SIBO & Microbiome
Mentorship Series
Ready to level up your SIBO and microbiome expertise? 🚀
Struggling to navigate the complexity of SIBO and microbiome care? This series has you covered!
You’ll gain a clear framework for assessing and interpreting both SIBO and microbiome test results - knowing when and how to test, how to make sense of the findings, and what to prioritise.
Discover appropriate, safe, and effective treatment protocols - including specific herbal remedies, probiotics, prebiotics, and dietary recommendations.
Plus, gain recovery and maintenance strategies to help your patients avoid recurrence.
This SIBO and Microbiome-Focused Mentoring & Case Sharing Series is designed for busy practitioners like you who need practical, hands-on guidance and real-world insights.
Bring your own cases, collaborate with peers, and sharpen your clinical skills in diagnosing and managing SIBO, dysbiosis, and gut health conditions. You’ll walk away equipped to make a tangible difference in your patients’ and clients’ quality of life.
Led by Chantel Yates, a seasoned expert with 18+ years in Naturopathy and Western Herbal Medicine, this series delivers the tools you need to grow your clinical confidence and knowledge - and apply it immediately to your practice.
Two Terms. One Powerful Mentorship Journey.
The SIBO & Microbiome Mentorship Series runs in two standalone terms across the year, giving you the flexibility to focus where it matters most - or commit to the full experience.
Term 1 (March to May): SIBO-Focused Mentoring & Case Sharing
Breath testing (H₂, CH₄, H₂S), interpretation, recurrence, motility, and layered SIBO treatment strategies.
Term 2 (August to October): Microbiome-Focused Mentoring & Case Sharing
Stool test interpretation, dysbiosis, keystone species, microbial ecology, pathobionts, and more.
Each term includes 4 x 90-minute live sessions, monthly mentoring with practitioner case sharing, Q&A, and evidence-based treatment insights.
Each term runs as a separate enrolment.
Join one, or come along for the full-year journey by enrolling in both.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your impact and outcomes!
What You’ll Gain
Term 1 (SIBO-Focused)
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Practical Insights
Tap into Chantel’s 18+ years of expertise in treating SIBO and gut health conditions. Learn how to effectively diagnose and differentiate SIBO subtypes, including hydrogen dominant, methane dominant, mixed SIBO, and hydrogen sulphide SIBO. Understand the nuances of methane SIBO vs. colonic methane overproduction and how to interpret challenging results, such as high baseline gases or flatline results.
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Case-Based Mentoring & Supportive Growth
Bring your cases to the table and gain hands-on guidance from Chantel, plus group insights to refine your approach. Receive tailored advice on testing, treatment, and getting to the root causes of SIBO - seeing it as a symptom rather than the root issue. Participate in live Q&A sessions to address the specific challenges you face and gain clarity on complex cases.
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Evidence-Based Frameworks
Create tailored, integrative treatment plans rooted in the latest research and best practices. Gain a clear framework for treating different SIBO variants, complete with recommended herbs, probiotics, and dietary strategies. Understand the optimal timeframes for treatment based on each SIBO subtype and how to implement long-term solutions.
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Interactive Learning
Collaborate with peers and tackle real-world challenges with evidence-based solutions. Explore practical applications for interpreting results, tailoring treatments, and managing cases to achieve sustainable outcomes for your patients.
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Tailored Resources
Stop holding everything in your head! Refer back to handouts and PDFs designed specifically for use in your practice. These resources provide clear, actionable guidelines for testing, treating, and educating your patients, so you’ll always have the information you need - right at your fingertips.
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Real-World Impact
Apply your new skills immediately to help your patients and clients achieve lasting improvements in their gut health and overall well-being. Move beyond the short-term fix and create long-term strategies to break the SIBO recurrence cycle, empowering your patients with sustainable outcomes.
Why Mentoring Matters
“Although I’ve undertaken extensive formal training in the field, the real gems and pearls of wisdom have come from mentoring sessions and working with real-life cases over and over again. That’s why I’m passionate about offering mentoring and case-sharing opportunities for practitioners - to provide a space where the practical meets those “aha!” moments, and true learning happens." - Chantel Yates
What You’ll Gain
Term 2 (Microbiome-Focused)
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Deeper Test Interpretation Skills
Build confidence reading stool test results - go beyond the basics to interpret dysbiosis patterns, keystone species loss, and metabolites with precision.
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Pathobionts & Ecology Understanding
Explore microbial ecosystems in action. Understand how opportunistic pathogens interact with the broader terrain and what it means for treatment.
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Evidence-Based, Patient-Centred Frameworks
Learn clear protocols for mapping treatment stages using herbs, probiotics, prebiotics, and nutrition - grounded in research and clinical outcomes.
