Gerard is a natural fertility & gynaecology expert. He also works extensively with people suffering with stress, anxiety or depression.

For the last ten years Gerard has worked with individuals and organizations to help them live healthier and happier lives. He was founder of the highly respected Happiness First practice, one of the first organizations in the world to develop the science of happiness and help people understand how to live happier lives.

Gerard utilises acupuncture, herbal medicine, mindfulness, nutrition and life coaching. He specialises in women's health (including fertility, cosmetic treatments, gynaecology and menopause), psycho-emotional problems (such as stress, anxiety and depression), digestive problems, and pain.

At the core of Gerard's work is the recognition that health and happiness are inextricably linked. Health is much more than the absence of illness, it depends on resilience, life satisfaction and the capability to fully engage with life. A good example of this is shown by a large 50-year long study of patients visiting a university clinic in the US: happy people live for 8 to 10 years longer than unhappy people. Given that smoking 40 cigarettes a day reduces you life expectancy by only 6 years, and drinking a bottle of scotch a day reduces it by 7 years, this is very significant (Maruta, Colligan, Malinchoc & Offord, 2000).

The holistic nature of illness is widely recognized, but this recognition frequently doesn't translate into a treatment plan that takes account of all the factors causing illness. For example, trying to understand and treat anxiety simply as a chemical imbalance in the brain is flawed and limited in it's effectiveness. To treat anxiety effectively, we must address physical/chemical imbalances, the thoughts and beliefs of the person, the environment in which they live and work, and the tools they have at their disposal to cope with anxiety when it arises.