,000+ hours of study in traditional and Western herbal medicine and biomedical sciences. She also holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology and is currently completing her Diploma of Holistic Nutrition.

As someone of Ukrainian descent, reconnecting with the folk medicine practiced by her great-grandmother deepened Alex’s appreciation for the knowledge carried through plants, families, communities, and relationships with the land. Before becoming a herbalist, she worked as a chef and organic gardener, while her studies in anthropology explored the intersections of food, health, environment, and culture. Alongside her own lived experience navigating chronic health challenges, these influences continue to shape her understanding of health and her approach to care.

Alex’s practice is grounded in the belief that healing is relational, emerging through our relationships with ourselves, our communities, and the environments that sustain us. Drawing on herbal medicine, nutrition, lifestyle practices, and evidence-informed care, she works collaboratively with clients to create individualized health plans that honour the body’s innate capacity for healing.

As a queer, neurodivergent practitioner, Alex is committed to continually cultivating an inclusive, trauma-informed, neurodivergent- and queer-affirming practice rooted in regenerative herbal medicine. She welcomes all bodies, backgrounds, identities, and health concerns, with particular interests in nervous system, digestive, immune, and hormonal health. She hopes to be a gentle guide, educator, and collaborator, helping clients cultivate deeper, more sustainable relationships with their health and the world around them.

Outside the clinic, Alex feels most at home tending the garden, wandering forest trails, experimenting in the kitchen, painting, reading tarot, travelling, playing board games, and cuddling her cats.

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I believe healing begins by understanding the whole person—not just their symptoms.

Through online consultations, I use Traditional Chinese Medicine principles to uncover the underlying patterns contributing to bodily imbalance and create personalized treatment plans using Chinese herbal medicine, nutrition, and lifestyle recommendations. My goal is to give you practical, sustainable tools that support your body’s natural ability to heal and help you feel more like yourself again.

My practice has a special focus on conditions that are often interconnected, including mental health, nervous system regulation, insomnia, digestive concerns, hormonal and menstrual health, fertility, gynecological conditions, and chronic skin disorders. Whether you’re experiencing anxiety, burnout, painful periods, PMS, navigating menopause, preparing for pregnancy, or struggling with long-standing digestive or inflammatory concerns, treatment is tailored to your unique pattern—not simply your diagnosis.

I have pursued extensive additional training in mental health, gynecology, fertility, and gender-affirming care, and I am passionate about helping people understand how herbs, food, sleep, stress, and daily habits influence long-term health. I believe some of the most powerful medicine happens between appointments, when small, meaningful changes become lasting improvements in well-being.

Patients often describe my approach as thoughtful, compassionate, and collaborative. I strive to create a space where you feel heard, supported, and empowered to take an active role in your health.

Whether you’re looking for answers to a complex health concern or simply want to restore balance before symptoms become bigger problems, I’m here to help you find a path that feels both realistic and sustainable.

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Megan McDonough (she/they) is a clinical herbalist with a focus on menstrual health, perimenopause, and postmenopausal support, while welcoming a wide range of other health concerns. With over 500 hours of supervised clinical experience and extensive training in both biomedical sciences and Western herbal medicine, they take a collaborative, whole-person approach that considers the interplay of physical, emotional, and environmental factors in health. Megan works with clients to create grounded, sustainable care plans that address underlying patterns, respect the body’s innate rhythms, and support meaningful change over time.

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Heather is a Gut Health Practitioner, with a BSc in Biochemistry and Neuroscience, master’s in data science, and is a holistic nutritionist (grad July 2026) and meditation teacher. She helps clients find answers to gut-brain imbalances. She specializes in helping people calm IBS flares, improve digestive issues, constipation, bloating, and fatigue. She offers microbiome stool-testing, and access to cutting-edge probiotics and gut restoration plans. As an athlete, she also enjoys helping people optimize their athletic performance and weight with nutrition. She takes a holistic lifestyle approach with comprehensive plans that meet clients where they are at and include nutrition, supplement, herbs, and mindset suggestions.

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