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Interactive Learning
Bring your cases and get hands-on guidance for navigating complex results, mixed presentations, and treatment sequencing.
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Collaborative, Real-Time Learning
Connect with peers, troubleshoot together, and walk away with practical strategies you can apply in clinic straight away.
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Curated Resources to Support You
Access downloadable cheat sheets, handouts, and treatment guides you can refer to again and again - no need to rely on memory alone.
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Results That Stick
Shift from short-term symptom chasing to long-term, sustainable change by understanding the root drivers of imbalance and how to address them.
“An invaluable resource for practitioners and individuals alike.”
“I am delighted to share my experience with Chantel Yates, who has been exceptional. Chantel's expertise and deep knowledge in gut health have been valuable and instrumental in keeping up with the latest research and treatments. Additionally I have loved learning more about food as medicine approach. Her approach is both caring and supportive, making every step of the process reassuring and clear. Chantel has a compassionate demeanour, ensuring that you feel informed. Her commitment to her patients and her expertise make her an invaluable resource for practitioners and individuals alike.”
- Stella
Programme Overview
Duration: ~3 months per term. You can enrol in either term, or both for a full-year mentoring experience.
Sessions: 4 x live 90min sessions held every 4 to 5 weeks on Tuesday mornings at 10:00AM Hobart Time (AEST/AEDT depending on the session date - see below).
Schedule: Dates are subject to change. See below for the 2025 schedule.
Format: Interactive online mentoring featuring real-life cases shared by participants, guided by Chantel Yates. The focus is on practical, hands-on learning with collaborative discussions designed to meet your specific needs as a practitioner.
Bring your toughest cases! This is a space for you to dive into real-world scenarios and walk away with actionable insights you can apply to your practice immediately. This is a space for you to dive into real-world scenarios and walk away with actionable insights you can apply to your practice immediately. We will go over practitioner cases, enjoy Q&A, and evidence-based treatment discussions.
Term 1 (March to May 2025) - Enrolments now closed, 2026 dates coming soon!
Focus: This term focus on breath testing (H₂, CH₄, H₂S), interpretation, recurrence, motility, and layered SIBO treatment strategies.
Session 1: Tuesday, 4 March 2025 @ 10:00am AEDT
Session 2: Tuesday, 8 April 2025 @ 10:00am AEST
Session 3: Tuesday, 6 May 2025 @ 10:00am AEST
Session 4: Tuesday, 3 June 2025 @ 10:00am AEST
Term 2 (Aug-Oct 2025) – Enrolments now open!
Focus: This term focuses on interpreting advanced microbiome and stool testing, exploring colonic ecology, key species, pathobionts, and building evidence-based restoration protocols. We’ll also cover IBD, coeliac disease, parasites, and practical treatment layering strategies.
Session 1: Tuesday, 12 August 2025 @ 10:00am AEST
Session 2: Tuesday, 9 Sep 2025 @ 10:00am AEST
Session 3: Tuesday, 7 Oct 2025 @ 10:00am AEDT
Session 4: Tuesday, 4 Nov 2025 @ 10:00am AEDT
Note: Hobart will transition from Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) to Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) on April 6, 2025 and back again on October 5, 2025. This may affect the session times, so please refer to the above overview and if required, use this time zone converter to work out session times in your local time. Note: Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia do not observe daylight saving.
From Frustration to Fulfilment: Rethinking SIBO & Microbiome Care 💭
Are you treating SIBO with herbal antimicrobials and an arsenal of tools, yet finding your patients stuck in a cycle of recurrence? It’s frustrating, right? You’ve got the basics down, but the long-term outcomes just aren’t there.
Term 1 of the SIBO & Microbiome Mentorship Series helps you move beyond symptom-focused protocols. You’ll dig into the root causes of SIBO recurrence - whether it’s impaired motility, stress physiology, dietary factors, or microbial imbalances - and learn to treat with precision, confidence, and lasting impact.
Ready to keep deepening your clinical clarity?
Term 2 shifts the focus from the small intestine to the broader ecosystem of the colonic microbiome.
Over three months, we’ll unpack stool test findings, interpret dysbiosis patterns, and build confidence in treating the trickiest cases - from keystone species loss and post-infectious shifts, to pathobiont overgrowth, and inflammatory presentations.
We’ll also explore how microbial imbalances link to immune reactivity - think histamine intolerance, food sensitivities, MCAS-like presentations, and low-diversity microbiomes that fuel chronic inflammation.
This isn’t about following set protocols. It’s about strengthening your clinical reasoning, expanding your microbiome lens, and asking the right questions so you can treat with greater clarity, flexibility, and confidence.
Each term is a standalone learning experience - but together, they offer a comprehensive roadmap for modern SIBO and microbiome care.
