Barbara Van De Keer
My mission is to help people understand how their unique body works—and why they experience migraine in the first place. From the perspective of Psycho-Neuro-Immunology, we know that providing knowledge and understanding is crucial so that, as an individual, you can grasp the impact that changes in your lifestyle and choices have on your personal health.
I don’t follow a one-size-fits-all protocol; instead, I offer a personalized approach in which we determine your course together, at your own pace. I want to empower people to take control of their own health, and I am here to support you throughout your journey.
Together, we will discover which adjustments in your lifestyle and mindset are needed to enhance your well-being and maximize your potential—all based on the principles of orthomolecular medicine and Psycho-Neuro-Immunology.
From My Personal Struggle to Functional Migraine Clinic
A surprising twist: I am an IT consultant with a lifelong fascination for diagnosing à la Dr. House. It might sound like an odd combination, but both fields share the talent for analyzing a problem and devising a solution.
I was only in my twenties, yet I felt increasingly unhealthy. I had suffered from migraine since I was a student, but for years I had also been feeling physically unwell—struggling with general malaise, stiff muscles, painful joints, increasingly severe and frequent migraine attacks, and almost constant brain fog. I was tired of being declared healthy while missing out on half of my life. I was even more fed up with being prescribed medications that made me sicker instead of better. Not to mention the months-long, time-consuming visits to the physiotherapist—I had simply had enough. So, I began my own investigation.
By focusing on the right nutrition to nourish my brain, I experienced an unprecedented improvement that no medication could match. Instead of negative side effects, I began to experience only positive effects. Literally, all my aches and complaints vanished within a few days like snow in the sun. And more... the migraine became manageable and, after further "fine-tuning," eventually disappeared completely. I finally felt like a healthy, free person again. Yet, I didn’t really know why. I didn’t understand in detail why my approach worked, and my curiosity became uncontrollable. I am a rational person and needed a scientific explanation.
When I was introduced to the world of Orthomolecular Therapy according to Psycho-Neuro-Immunology, I immediately felt an enormous fascination—and the beginning of the satisfaction of my curiosity. This was due to the focus on identifying and treating the root cause of one’s complaints, rather than merely addressing the symptoms.
I completed the Orthomolecular Therapy course in September 2022. Driven by my passion for this approach, I immediately began the Psycho-Neuro-Immunology course thereafter. This course builds on orthomolecular therapy, but goes even deeper into the psychological aspects of illness and the physiological and pathological processes. I wanted to acquire as much knowledge as quickly as possible so that I could save others the long search for health. And the pieces of the puzzle fell perfectly into place. Everything I had experienced now received an explanation, and I gained a whole lot of extra insights along the way.
However, I noticed that even among orthomolecular therapist, PNI practitioners and functional medicine practitioners, despite all the knowledge we acquire, there is still uncertainty when it comes to treating people with migraine. The reason is that migraine is always a combination of multiple factors, and focusing on just one pathway to illness is usually insufficient or unsustainable. Being a former migraine sufferer now feels like a privilege, because it helps me better understand the disease—and also to see how some “simple” orthomolecular and PNI interventions for migraine patients can seem almost impossible.
And that’s how I suddenly found my purpose...