Health Improvement Practitioner

A Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP) is an experienced mental health clinician who works with people of all ages and their whānau. They are part of the general practice team and help people with any issues impacting on their health and wellbeing. Doctors or Nurses can do ‘warm handovers’ with the health improvement practitioner and patients are typically seen the same day.

Ko Ngapuhi te iwi, born in Taranaki and raised in Cambridge. Teresa and her husband chose Tauranga as their home over 20 years ago. She has three daughters and one son-in-law and finds joy in her whanau, being outdoors, her dogs, books made of paper and exploring the country on her motorcycle.

Teresa Conner is the Health Improvement Practitioner at Family Doctors. She will help you create goals and work towards achieving them by putting the necessary support, follow-up and review in place. At your first session you will get some strategies and a plan to start making some positive changes. There are no limits to how often you can see the Teresa. She will work with you until you are making progress towards your goals. This may only take one session, but you can always come back and see her again if new issues come up. Here are a few examples of what a HIP can help you with:

• Relationships
• Stress
• Nutrition
• Lifestyle
• Sleep
• Substances
• Emotions
• Long term conditions
• Exercise
• Work & Study

Consultations are FREE and usually last approximately 30 minutes and focus on what is important to you, today. Contact enquiries@familydoctors.co.nz or ring reception for more information.