Join one or both, depending on your current learning goals and clinical focus.
What We’ll Cover in Each Term
Below are some of the key areas of expertise Chantel Yates brings to the table, as well as the topics that naturally arise during mentoring sessions. Please note: these aren’t structured modules but rather integral themes we’ll delve into throughout each term.
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SIBO Testing & Interpretation:
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Gut Microbiome Testing:
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SIBO Subtypes & Treatment Strategies:
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Interpreting Stool Test Results:
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Beyond the Small Intestine:
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Case-Based Mentoring:
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Break the SIBO Cycle - or Deepen Your Microbiome Mastery 👏🏼
The SIBO & Microbiome Mentorship Series is split across two standalone terms, each designed to help you move beyond the one-size-fits-all gut protocols and build clarity with complex clients. It has been created for practitioners ready to dig deeper with the trickiest SIBO and microbiome presentations.
Term 1: SIBO-Focused Mentoring helps you break free from the “kill and recur” loop by adopting a microbiome-first approach. You'll dig deeper into breath test interpretation, recurrence drivers, and layered treatment strategies - supporting clients with stubborn symptoms and hidden root causes like motility dysfunction, nervous system dysregulation, diet, and microbial imbalances.
Term 2: Microbiome-Focused Mentoring shifts the focus to the wider terrain of the colon - helping you sharpen stool test interpretation, understand keystone species, pathobionts, and dysbiosis patterns, and confidently manage overlapping reactivity, inflammation, and immune presentations.
Each term runs as a separate enrolment.
Join one, or come along for the full-year journey by enrolling in both.
Each term offers monthly live mentoring sessions, space to bring your own cases, and support to refine your clinical reasoning.
This is your chance to build confidence in treating even the most complex presentations - while joining a collaborative community of gut health clinicians.
Term 2 (Aug-Oct 2025) - Enrolments now open!
Why THIS mentoring series?
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Focused on SIBO & Microbiome Mastery: Expand your confidence and clinical mastery across both SIBO and microbiome-driven presentations - from breath and stool test interpretation to personalised, layered interventions.
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Customised Clinical Insights: Get direct feedback on your unique patient cases, refining your diagnostic and treatment skills in a practical, real-world setting.
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Comprehensive Gut Health Approach: Whether it’s small intestinal overgrowth, dysbiosis, nervous system drivers, or immune reactivity - this series helps you unpack the “why” behind chronic symptoms and complex patterns.
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Community Support & Networking: Connect with like-minded practitioners, share experiences, and build a supportive professional network that continues beyond the sessions.
My Microbiome Training and Journey
I am deeply passionate about the microbiome and its incredible impact on health. Over the years, I have gained extensive experience in this exciting and rapidly evolving field, particularly in treating conditions such as SIBO, H. pylori, IBS, IBD, coeliac disease, and parasite infections. My approach is evidence-based, drawing on the latest advancements in microbiome science, and I’m committed to staying up-to-date with cutting-edge research to provide the best possible care.
My training and professional experience include:
Senior Associate in the GIT fellowship at Gould’s Natural Medicine Clinic: five years working and training in-depth with Dr. Jason Hawrelak, a renowned expert in microbiome science.
Graduate of Dr. Moira Bradfield Strydom’s Vagiversity, Holistic Training for Vaginal and Urinary Health.
More than 18 years experience working as a naturopath and herbal medicine practitioner.
See my website for a full list of my qualifications and professional experience.
These experiences have given me a deep understanding of both the science and practical application of microbiome health in clinical practice. I’m excited to share this knowledge with you through this series, empowering you to enhance your clinical skills and unlock the transformative potential of the microbiome for your patients.
“Chantel will continue to be one of my go-tos!”
“As an avid microbiome researcher and gut health practitioner myself, I have relied on Chantel for guidance and mentoring to ensure I'm up to date with the latest research and practical clinical support for my clients. Chantel's mentoring has been invaluable and she will continue to be one of my go-tos!”
- Steven Judge
Term 2 (Aug-Oct 2025) - Enrolments now open!
FAQs
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This mentoring series is specifically tailored for healthcare practitioners, including naturopaths, herbalists, nutritionists, and other professionals managing patients with gut health issues such as SIBO, dysbiosis, IBS, and related conditions.
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Unlike traditional training programs, this series focuses on mentoring and case-sharing. You’ll bring your own cases, engage in collaborative problem-solving, and receive real-time guidance from Chantel Yates, ensuring the knowledge is immediately applicable to your clinical practice.
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Absolutely! This series is designed to be interactive and practical. Participants are encouraged to bring real-world cases for discussion, making this a hands-on learning experience tailored to your specific needs.
