About Our Team

Dr Alison Simmons

(Clinic Owner/Manager and Principal Osteopath)

Alison has worked as an osteopath for more than 20 years, with a particular interest in persistent pain, stress, trauma, sensitivity and the ways physical symptoms can sit within a wider life story.

Before studying osteopathy, Alison worked in London’s finance and banking sector. Her own experience of stress, pain and significant life change eventually led her in a different direction. She began studying osteopathy in 2000, qualified in the UK in 2004 and later ran her own practice before moving to Canberra with her family in 2012 and establishing Well Adjusted Osteopathy.

Her work has continued to evolve throughout her career. Alongside structural and cranial osteopathy, soft tissue treatment and gentle mobilisation, Alison has undertaken further training in persistent pain, traumatic stress, hypnotherapy, Havening, NLP, sound-based approaches and trauma-informed care.

Alison has completed the Trauma Research Foundation’s Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies, a 75-hour program led by Dr Bessel van der Kolk and featuring internationally recognised specialists in trauma research and treatment.

Alison’s approach

Alison is particularly interested in working with people living with persistent or complex pain, especially when treatment from other healthcare providers has brought only short-term relief or scans and other tests have shed little light on why the pain is still affecting them.

Her approach is collaborative and investigative. She assesses and treats osteopathically while looking beyond the symptoms themselves to consider the wider context in which the pain has developed or continued.

That may include stress, significant life events, long-standing patterns and past experiences that may be influencing how the body is responding.

Alison’s aim is to help patients build a clearer understanding of what may be contributing to their pain and to use that understanding alongside hands-on treatment to support meaningful change.

This approach is particularly suited to people who feel ready to look more deeply at their pain and are open to considering connections they may not previously have explored.

Trauma-informed work

Alison’s interest in trauma has developed through professional study, more than two decades of clinical practice and lived experience.

Alongside her clinical work, Alison is currently working with an editor on a memoir about her own experiences of trauma, memory and recovery. The process has involved years of reading, research and reflection, and has deepened her understanding of how difficult experiences can continue to influence the body, health and the way we live.

This lived experience is part of why this work matters so much to her. She understands the value of having time and space to make sense of what has happened, notice connections and feel genuinely heard.

She understands that feeling safe, heard and respected matters, particularly for people who have experienced trauma or who have spent years trying to make sense of persistent symptoms.

Her work remains grounded in osteopathic practice while allowing space to recognise that physical health, stress, emotional experience and the nervous system can interact.

This area of her work also informs her current writing and research into trauma, memory, recovery and the ways people make sense of difficult experiences.

Qualification and further training

• Bachelor of Osteopathy
• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) registered osteopath
• Princess Anne Award for Professional Capability
• British Medical Acupuncture Society trained in Western medical acupuncture
• Diploma in Hypno-Psychotherapy
• OldPain2Go® Certified Practitioner
• Trauma Research Foundation Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies, 2026
• Implementing Trauma-Informed Practice, Heal For Life Foundation
• Trauma Counselling component, Diploma in Clinical Hypno Counselling, Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy
• Explain Pain and Explore Pain, NOI Group
• Sound Therapy: Vibrational Medicine: The Healing Power of Sound, Atman Academy, UK
• Training in Havening Techniques and NLP

Dr Nick Beram

(Senior Osteopath)

That’s not the only thing that impressed us about Nick. He also embodies the calibre of Osteopaths we love having on our Well Adjusted team.

Nick complements our team in every way: highly qualified, proven track-record as a clinical therapist, wholistic-focused, dedicated, flexible and adaptable. Being 100% guaranteed family-friendly as well, he’s our kind of Osteopath.

Nick’s been a physical therapist since 1999. Initially a certified massage therapist, Nick then qualified as an Osteopath. He’s spent the last 15 years as a practising Osteopath, primarily from his private practice in Lower North Shore Sydney.

Nick’s focus is on personalisation. He’s successfully treated labourers to office workers, pregnant women, seniors, athletes and others experiencing nagging to chronic pain. Nick is incredibly friendly and within no time at all you will feel like you have known him forever.

How will Nick help you? Nick first ‘finds the person within the patient’ to fully identify the cause of your pain or discomfort. He then provides a truly considered, individualised, professional treatment plan to help relieve your pain and ultimately give your body the best opportunity to rehabilitate and restore itself.

As time goes on, we expect our beautiful Canberra region will have a similar therapeutic effect on Nick and his loved ones.

• Diploma of Health Science (Massage Therapy), Meadowbank TAFE
• Bachelor of Applied Science (Osteopathic Studies), University of Western Sydney
• Master of Osteopathy, University of Western Sydney
• AHPRA registered
• Osteopathy Australia Member