Viola Sampson BSc MCMA

Background and interests

Following an early in career medical biosciences (molecular biology and neuroscience as a published research scientist), I became fascinated by the gut microbiome due to my own life-long digestive issues. Microbiome repair was ultimately essential to my recovery, and allowed me to reintroduce a full range of foods after more than a decade of being gluten- dairy- and nightshade free.

 

For a number of years, I taught complementary therapists about the exciting advances in microbiome science before setting up my Microbiome Analysis practice – adding to my earlier qualifications with specialist nutritional training and a certification in Health & Wellness Coaching (graduating with Distinction). I value ongoing training, study and mentoring with pioneering microbiome practitioners around the world.
 

My own experience of fifteen years of ME/CFS, starting in my late teens, led me to try a wide variety of different therapeutic approaches, and I trained in craniosacral therapy having found the treatment to be central to my recovery. I was in practice for fifteen years before focusing solely on my Microbiome Analysis practice. Drawing on this personal experience, together with focused professional development, I offer specialist understanding for those with chronic fatigue conditions, including Long Covid.

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I am a full, registered member of the Complementary Medicine Association and am accountable to their code of ethics in practice.

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My background includes many years of environmental and human rights work. I see the human microbiome as part of our wider ecosystem, including the soil microbiome. Studies in ecopsychology and a chi kung practice also inform my work. From the personal to the planetary, I am interested in how our relationship to our world affects our wellbeing as a whole.

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For more on my training, accreditation and teaching experience, please see information on supervision and tutorials.