Mentoring & Support
Introducing the ANP Mentorship Scheme
Ready to grow as a practitioner?
We are excited to introduce you to the ANP mentorship scheme where we have lined up leading lecturers and practitioners from the College of Naturopathic Medicine to support you on your journey.
Whether you’re newly qualified or seasoned pro managing complex client cases, the ANP Mentoring Programme gives you access to expert guidance exactly when you need it.
This is your opportunity to work one-to-one with experienced Nutritional Therapists, Herbalists, and Health Coaches who understand the challenges of real-life clinical practice. These focused, 60-minute virtual sessions are designed to help you:
✨ Troubleshoot tricky client cases
💡 Gain new clinical insights and treatment strategies
📈 Boost your confidence in decision-making
💬 Ask the questions you’ve been sitting on for too long
Whether it’s a case that’s stalling, a protocol you’re unsure about, or you just want to talk things through with a seasoned practitioner—this is your safe space to get the support you need.
💡 How It Works
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Book a 60-minute one-to-one virtual session with an experienced ANP mentor.
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Sessions take place over Zoom and are booked through our secure Acuity scheduling system.
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Each session costs £75 and is available exclusively to current ANP members.
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You can bring clinical cases, client questions, or general practice concerns to the session for live support and feedback.
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These are standalone sessions—mentors are not available for support outside of the scheduled call.
Why Find A Mentor?
No matter where you are in your practitioner journey, having a mentor can be a game-changer.
Working one-to-one with a mentor gives you the chance to:
🧠 Get Clinical Support – Bring real client cases to discuss and gain insight into protocols, red flags, and next steps.
🎯 Build Confidence – Feel more secure in your recommendations, treatment plans, and decision-making.
🔍 See the Bigger Picture – Mentors help you zoom out and consider alternative approaches, testing strategies, or overlooked factors.
💬 Ask Anything – From practice logistics to clinical dilemmas, nothing is off the table in your session.
👣 Move Forward Faster – Avoid analysis paralysis and get actionable advice tailored to you and your clients.
You don’t need to figure everything out on your own. A single hour with the right mentor can make all the difference.
Grow Your Clinical Confidence Today
How much does it cost?
It is £75 for 60 minutes.
How do I book a session?
When you are logged into your ANP account you can head here to get availability for your chosen mentor, you just find a time that works in their calendar, book and pay and it is scheduled in!
Is this open to student members of ANP?
The mentoring is open to students but only regarding setting up business and clinical practice, not academic work. We cannot offer mentoring for students with their academic studies and you should refer to your educational institution for academic support.
What can I bring to the session?
Bring client cases, specific questions, or areas where you feel stuck. Mentors will help you explore safe, effective strategies and approaches.
How do I choose my mentor?
Yes, you’ll be able to select from available mentors when booking your session.
Do I get access to my mentor outside of the sessions?
The mentoring is limited to the scheduled one-hour session. If further support is needed, you’re welcome to book an additional session.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have any other questions you can also get in touch: info@theanp.co.uk
What’s Included
Dedicated one hour session
Guidance from an experienced practitioner
Insight and clinical clarity when you need it most.
£75 for 60 minutes
Meet the Mentors
Nutritional Therapy Mentors
Gayle Merchant
Gayle Merchant is a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Nutritional Therapist and Naturopath. She runs an established private practice, lectures at the College of Naturopathic Medicine, and serves as Director of Studies for the Birmingham college.
With a specialist focus on thyroid health, autoimmunity, and gut health, Gayle is committed to uncovering and addressing the root causes of sub-optimal health. She combines advanced functional testing with evidence-based nutritional and lifestyle strategies to help clients build resilience and achieve long-term wellbeing.
Through her mentoring, Gayle shares her clinical expertise, case-based insights, and practical approaches to help practitioners deepen their knowledge and gain confidence in supporting complex client cases.
Miriam McDonald
Miriam McDonald is a registered Nutritionist, Clinical Herbalist, Naturopath and Coach with almost 20 years’ experience working with clients. She has a Masters in Advanced Complementary Medicine and has been lecturing with CNM since 2016 where she is a member of the Nutrition and Herbal Medicine Academic teams. Miriam also runs a naturopathic practice focusing on digestive health, anxiety and mood disorders, hormonal balancing, Lyme disease and long Covid.
Mentoring and coaching is an area Miriam particularly enjoys. She has mentored a number of recently qualified students through her membership of the Canadian Association of Natural Nutritional Practitioners. While working with CNM she has enjoyed supporting students, sharing knowledge and helping them in becoming fully qualified practitioners.
Her mix of clinical and teaching experience provides newly qualified practitioners with real life, practical guidance and will hopefully support them in building their practice.
Maya Oakley
Maya Oakley is a registered Nutritional Therapist and Medical Herbalist with over nine years of clinical experience and is the founder of Nourished London. She specialises in supporting complex, chronic conditions including chronic fatigue, long Covid, chronic pain, allergy and immune health, mental health, hormone balance, digestive function, and skin conditions.
