She is a homeopath, acupuncturist and phytotherapists (medical herbalist) registered with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (A07257). She is a member of the Homeopathic Association of South Africa, and is the current chairperson of Education. As per current legislation, she is registered with the Board of Healthcare Funders (PR 0804401), and has a compounding and dispensing licence from the Gauteng Department of Health.
Her first degree was a B.Sc. in Zoology from the University of the Witwatersrand, followed by an M.Tech.Hom (Homeopathy) from Durban University of Technology. She completed a post graduate diploma in Phytotherapy through the University of Johannesburg in 2023. She is a part-time lecturer to the 4th year Complementary Medicine students at the University of Johannesburg.
Brigitte has always had a keen interest in health, maintaining optimum health and finding the root cause of an illness. Everyone is an individual and illness expresses itself differently in different people. This means that different people will also require different solutions, from something as simple as a cold, to more complex issues like chronic infections, or auto-immune issues, hormonal problems or supportive treatment while undergoing other treatments.. She has a keen interest in children’s health, women’s health, as well as chronic conditions. She uses a variety of different tools to diagnose and treat patients
She has been in practice since 1995, and works in a multi-disciplinary practice, with a physiotherapist, chiropractor, psychologists and a biokineticist.