Gabriela felt terrified and trapped, living with scleroderma and dependent on immune-suppressing medication that left her too frightened to even leave her house or complete basic daily tasks. Through Dr Teresa’s approach, she found the courage to rebuild trust in her body and reclaim the freedom she thought she’d lost forever.
When I first came to Dr Teresa, I was terrified and my life felt like it was shrinking around me. Living with scleroderma and dependent on immune-suppressing medication, I’d become a prisoner in my own home after a simple infection sent me to hospital for two weeks. I was scared to leave the house, afraid to do the most basic daily tasks, and felt completely fragile, broken, and trapped by fear.
I desperately needed something to change, but I didn’t know if healing was even possible for someone like me.
Everything shifted when I started working with Dr Teresa, and it began with something I hadn’t experienced in years: hope. She didn’t just give me a protocol or a list of things to do; she gave me the belief that my body could heal and that I didn’t have to live in constant fear. Dr Teresa helped me rebuild trust in my body through gentle, supportive practices that honoured where I was whilst moving me forward. She guided me to release the overwhelming fear that had taken over every aspect of my life and reconnect with the part of me that still believed healing was possible.
For the first time in years, I felt joy again, I laughed, and I began to live without the constant shadow of fear hanging over me. Her compassionate, integrative approach made me feel safe enough to hope, and that hope became the foundation for everything that followed.
Three months later, something I never imagined possible happened: my doctor took me off the medication completely, and that day, we both cried. It wasn’t just about getting off the medication, though that felt miraculous; it was about reclaiming my life, my courage, and my sense of possibility.
Working with Dr Teresa didn’t just change my health or improve my symptoms. It gave me my freedom back, freedom from fear, from limitations, and from the belief that I’d always be defined by my diagnosis.
