About – Ashe Young
Ashe is a Functional Medicine Practitioner with 20 years of experience in Primary Care and Mental Health with adults and children. As a Nurse Practitioner, she is authorised to diagnose and treat people of all ages with a variety of acute and chronic health conditions.
She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, one of the most recognised qualifications in this field, and integrates her knowledge of both conventional and natural medicine alongside nutritional and psychological interventions to provide holistic care.
Ashe Young – NP, FACNEM
Functional Medicine Practitioner
About – Ashe Young
Ashe is a Functional Medicine Practitioner with 20 years of experience in Primary Care and Mental Health with adults and children. As a Nurse Practitioner, she is authorised to diagnose and treat people of all ages with a variety of acute and chronic health conditions.
She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, one of the most recognised qualifications in this field, and integrates her knowledge of both conventional and natural medicine alongside nutritional and psychological interventions to provide holistic care.
Ashe Young – NP, FACNEM
Functional Medicine Practitioner
Ashe is a dedicated Integrative Medicine Practitioner with a passion for helping people on their journey to better health. Blending natural and conventional medicine, Ashe works to identify the underlying causes of illness and supports each person with personalised, holistic care. She draws on a range of approaches, including tailored nutrition and lifestyle plans, nutrient therapy, microbiome support, hormone replacement and detoxification protocols, to create individualised treatment plans that suit each person’s needs. Ashe sees herself as a partner in your care, working with you to support your body’s natural healing processes.
Ashe is also trained in psychotherapy, clinical hypnotherapy and NLP, and integrates psychological tools where appropriate to support emotional and mental wellbeing. She approaches each person as a whole, considering mind, body and lifestyle.
My Health Story
As a child I had asthma, eczema, allergies and IBS, and was prescribed endless steroids and medications and sent to specialists, but nothing ever truly helped. I grew out of it all over time, but after having children a lot of the symptoms started to return. I hopped back onto the same merry-go-round of creams and specialists but nothing was working. Luckily by that time I was studying Functional Medicine and chose to look at my symptoms through that lens. Over the years I found I had the MTHFR gene, COMT SNPs, Gilbert’s Syndrome, heavy metals from mercury amalgams and SIBO, and as I treated each of those my symptoms resolved. I became passionate about helping people find the underlying causes of their health issues and restore their wellbeing.
My Journey to Functional Medicine
I worked in mainstream health services for the first 15 years of my career, but something always felt off. I began to question many standard practices, which often seemed to focus on managing symptoms and numbers on a page, while patients’ overall health continued to decline and they collected new diagnoses one after another.
For example, poor energy and weight gain are often linked to an underactive thyroid. A person’s thyroid function would be tested and, if indicated, they’d be diagnosed with hypothyroidism, prescribed thyroid replacement and sent on their way, often returning later with more health issues. I kept asking, but why? Why was the thyroid underactive? What else was it affecting? And could we address the cause rather than just replacing its function?
Through my own research I found Integrative Health and Functional Medicine. Often these conditions are connected, and looking at the underlying drivers can make a real difference. I saw the same patterns again and again, such as the link between gut health and mood. Many people can reduce their reliance on medications when those drivers are addressed, and where medication is needed, I can prescribe it as part of an integrated plan. This led me to train with the Kresser Institute of Functional and Evolutionary Medicine and complete my fellowship with the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, and I’ve never looked back.
Qualifications
- AHPRA endorsed Nurse Practitioner
- Fellow of the Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
- Kresser Institute of Evolutionary and Functional Medicine
- Psychedelic Assisted Therapist training, Mind Medicine Australia
- Strategic Psychotherapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy and NLP, Institute of Applied Psychology
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Russ Harris
- Systemic Family Therapy, Systemic Consultation Centre
Special Interests
- Gut Health
- Hormone Balance and Fertility
- Neurotransmitter Synthesis and Mood Regulation
- Inflammation
- Immune Dysregulation
- Thyroid and Adrenal
- Heavy Metals and Biotoxins
- Chronic Fatigue
- Genetic Health
Bookings
As a Nurse Practitioner registered with AHPRA, Ashe can diagnose conditions, prescribe and adjust medications (including hormone replacement) and order pathology and other investigations. She combines this with her functional medicine training to look at the underlying drivers of your health alongside conventional care.
Ashe sees patients via telehealth across Australia through Advanced Functional Medicine, Perth.
Please note: Ashe’s appointments are not eligible for a Medicare rebate.