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Family 'relief' when long-term school absenteeism cured by treatment

Perth, WAApril 13 All members of the Clark family received a morale and health boost when
HEADSPACE provided a personalised program of diet, nutrition and image therapy for their two ill
children !oth are back to school and their parents have their bedroom to themselves again"
Jen and Patrick lark had !een "tr#$$lin$ %ith their "&n, J&hn '1(), and da#$hter, *ella+" '1,), health
pr&!le-" .&r a l&n$ ti-e/ *&th children had !een #na!le t& attend "ch&&l .#ll0ti-e .&r -&nth" and
%ere re$#larl1 "leepin$ in their parent"+ !ed/ J&hn+" "e2ere .ati$#e %a" pr&2in$ di..ic#lt t& treat, and
*ella+" %ide0ran$in$ an3iet1 %a" pre2entin$ her .r&- leadin$ an c&n.ident, a#t&n&-&#" li.e/
&n"#ltant" %ere r#nnin$ te"t" t& pinp&int the rea"&n" .&r J&hn+" .ati$#e, e2ent#all1 reachin$ a
dia$n&"i" &. hr&nic Fati$#e S1ndr&-e/ 4n.&rt#natel1, thi" pr&ce"" t&&k -&nth"/ Jen and Patrick
%ere c&--itted parent", "tr&n$l1 in2&l2ed %ith a 2ariet1 &. c&--#nit1 pr&5ect"/ *&th %ere #n"#re &.
the !e"t c&#r"e t& take .&r their .a-il1 and readil1 ad-itted the1 %ere #na!le t& c&pe %ith the
pr&"pect &. an&ther ter- &. a!"enteei"-, illne"" and the children "leepin$ in %ith the-/ Mean%hile, a
.a-il1 .riend rec&--ended t& the lark" that the1 tr1 "eekin$ help .r&-, /
4p&n re.erral, the charit1+" therapi"t" de"i$ned a reacti2e pr&$ra- &. treat-ent that pr&2ided a diet t&
"ta!ili"e J&hn+" !l&&d "#$ar le2el" and a2&id *ella+" aller$ie" and I*S !l&atin$/ Ma""a$e techni6#e"
%ere pr&2ided t& relie2e ten"i&n and treat *ella+" a!d&-en and a pr&$ra- &. i-a$e therap1 c&-!ated
the lin$erin$ "tre"" .r&- a .a-il1 car0cra"h/ The tea- al"& %&rked %ith the parent" t& #ni.1 their
appr&ach and, in t#rn, alle2iate the .a-il10%ide "tre"" and .r#"trati&n at the"e interr#pti&n" t& their
!#"1 li.e"t1le"/
Within , -&nth" &. l&2er 7&#"e therap1, J&8e.+" ener$1 le2el" had ret#rned and he %a" !ack t&
"ch&&l .#ll0ti-e/ The c&n"#ltant c&#ldn+t e3plain thi" rec&2er1, %&nderin$ i. it had !een a 2ir#"/ *&th
children %ere "leepin$ in their !ed", I8a!ella+" !&%el pr&!le-" %ere red#ced and Jen and Patrick
%ere -#ch happier/
Jen lark %r&te that it %a" 9a relie. it %a" t& "ee -1 "&n !ack a" he %a"/ The "tre"" &. th&"e : -&nth"
%a" h&rri!le/ When 1&#r child, %h& i" n&r-all1 .it and health1, !ec&-e" "& ill that the1 can n& l&n$er
lead a n&r-al li.e, it i" h&rri!le/; The re.erral chain c&ntin#e" %ith Jen rec&--endin$ the charit1 t&
9an1&ne %h&"e child i" #n%ell t& the p&int that the1 cann&t $& t& "ch&&l, &r their !eha2i&#r i" n&
l&n$er cla""ed a" n&r-al;/
Fa-ilie" &. children %ith l&n$0ter- health pr&!le-" %h& %i"h t& c&ntact the charit1 can d& "& at
%%%/cl&2erh&#"e/&r$ &r &n '<1==,) 3>><>(/ l&2er 7&#"e ha" %&rked %ith a %ide0ran$e &. child
-aladie" "ince 1??, and "#cce"".#ll1 treat" :,@ &. ca"e"/ The charit1+" %&rk i" a2aila!le t& .a-ilie"
acr&"" the c&#ntr1 and treat-ent" are "#!"idi"ed t& keep price" a..&rda!le and acce""i!le/ I. in real
need, .a-ilie" can al"& acce"" the !#r"ar1 .#nd %hich %ill pa1 .&r 1&#r c&#r"e &. treat-ent in .#ll/