Meet the Team

  • Brett O'Brien

    NATUROPATH PRACTITIONER

    Brett is an experienced naturopath who sees the future of health care based around a preventative or wellness model. People will proactively seek options, make choices and strategise for the prevention and treatment of their dis-ease.

    The approach is designed to increase cellular capacity and resilience, to allow the whole body to adapt more effectively and therefore return to homeostasis and a state of self-regulation, bringing more well-being and thus health outcomes. The treatment supports individuals by providing more cellular resources, management and skills required to independently resolve this natural process.  The approach is to build and ensure a healing surplus of energy. Each system within the clinic is directly supportive of each other, which induces a “telescopic-like” response – as you extend the telescope you are able to see further.

  • Daren Sassall

    Technical Advisor

    Darren is Brett’s business partner and Wollongong clinic co-founder, Core Naturopathics. He is an experienced naturopath that teaches clients the basis of health creation.

    The approach is based on the five elements that sustain life – water, air, food, sunlight  and the fifth element of electromagnetic frequencies (PEMF, magnetism). These elements allow a healing momentum to arise and thus enable the body to return to homeostasis or a perfect balance. These are the traditional naturopathic principles, methods that have been used by Naturopaths for centuries – just with a very modern twist.

  • Lena Bourges

    Technician

    Lena is in her final year studying a Bachelor of Medical Sciences with a major in Anatomy and Physiology and a minor in Neuroscience at Macquarie University. She developed a passion for learning about the root cause of disease from her personal experience with chronic illness. This experience has sparked a desire to help others navigate their own health journeys.

    Working as a technician at Mito Core, Lena is committed to supporting patients as they enhance their cellular healing capacity within a nurturing and supportive environment. 

  • Alex Teixeira

    Technician

    Alexandra has graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from NOVA Medical School in Lisbon, Portugal in 2023. She completed her first intern year (PGY1) in Australia and fell in love with the country and its people, deciding to pursue her experience in Sydney.

    During her medical degree, Alexandra noticed the need to take a step further in patient care - focusing on the root causes of illness and looking at health from a multifactorial perspective encompassing lifestyle, environmental factors, stress management.

    She then completed a Certification in Functional Medicine (IFM) and deepened her knowledge alongside Dr. Christabelle Yeoh at Next Practice Genbiome.

    As a technician at Mito Core, Alexandra aims to contribute to patient care by creating a comfortable environment for recovery and regeneration and bridging the gap between patients and practitioners throughout the course of treatments, allowing for a more personal and in depth accompaniment.

  • Rebecca

    Technician

    Rebecca is in her final year before HSC. She is keen on sport and physical education. She loves interacting with people and her four dogs. She coaches a young netball team and enjoys passing concepts to personalise and improve people's physical performance.

  • Nicolas Faust

    Director

    After creating and growing GenBiome with Dr Christabelle Yeoh, Nicolas wanted to offer something to support the wider community's aspiration for healing and thriving.

    The Next Level health retreats that took place in nature with strong educational components to bio-physics were life changing for some patients: experiencing that became the catalyst to create Mito Core - an offering of therapeutic handpicked technologies that would contribute to people's physical and energetic bodies towards an overall resilience for living our lives fully.