INTERVIEW WITH CHIEF PHYSICIAN DR. YVONNE HÖFER

OUR NEW CHIEF PHYSICIAN INTRODUCES HERSELF

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Yvonne Höfer as our new head physician. With extensive experience in general medicine and additional qualifications in naturopathy and nutritional medicine, she enriches our team. After working in various clinical specialities and running her own GP practice, she now brings her expertise and passion for holistic approaches to health to our clinic.

Find out more about Dr. Höfer's impressive career and her vision for the future of our clinic in this interview.


Dear Mrs. Dr. Höfer, we are delighted to welcome you as the new head physician at the Weckbecker Clinic!

DR. MED. YVONNE HÖFER:

Thank you very much! It is a great pleasure for me to continue and develop the work of the great fasting pioneer and clinic founder Dr. von Weckbecker and the previous Medical Director Dr. Matejka. With the dedicated clinic team at my side, I am very much looking forward to the challenge. Even on my first visit to this clinic, I was impressed by the work that is done here, the special concept and the healing ‘spirit of the house’.


What are you particularly looking forward to in your new role?

I look forward to being able to fully contribute my passion for holistic health approaches and my many years of expertise in nutritional and fasting medicine as well as naturopathy to the Weckbecker concept. Together with the doctors and the medical team, the therapists and counsellors, the kitchen and the nutrition experts, I want to offer patients the best possible care and support on their path to sustainable health. For me, a holistic approach also means that patients feel well looked after and cared for so that their body and mind can find peace. The guest service teams, our chambermaids, the service in the dining room and our caretakers already create the best conditions for this.


Where have you worked so far ?

For the last 18 years, I have worked in my own GP practice in Brandenburg and looked after two large retirement homes with 150 patients.

Before that, I was able to gain experience in various clinical departments, e.g. in internal medicine, cardiology, anaesthesia and surgery. Later, I was the ward manager of a psychiatric-psychosomatic clinic and worked as a locum in various GP practices.


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Find out all about our holistic therapeutic fasting concept, which is based on the four pillars of nutrition, exercise and relaxation, hydropathy and spirituality. This concept aims to harmonise body and mind and activate self-healing powers, ideal for the prevention and treatment of lifestyle diseases.

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What is important to you when treating patients ?

DR. MED. YVONNE HÖFER:

I have been following the path of holistic and nutritional medicine for many years, as a holistic approach and treatment of patients is important to me. That's why I decided to do further training in naturopathy and specialised psychotherapy. This allows me to draw on a broader knowledge and treatment spectrum.

As a representative of interdisciplinary medicine, I see my main task and goal as treating diseases causally. Diseases of civilisation are on the increase and require interdisciplinary therapeutic approaches that address the cause. Nutritional and fasting therapy offers an effective treatment option here.


What led you to nutrition and fasting therapy ?

Early on in my medical career, I recognised the crucial role of nutrition in the treatment of chronic illnesses and therefore decided to train as a nutritionist. I then discovered fasting medicine a few years ago. I trained as a fasting doctor at the ‘Academy for Integrative Fasting’, founded by Prof. Dr. Andreas Michalsen from Charité Berlin, among others. Together with a colleague who also works as a GP, I offered fasting courses, which I really enjoyed. It was always a pleasure for me when initially sceptical participants were completely convinced at the end and recognised nutrition and fasting therapy as an effective treatment option for their complaints.



Dear Dr. Höfer, thank you for the interview and we wish you a successful and good start in your new position as Chief Physician at our clinic.

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