Who’s at Honeycomb?
Doctors, Nurses and Allied Health
Dr. Ingrid Van Tinteren
Dr Ingrid van Tinteren (she/her) works part time as a General Practitioner. She loves the variety afforded to her working as a GP, including acute and chronic disease prevention and management relating to paediatric/adolescents, women’s and men’s health, as well as mental health management. Ingrid focuses on early intervention where possible to enable you to foster positive habits to suit your lifestyle.
Dr. Miriam Blashki
Dr Miriam Blashki (she/her) has been a GP for more than 14 years. The principles of Lifestyle Medicine guide her practice. She focuses on lifestyle intervention as a first-line treatment to improve your health and wellbeing. Her long-term relationships and collaborations with allied health and medical professionals equate to high-quality care. She believes in healthcare for the real world, empowering her patients to take a proactive approach to their health and wellbeing. Miriam is also our founder and director.
Dr. Tamara Jones
Dr. Tamara Jones (she/her) graduated from Monash University in 2005. She is a specialist in General Practice, and a fellow of the RACGP. Dr Jones has a special interest in Women’s Health and attends Honeycomb Health to perform IUD insertion clinics. An appointment is required first to discuss the procedure and if having it done in a General Practice setting is suitable. LGBTQI friendly.
Nurse Susie Blashki
Susie (she/her) has decades of nursing experience and comes to Honeycomb with a varied skillset. She has a particular interest in Advance Care Planning, Health Assessments and talking to people. Susie is multiskilled and you might see her steering the ship at reception as well as frequently surprising staff with nourishing food and good coffee.
Ashleigh (Practice Manager)
Ashleigh has been with the clinic since the earliest days and is responsible for keeping the cogs turning behind the scenes. She frequently will be seen organising, problem solving, fixing, creating and a million other things. Ashleigh is the go-to for all things Honeycomb including room rental, events, spaces, staffing, suppliers, contractors and outreach.
Allied health – Onsite
Jemma Ginsburg
Everday Nutrition – Dietician
Jemma is an Accredited Practising Dietitian & Accredited Nutritionist (APD). She graduated from Deakin University, completing a Master of Dietetics and Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Sciences.
Jemma has a passion to help people improve their nutritional health through realistic, achievable and sustainable lifestyle changes that are evidence-based. She focuses on both disease prevention and management. Jemma works closely with clients to build a positive and healthy relationship with food, through a mindful and intuitive eating approach.
Her main areas of interest include all things gut health related and removing the stressors and fear around food. Jemma endeavours to educate her clients with an individualised client-centred focus, and tailors her nutrition advice to support individual goals and optimise nutrition
Vickie Liew
Flow With Vickie – Yoga & Meditation
Vickie began her yoga journey in 2016 when she joined a local studio and discovered the transformative benefits of the practice. Since then, she has completed over 500 hours of teacher training in various styles of yoga including Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Yoga Nidra and Yoga Philosophy. She has also attended courses in teaching meditation and breathwork (pranayama).
For Vickie, practising yoga is a lifelong journey of learning and self-growth. Increasing her knowledge of yoga has continued to deepen Vickie’s passion for the practice and enhance her teaching.
More recently she has studied to become a Modern Qigong Teacher and is excited to guide students in this ancient and amazing self-healing, meditative movement practice rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Taoism philosophy.
Teaching yoga & qigong has given Vickie purpose and fulfilment. She would love to share her knowledge and passion for these practices so that you may also feel the transformational effects, now proven by western science to be so beneficial for your health and wellbeing.
Off the mat, Vickie loves connecting with family and friends, brunching at cafes, walking in nature with her dog, and sunny holidays
Lahiru Russell
Powered By You – Health and Wellness Coach
Dr Lahiru Russell is a Health and Wellness Coach with a passion for helping people live better with their chronic illnesses.
In her 25 years of experience in the health sector, she has worked in clinical drug trials, researched the impact of mind-body interventions as a coping strategy, and studies the lifestyle behaviours of people affected by chronic health conditions including cancer.
She understands at a personal and professional level, the physical and emotional challenges people face when juggling the demands of managing an illness on top of everyday life.
Her health and wellness coaching services combine mindfulness and strength-based strategies with positive psychology. In her sessions, people learn to take action towards meaningful goals and unlock their own power to build a healthier and fulfilling life.
Rachelle Opie
Food For Thought – Dietician
Rachelle is a kind and compassionate Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) and Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician (CEDC), with 18 years’ experience in research and clinical practice. From working in a variety of health-care settings, she has developed specialised expertise and a passion for supporting adults with mental health disorders, eating disorders and disordered eating.
