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About Me
I joined Next Practice because we have a shared commitment to providing patient centred, thorough, and inclusive healthcare that considers physical, psychological, social and cultural components of health.
ABN: 87 858 529 433
Dayna is passionate about patient-centred care, whole-person health and well-being, health optimisation, and preventive health care. She has an integrative, collaborative, and multi-disciplinary approach to health care and is a member of ACNEM.
Dayna considers the nutritional, environmental, physical, emotional and social components of health and wellbeing. She takes an evidence-informed, integrative approach to healthcare, combining knowledge in conventional medicine with knowledge in the complementary medicine space.
Dayna is an accredited GP provider of focussed psychological strategies and has a Graduate Certificate of Psychiatric Medicine and a Graduate Diploma of Psychiatric Medicine. She has undertaken additional training in anxiety, depression, youth mental health, eating disorders, trauma-informed care, and substance use (alcohol and other drugs). She has a strengths-based, recovery-oriented approach to psychotherapy and has studied Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
Dayna has a Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and can insert and remove Implanon contraceptive devices. She also has a Diploma in Child Health. Prior to becoming a GP, Dayna worked in a number of areas of medicine including: adult and paediatric acute care, obstetrics and gynaecology, general medicine, general surgery, and psychiatry (adult and child/adolescent).
In addition to working at the practice, Dayna works in a team with other doctors and allied health professionals to produce evidence-based medical guidelines. She also participates in the education and training of doctors. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her family, spending time in nature, and practising yoga.
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