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This series caters to both experienced practitioners and those newer to SIBO and microbiome health. Chantel Yates’ mentoring style ensures that concepts are approachable while providing depth and practical strategies to build your confidence and skills.
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To ensure a personalised and collaborative experience, each term is capped at 15 participants. This allows for more focused discussion, direct feedback, and tailored mentoring for every attendee.
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Four live 90-minute mentoring sessions (held every month).
Practical, case-based learning with real-world applications.
Group Q&A sessions to address your specific clinical challenges.
Evidence-based frameworks for diagnosing and managing SIBO, dysbiosis, and related gut health issues (refer to Programme Details section above for specific focus of each term).
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The series focuses on:
SIBO testing, variants, and personalised interventions.
Microbial ecology, dysbiosis, and systemic health impacts.
Integrative treatment approaches, including dietary, herbal, and probiotic strategies.
Addressing nervous system dysregulation, H. pylori, IBS, IBD, and more.
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The sessions are 90 minutes each and are held every four to five weeks on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 AM Hobart Time (AEST/AEDT depending on the session date). You can choose between Term 1 or Term 2, with session dates listed in the Programme Details section above.
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Yes! You can pay the term fee across four easy instalments.
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Absolutely - you can enrol in Term 2 on its own. Each term is designed as a standalone experience, with its own focus, case discussions, and clinical tools. You're welcome to join Term 2 even if you didn’t attend Term 1. Whether you’re just getting started with microbiome-focused mentoring or returning for a deeper dive, you’ll gain valuable insights, support, and case-based learning tailored to where you’re at.
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Yes! Practitioners can enrol in both terms independently to extend their learning over the full year. If you’re a returning participants, please contact us at hello@chantelyates.com.au or submit your enquiry here for a special discount code!
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Chantel Yates is a seasoned practitioner with over 18 years of experience in Naturopathy and Western Herbal Medicine, specialising in gut and microbiome health. Her expertise spans SIBO, H. pylori, IBS, IBD, coeliac disease, histamine intolerance, MCAS and parasite infections. She has trained extensively with leading experts, including Dr. Jason Hawrelak, and is renowned for her evidence-based, patient-centred mentoring approach.
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Each term is limited to just 15 participants to ensure personalised support and connection. To join, simply visit chantelyates.com.au, select the current term (one term opens at a time), and complete the enrolment form to secure your place. You’ll receive a confirmation email once your spot is locked in, along with a login to access resources and more!
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While live participation is encouraged for the best experience, recordings of the sessions will be made available to participants after each meeting.
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Refunds or cancellations will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. Please contact me directly for more details about your specific situation.
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If you have any questions, please contact us at hello@chantelyates.com.au or submit your enquiry here.
Term 2 (Aug-Oct 2025) - Enrolments now open!
Terms and Conditions
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To secure your spot, full payment or the first instalment of the payment plan must be received upon registration.
All prices are listed in Australian Dollars (AUD).
Payment methods will be provided at checkout.
If choosing a payment plan, payments must be made in accordance with the agreed schedule. Failure to make payments on time may result in suspension of access to any applicable resources including session recordings.
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If you wish to cancel your enrolment, please notify us via email at hello@chantelyates.com.au
No refunds will be issued except in exceptional circumstances, requests for refunds or programme deferrals will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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Access to materials is granted upon receipt of full payment or the first instalment.
Materials, including recordings, are for your personal use only and may not be shared, copied, or distributed to others.
Live sessions will be conducted via Zoom. If you are unable to attend live, recordings will be available to access at your convenience.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the necessary technology and AV equipment to access and view the content. Please make sure your setup is compatible with Zoom and any other required platforms to fully participate in the series.
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All content, including videos, written materials, and other resources, is the intellectual property of Chantel Yates Naturopath & Herbalist.
You may not reproduce, distribute, or publicly display any materials without prior written consent from Chantel Yates Naturopath & Herbalist.
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We strive to maintain a respectful, inclusive, and positive learning environment. Participants are expected to treat instructors and fellow students with respect and professionalism.
Any disruptive, abusive, or discriminatory behaviour may result in removal from the series without refund.
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Chantel Yates Naturopath & Herbalist will not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages that may result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials and information provided in the series.
The information provided in this series is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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Chantel Yates Naturopath & Herbalist reserves the right to make changes to the series schedule, content, or instructors if necessary. Participants will be notified of any significant changes in advance where deemed necessary.
In the unlikely event that a live session needs to be rescheduled, participants will be informed, and a new date and time will be provided.
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Any personal information collected during the registration process will be used solely for the purpose of delivering the series and will not be shared with third parties without your consent, except as required by law.
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These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of Australia, and you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Australia for any disputes arising out of or relating to these terms.