A Deep Understanding of Your Symptoms
We connect the dots of your story through a clinical gut-brain lens so you finally understand why your symptoms continue despite clear medical tests.
The IBS Audit
Your tests came back clear. So why does your gut still feel unpredictable?
One of the most frustrating things about IBS is being told that your investigations look normal, while you're still left with symptoms that impact your daily life.
IBS is now officially recognised as a disorder of gut-brain interaction, yet this part of IBS is often the piece people have had the least help understanding.
I'm Helen Brooks, a gut-brain therapist with over 23 years' experience, 16,000+ hours of clinical practice, and more than 4,000 clients supported. The IBS Audit gives us opportunity to understand your symptoms through this lens, and work out what will actually help you find long-term relief.
The IBS Audit
A 50-minute one-to-one online consultation to help you make sense of why your IBS symptoms are continuing—and gain clear direction on where to focus next.
Book Your IBS Audit
£155 · Online via Zoom
When your tests look normal, but your gut feels anything but
You've seen your GP or gastroenterologist. You may have worked with a dietitian, cut out foods, tried medications, or bought endless gut-health supplements.
And yet you're still left asking: Why am I still struggling?
Your gut feels completely unpredictable.
The exact same food can be fine one day and trigger a flare-up the next.
Stress and pressure dictate your days.
Travelling, work deadlines, or social events constantly threaten to bring on symptoms.
Your life revolves around "what ifs."
You find yourself checking for toilets, planning routes, restricting meals, or constantly scanning your body for warning signs.
Understanding the missing piece: The Gut-Brain Connection
Being told that IBS is officially recognised as a disorder of gut-brain interaction doesn't mean your symptoms are imagined, "all in your head," or simply caused by stress.
It means the two-way communication channel between your digestive system, brain, and nervous system has become dysregulated. This directly affects bowel function, gut sensitivity, and how pain or discomfort is processed.
Standard medical investigations check for structural disease. Diets focus on food triggers. Both are important, but neither addresses how the gut and nervous system are interacting in real time.
A critical question we explore during the audit is this:
Are the factors that originally triggered your IBS the same factors maintaining it today?
They rarely are. Understanding this shift is usually the breakthrough moment that explains why something helped temporarily but didn't last, or why you've followed all the right advice and still haven't found relief.
That's where we begin.
Helen's knowledge and deep experience were invaluable and gave me confidence that my symptoms could improve. She is a voice of logic and common sense in a world overloaded with jargon and dietary supplements.
What happens during your IBS Audit?
This isn't another symptom history — you've told that story enough times already.
During the Audit, I'm piecing together what's driving, amplifying, and maintaining your symptoms now — not just what started them.
Your gut, brain, and nervous system are in constant two-way communication. That connection is shaped by a number of factors, many of which are commonly overlooked — and it's rarely ever just one thing.
Together, we'll look at:
- 01The factors that may have first contributed to your IBS — which are often different from what's keeping it going today
- 02How your nervous system has learned to respond to your symptoms over time
- 03The habits that build up around an unpredictable gut, like checking, restricting, or avoiding — and whether, without realising it, these have become part of what's keeping symptoms going
- 04How all of these pieces connect, which is easy to miss when each one is looked at on its own
A gastroenterologist rules out disease and investigates what's physically happening in your gut. A dietitian understands how food affects your symptoms. What's often missing is someone looking at how your nervous system and your gut are communicating — and how that's shaping your symptoms. That's where I come in.
What you will leave with
By the end of our consultation, you will walk away with three things:
End the Confusion & Stop the Trial-and-Error
We pinpoint what is actually driving your symptoms now—including which diets, supplements, or tactics you can safely stop spending time, energy, and money on.
Clear Direction Towards Long-Term Relief
You leave with clarity on what approach is most likely to help you achieve lasting relief, accompanied by a written summary of our findings so you can move forward with confidence.
If I believe you need further medical or dietary support alongside or instead of gut-brain therapy, I will tell you directly.
My life has changed so much since this time last year. I eat more or less anything. I don't have the bloating or pain and I can't remember the last time I ran to the toilet!
Ready to make sense of your IBS?
Every Audit includes your personalised written summary, so you leave with practical next steps regardless of what we uncover — there's no obligation to continue working together afterward.
I take a limited number of Audits each week — most are booked around a week in advance, so it's worth checking availability now.
Is the IBS Audit right for you?
This consultation is designed for you if:
- You've had appropriate medical investigations ruling out other conditions, but your symptoms persist.
- You've tried dietary changes, supplements, or medications without lasting relief.
- Your symptoms feel unpredictable, leaving you feeling like you can't trust your body.
- IBS influences your decisions around travelling, work, social events, or leaving the house.
- You are exhausted by conflicting online advice, trial-and-error, and endless restrictions.
- You're ready for an expert perspective on the gut-brain connection and want a clear path forward.
Please note: If you are experiencing new, unexplained digestive symptoms and have not yet had a basic medical evaluation, please see your GP first before booking this audit.
Why work with Helen?
After supporting thousands of people with IBS, I know that the symptoms are only part of what you're dealing with.
It's the constant calculation in the background — what you can eat, where the nearest toilet is, whether you can risk the journey, whether you can commit to plans. The way something as ordinary as a meal out, a day away or a morning meeting can require far more thought than anyone around you might realise.
And I know how exhausting it can be to have symptoms that have such an impact on your life while being repeatedly told that your tests are normal, or feeling as though you should simply learn to live with it.
You won't need to convince me of how much this affects you.
I also know the questions to ask to help us make sense of where to focus next and what will actually help you reduce symptoms long term.
For many people, there's enormous relief in finally feeling understood — and in discovering that there is a way forward.
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Stop the trial-and-error. Get clarity on your next step.
You don't need another diet, another supplement, or more generic advice.
The IBS Audit gives you 50 minutes with a dedicated specialist to step back, make sense of your individual pattern, and understand what will actually help you find long-term relief.
The IBS Audit
- 50-minute 1-to-1 specialist consultation
- Conducted online via Zoom
- Full review of your medical & symptom history
- Personalised written summary of findings & recommended focus
One-time fee: £155