Trained in nutrigenomics, Maya integrates advanced functional testing; such as blood analysis and comprehensive stool testing into her evidence-based, personalised approach. Alongside her clinical practice, she is Clinic Lead and a Lecturer at the College of Naturopathic Medicine, delivers workplace wellness talks to corporate audiences, and has been featured in national press for her expertise in holistic health.
Maya is passionate about mentoring the next generation of practitioners, helping them to build confidence, clinical skills, and a compassionate, systems-based approach to supporting clients.
Jacqui Dougan
Jacqui, known as the Nutritional Pharmacist, is a qualified naturopathic nutritional therapist and naturopath. She specialises in thyroid health (including Hashimoto’s and Grave’s disease), autoimmune skin conditions (e.g. psoriasis) and cardiometabolic conditions (e.g. fatty liver disease, cardiovascular conditions, metabolic syndrome and diabetes).
Jacqui is a registered pharmacist (BSc Pharm, registered with PSNI regulatory body), MBA, naturopathic nutritional therapist, naturopath.
Having graduated as a raw food cook, Jacqui’s interest in nutrition rapidly developed and she completed her naturopathic nutritional therapist and naturopathy qualifications with the College of Naturopathic Medicine (CNM).
Jacqui is also a biomedicine lecturer, nutrition lecturer and clinic supervisor with CNM UK and Online. Jacqui has a keen interest in the use of tissue salts, Bach flower essences and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in her clinics.
Samantha Flower
Samantha is a Nutritional Therapist integrating her roots in Naturopathy with a Functional Medicine evidence-based approach. She holds an MSc in Personalised Nutrition and her post-graduate studies focused on many areas including digestive health, the immune system, chronic illness, metabolic syndrome, hormone imbalance, hypertension, and histamine intolerance. Her research thesis focused on the role of the intestinal microbiome in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis.
Samantha’s interests include the microbiome with a strong focus on gastrointestinal health and its impact on all body systems, as well as chronic illness and autoimmune disease. She is also committed to supporting women navigate the complexities of hormonal change and holds a certification from Dr Stacy Sims in the of area Peri and Post Menopause.
Dee Clough
Dee is an Australian trained Naturopath, Herbalist and Nutritionist with a Bachelor of Health Science (Complementary Medicine) and Masters of Health Science (Herbal Medicine). Alongside her clinical practice, she has taught at different colleges in Australia and now work with CNM, UK.
Her preferred approach to supporting clients in their healing journey is to first ensure the fundamental requirements for optimal health are in place (good nutrition, adequate rest etc.). She likes to start with the basics and see what resolves, saving other strategies such as functional testing for those cases where a piece of the puzzle is still missing.
Good nutrition is imperative but in addition, she loves being able to utilise herbs to nudge the physical body back into balance and flower essences (especially Bach Flowers) to restore emotional harmony.
Gautami Woods
Gautami has over 18 years experience as a natural healthcare practitioner in the field of nutrition, naturopathy and kinesiology. She has lectured at CNM for 6 years across biomed, nutrition & naturopathy courses.
She specialises in: digestive disorders including irritable bowel diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, bloating, constipation, recurrent heartburn and general gastrointestinal discomfort, chronic fatigue and post-viral fatigue, auto-immune conditions, female hormonal issues and the menopause
In keeping with the principles of naturopathy, drawing on naturopathic methods of testing as well as helping you evaluate the latest available laboratory tests, Gautami can help you locate the underlying causes of client’s symptoms and support you in formulation of client-specific protocols to help eliminate them. Gautami treats the individual as a whole and not just as a presenting set of symptoms so may also suggest flower remedies, botanical essences, specific physical exercises and tissue salts as part of your client recommendations.
Herbal Medicine Mentors
Miriam McDonald
Miriam McDonald is a registered Nutritionist, Clinical Herbalist, Naturopath and Coach with almost 20 years’ experience working with clients. She has a Masters in Advanced Complementary Medicine and has been lecturing with CNM since 2016 where she is a member of the Nutrition and Herbal Medicine Academic teams. Miriam also runs a naturopathic practice focusing on digestive health, anxiety and mood disorders, hormonal balancing, Lyme disease and long Covid.
Mentoring and coaching is an area Miriam particularly enjoys. She has mentored a number of recently qualified students through her membership of the Canadian Association of Natural Nutritional Practitioners. While working with CNM she has enjoyed supporting students, sharing knowledge and helping them in becoming fully qualified practitioners.
Her mix of clinical and teaching experience provides newly qualified practitioners with real life, practical guidance and will hopefully support them in building their practice.
Edwina Daley
Edwina graduated from School of Phytotherapy in 2002 with Honours degree in Phytotherapy and has been in herbal medicine practice for 20 years. She practices in North wales and Liverpool and also delivers lectures in Biomedicine, Chemistry & Biochemistry to nutrition and herbal medicine students at CNM. She also supervises herbal medicine clinics and is the academic online tutor for herbal medicine students.
Amongst the diverse variety of patients Edwina sees, Edwina is particularly interested in the neurodiverse patients and works and helps out with an Eating Disorder charity.
