In a world overflowing with dissonant beliefs pertaining to the factors that influence health and longevity, Kaylin is a Western-trained Medical doctor constantly seeking to understand varying disciplines of healing in order to find and embrace a collective harmony therein.
Kaylin’s deep sense of compassion and her calling to heal has led her through a wide range of experiences. After graduating cum laude with her MBChB from the University of Pretoria, and completing her medical internship in Johannesburg, Kaylin spent four years working at Zithulele, a rural district hospital in the Eastern Cape, where she managed an extensive variety of emergencies and conditions, from acute and chronic medical & surgical disease, to orthopaedics, obstetrics, paediatrics, and infectious disease, all within the context of limited support and resources.
Thereafter she moved to Cape Town, working as a medical officer in various government emergency departments, until she became a full-time trauma Doctor at Tygerberg Hospital.
The decision to move to the private sector was a challenging but a necessary step in order for Kaylin to practise integrative healing. This approach emphasises her core belief that the purely disease-based model of western medicine may often be disempowering to the patient, and discount both their bio-individuality, and the integral role that past traumas, current psycho-social circumstances, and lifestyle often play in creating and perpetuating chronic illness.
It is little surprise then, that she has found her home in HOUSE OF HOLISTIC HEALTH, comprised of like-minded practitioners who believe similarly in an integrative approach to medicine, and whose extensive multi-disciplinary knowledge provides an abundant resource to be learnt from and drawn upon, greatly supplementing the service she will provide to her patients.
As a Practitioner, Kaylin’s emphasis is placed on providing a safe space for people from all walks of life and building meaningful and lasting relationships with her patients. Through this she will create an extensive profile of all the nuanced features that paint the picture of their health, recognising that it is the unique combination of which that requires a tailored and individualised health strategy.
