Victoria Eftekhari

Today Victoria is a very happy and successful individual but she has not always been in such a good place in her life and in fact has overcome a lot of hardships to get where she is today.

Victoria’s story starts in Iran, the country of her birth.  She was born into a very wealthy family and grew up with a lot of material privileges.  Despite these privileges however Victoria suffered of emotional and physical abuse from people around her for many years from childhood to adulthood.  She also went through a lot of illness from the time she was born.  As a result of growing up in such a way Victoria suffered from depression and anxiety for quite some time and took many medications to be able to deal with her life situation.  Unable to continue living under such conditions, Victoria decided to do whatever she could to leave the country, which she felt imprisoned her.  Before leaving Iran Victoria had her own successful clinic and practiced as a dermatologist and cosmetologist.

In 1987 Victoria left everything she had behind and travelled to Australia with her six year-old daughter.  Victoria’s two sons were unable to accompany her as they were at an age where military training was compulsory and had to escape through Pakistan instead.  Her teenage sons arrived in 1988 exactly one year later after their mother and sister.  Upon arriving in Australia Victoria had no money or support and was unable to practice in her profession and thus, begun working as a beauty therapist in order to support herself and her family.  Before her sons arrived Victoria was faced with possible deportation from Australia and was fearful of having to return to Iran.  Thankfully, Victoria’s application for residency was accepted after much struggle and she was able to stay and later became an Australian citizen.

‘By the time I came to Australia, I was taking fourteen Mogadons, valium, pain killers and antibiotics on a daily basis.  I was always sick and going back and forth to doctors’, she says.  Victoria has had several operations, accidents and many serious gynaecological problems whilst working hard day and night to support her family from her run-down rental home.

Sometime later Victoria had a severe reaction to medication, was sent home and told there was nothing that could be done for her.  ‘I felt like I was sent home to die’, she says.  Victoria felt helpless at this stage of her life and realised that she needed to regain her health and that the medical field was no longer a solution for her. That night whilst praying she experienced spiritual enlightenment.  This was the turning point in her life and she became a healer.  From that point onwards Victoria began her fascination with alternative therapies and was able to treat herself in a natural way.

Today Victoria is an accomplished naturopath, aromatherapist, kinesiologist, reflexologist, polarity therapist, homeopath, nutritionist and spiritual healer.  With over forty qualifications, certificates and memberships, Victoriahas become one of Wollongong’s most established and experienced practitioners.  Her new $300,000 practice supports six treatment rooms, a reception area and seminar room.

Victoria specialises in skin complaints, as well as chronic degenerative conditions such as MS, kidney failure, tumours, cancer, Alzheimer’s and other difficult cases.  She uses herbal medicine, acupuncture, flower essences, homeopathy and nutrition on all her cases.  However, she always insists that the client book in for healing alongside their consultations.  ‘Healing is the most important part of the process for emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing’.

‘I have never complained about anything.  I had nothing, no family, no money, just my faith in God’ she says.  ‘It was never any good talking about my problems, I have always had a positive attitude towards my life, attracting clientele by laws of attraction.  I never stopped giving or being positive and strong’.

Victoria owes much of her success to the combination of natural therapies and beauty therapy in her clinic.  Her clients are always treated holistically and Victoria explains to them the importance of treating their condition from the inside out.  Clients benefit from Victoria’s healing and extensive knowledge of alternative therapies.  Victoria continues to grow and learn and says that ‘there is an ocean of learning and we learn from the time of birth to the time of death’.  Victoria believes her success is due to her knowledge, unconditional love and compassion for all beings.

Victoria is a member of the following organisations: ATMS, CMA, IFA, AKA, AAANT, AABTH, APAA, NCTA, SCME and PHA.