Dee Clough
Dee is an Australian trained Naturopath, Herbalist and Nutritionist with a Bachelor of Health Science (Complementary Medicine) and Masters of Health Science (Herbal Medicine). Alongside her clinical practice, she has taught at different colleges in Australia and now work with CNM, UK.
Her preferred approach to supporting clients in their healing journey is to first ensure the fundamental requirements for optimal health are in place (good nutrition, adequate rest etc.). She likes to start with the basics and see what resolves, saving other strategies such as functional testing for those cases where a piece of the puzzle is still missing.
Good nutrition is imperative but in addition, she loves being able to utilise herbs to nudge the physical body back into balance and flower essences (especially Bach Flowers) to restore emotional harmony.
Maya Oakley
Maya Oakley is a registered Nutritional Therapist and Medical Herbalist with over nine years of clinical experience and is the founder of Nourished London. She specialises in supporting complex, chronic conditions including chronic fatigue, long Covid, chronic pain, allergy and immune health, mental health, hormone balance, digestive function, and skin conditions.
Trained in nutrigenomics, Maya integrates advanced functional testing; such as blood analysis and comprehensive stool testing into her evidence-based, personalised approach. Alongside her clinical practice, she is Clinic Lead and a Lecturer at the College of Naturopathic Medicine, delivers workplace wellness talks to corporate audiences, and has been featured in national press for her expertise in holistic health.
Maya is passionate about mentoring the next generation of practitioners, helping them to build confidence, clinical skills, and a compassionate, systems-based approach to supporting clients.
Peter Jackson-Main
Peter Jackson-Main is Herbalist, Naturopath and Iridologist with over 40 years of experience in Natural Medicine. He practices in Central London and runs a comprehensive dispensary service from his home in Cambridge. He has been lecturing for CNM since 2003, and is currently the Course Director for Herbal Medicine and the Academic Director of the college. He is also the author of three books, Practical Iridology, The Mind’s Eye, and Natural Healing.
Peter is known for his inspirational teaching style and his broad experience in natural medicine. He is deeply committed to the preservation of the core values of Natural Healing and the education of the next generation of practitioners.
Health Coach Mentors
Izzy Walton
Izzy is a CNM-trained naturopath, herbalist, iridologist, and health coach, as well as a qualified yoga teacher. Since 2022, she has supported health coach students at CNM while also running her busy clinic. She specialises in women’s health and chronic fatigue, using a blend of naturopathy, herbal medicine, whole foods, and lifestyle guidance to help clients restore balance and vitality.
Alongside her clinical work, Izzy has collaborated with yoga studios and gyms to integrate health and lifestyle coaching into their services, creating holistic wellbeing packages for their clients.
Passionate about reconnecting people with the natural world, she also hosts herbal and wild food events on her organic smallholding, inspiring others to explore the benefits of herbal medicine and natural living.
Marie Frost
Marie Frost is a CNM-qualified Health Coach and Nutritional Therapist who has built a successful women’s health practice over the past five years, supporting 200+ clients through 1:1 consultations and multiple online group programmes focused on perimenopause and midlife health.
Alongside running her practice, Marie lectures at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in Nutrition and Business and is the Head of Health Coaches at the Association of Naturopathic Practitioners.
She also leads the ANP Business Club, mentoring hundreds of coaches and naturopathic practitioners in launching and growing confident, ethical, sustainable practices.
Known for her hands-on, practical, real-world approach, Marie supports practitioners with grounded strategy, clinical confidence, and compassionate guidance — helping them build purpose-driven businesses that genuinely serve their clients and create long-term success.
Linda Vezzoli
Linda is a Nutritional Therapist, Health Coach and Senior Lecturer at the College of Naturopathic Medicine. For the last decade, she’s specialised in helping women who are struggling with their hormones, fertility, fatigue, and digestion. It was her own fertility journey that first ignited her passion for nutrition, and since then, she’s been on a mission to empower women to understand and truly nourish their bodies, so they can feel amazing again.
Noreen Hamid
Noreen Hamid started her career as a Pharmacist and Pharmacy Manager, a role she loved and dedicated over 20 years to. But over time, she felt a pull toward a more holistic way of helping people, so she retrained as a Homeopath, Nutritional Therapist, and Health Coach. She is now also working toward a Trauma-Informed Coaching qualification, so she can support my clients on a deeper level.
Noreen is especially passionate about supporting people with type 2 diabetes, helping women feel empowered to make positive changes, and guiding clients through the process of healing from trauma.
When Noreen is not with clients, you’ll find her teaching at CNM London, where she lectures on How the Body Works for the Health Coach course. She also supervises coaching clinics, both in class and online. Noreen truly loves supporting students, watching their confidence grow, and helping them discover how they can make a real difference in their clients’ lives.
Wherever you are on your journey
Our mentoring programme is designed to support your specific needs.
Just Starting Out
Newly qualified? Get expert support to bridge the gap between theory and real-world practice, with guidance tailored to your first steps as a practitioner.
Growing Your Practice
Take your clinical skills, strategy, or niche expertise to the next level with insight from mentors who’ve been where you are—and know how to grow from here.
Bespoke Support
Looking for answers to specific questions or help with a complex case? A one-to-one session gives you personalised, focused advice—exactly when you need it.