She has advanced training and skills in nutrition counselling, delivering person-centred, trauma-informed care, using a non-judgmental, caring and empathic approach. Rachelle uses a non-diet, weight-inclusive approach to health management, with the aim of supporting clients improve their relationship with food, eating and their body.
Areas of Expertise
– Mental health
– Eating disorders
– Disordered eating
– Pregnancy and postpartum
– Cardiovascular disease, stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol
– General nutrition, lifestyle, and well-being
Tanya Parseghian
I Knead You! Massage – Massage Therapist
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With over 16 years of experience in a variety of massage techniques, Tanya is most passionate about getting to know her clients and addressing their individual needs.
Through a philosophy focussing on nurturing, Tanya is able to deliver results that speak for themselves.
She specialises in remedial, therapeutic and deep tissue massage, tailoring each session to meet the unique needs of her clients. Passionate about holistic health, She combines her deep understanding of body mechanics with a compassionate approach to help clients achieve relaxation and rejuvenation.
Whether you’re battling chronic pain, recovering from an injury, or just looking to unwind, Tanyas hands-on techniques are designed to promote healing, enhance your well-being, and restore balance to your body and mind.
Book an appointment with her today and experience the power of remedial massage
Shayne Chatfield
Restore Movement – Physio
Shayne has worked with sporting populations for many years as an official provider for the Melbourne University Sport Elite Athlete Program & representative teams. This has allowed him to gain experience working with athletes across many different levels and many different sports. Shayne has been practicing Ridgway Method for seven years and became a Ridgway Method Certified Educator in 2018. This has allowed him to share his knowledge with other physios in the industry by presenting at professional development events and seminars.
Clinical focuses
Sophie Tickler
Restore Movement – Physio
Sophie received her Bachelor of Physiotherapy, Honours from Melbourne University in 2000. After qualifying, Sophie practiced Physiotherapy in a variety of settings and countries, including Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland. She worked extensively for the British Military over several years and relished it. Sophie enjoys working with patients with acute conditions, but specialises more with those requiring rehabilitation. Her goal is to help every patient restore normal movement patterns which are stable, efficient and controlled.
Joanna Baker
Everday Nutrition – Dietician
Joanna is a dietitian who loves food. Her passion for digestive health stems from a lifelong battle with IBS and food intolerance. She knows first-hand how debilitating this is to live with, but how dramatically quality of life can be once well managed. This experience is what inspired her to set up Everyday Nutrition in 2013. Joanna has over 25 years’ experience in healthcare, initially as a Registered Nurse and then as a Dietitian and Nutritionist. At Everyday Nutrition Joanna works with an amazing team of dietitians who specialise in supporting clients to resolve digestive issues and make peace with food.
In addition to this, Joanna also has experience in FODMAP testing and has presented around Australia and in the USA on the low FODMAP diet and food sensitivity. Joanna has written for FODMAPPER magazine, healthy food guide magazine and Australian Gluten Free life. She is a committee member of the Adverse Food Reactions Interest Group with Dietitians Australia and sits on the advisory board for the Master of Dietetics program at Deakin University here in Melbourne.
Sandra Buchanan
Arts Therapist, Counsellor, and Clinical Supervisor.
Sandra supports her clients by offering a gentle therapeutic space of safety and trust to holistically explore what the client seeks to understand or change.
Most importantly, she is directed by her clients, recognizing them as the expert of their world. This is key to Sandra’s person-centred approach. As is the value of the client and counsellor connection, the importance of ‘walking along side’.
Our inner most held feelings, emotions and experiences can often be hidden, too difficult, and sometimes too painful to access, often kept inside when we cannot find adequate words.
So, it can be helpful to have choice about how we can communicate these in the therapeutic space. Sandra offers her clients the option of talking or expressing through creative processes. Choice for the client to feel most comfortable.
Be assured no art making skills or experience are needed.
Allied health – off site
Tailored Health
Tailored health are a group of enthusiastic and welcoming exercise physiologists who’s purpose is to empower people to look after their own health.
Tailored Health believes that you have the right to be able to look after your own health. They empower you to live a healthy life by discovering your health purpose, creating a health plan and implementing a health program to manage your health concerns. Their mission is to create more hours of healthy and active living within our Tailored Health tribe every single year. We call them ‘power hours. Every healthy action and active hour you achieve on your journey to live your healthiest life counts.
Everyone at Tailored Health, including our team members, referrals partners and clients is included in counting towards our mission. We are like one big family working towards a common goal of making the world a healthier place.