I am
Dr Chloe Tyson
Hi,
I'm a mother of three and a GP in Brisbane, with additional advanced training in functional and longevity medicine. I work with two kinds of people: those who want to understand what's driving a health concern — their mental health included — rather than just manage the symptoms, and those who already feel well and want to stay that way for the long run. What connects them is a wish for medicine that takes the time to look at the whole picture.
Medicine wasn't my first career. My first degrees were in law and commerce, and it took me a while to realise that wasn't the work I wanted to spend my life doing. I came to medicine later, and graduated top of my class, earning the University Medal and valedictorian title. Coming to it that way shapes how I practise: I tend to ask a lot of questions, and sit with the detail before reaching for an answer.
The way I practise is also shaped by being a patient. I've navigated a system myself that's excellent in a crisis but leaves real gaps the rest of the time. It struggles when a problem is chronic or doesn't fit neatly into one box, and it has little to offer when you feel well but want to do more than be told everything looks fine — it tends to wait until something breaks.
That's where most of my work lives now: uncovering the underlying causes, or getting ahead of them, and building an individual program for each patient. Mental health is a particular interest of mine, and alongside my practice I'm a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland, where I've researched antidepressant deprescribing.
In essence, I try to practise the kind of medicine I'd want for myself — unhurried, curious, and genuinely collaborative. That means treating you as the person who knows your own body best, and working with you. If that's the kind of care you've been looking for, I'd be glad to help.
My Approach
Once we have the picture, we build a plan. That usually means lifestyle changes, targeted supplements, and prescription medication where it's appropriate — tailored to you, and adjusted as we go. We track it over time, so we can see what's working and change tack when we need to. Our health coach stays involved here too, helping turn that plan into something that fits your life and holds up week to week.
I also work closely with a wider network of practitioners, because no single approach has all the answers. Alongside conventional medicine, that can mean drawing on modalities like osteopathy, acupuncture and kinesology, and referring to trusted colleagues where it serves your care. You stay at the centre of it — I work with you, not at you, because you know your own body better than anyone
Functional and longevity medicine work together in my practice — one focused on root causes, the other on long-term prevention.
My approach starts with time — and it begins before we even meet. Ahead of your first appointment, you'll fill out a detailed questionnaire at home, and you'll also have a session with our health coach, in person or over the phone, who works through your history with you and helps gather the full picture: how you're living now, whatever's brought you in, and the details that don't always seem connected but often are. This happens beforehand, usually on a separate day, so there's no rush to it. By the time you and I sit down together, I'm already working from a real understanding of you, which means our time goes further — building on your history rather than starting from scratch.
From there, the work is about why. If something's wrong, that means looking past the symptom to what's actually driving it. If you're well and want to stay that way, it means understanding where things stand now and what's shaping where they're headed. Either way, I look across the biological, psychological and social parts of your life, because they're rarely separate. I'll be honest: this isn't always quick. Sometimes the answers come straight away, and sometimes it takes time and a few different angles to get there. It's a process, and we work through it together.
