I am trained as a general practitioner so I am familiar with all aspects of traditional family practice but I limit my practice; I am a specialist in naturopathic family medicine, which includes my blending of nutrition, lifestyle, detoxification, physical medicine (NCR), and energetic/emotional therapies that I and other therapists will perform. I am pleased to cooperate with your other practitioners and will supervise and direct you to even other health care practitioners—all as your needs dictate. When it is appropriate, I recommend laboratory testing, especially testing for allergies, parasites, yeast, heavy metals, hormones, and more. If advisable for further investigation, I may recommend other diagnostic tests too.
Humans are being exposed to ever increasing quantities of chemicals in the environment and the food supply. These chemicals may interact synergistically to increase negative effects within the body. The full impact of the chemical revolution on our bodies is yet unknown. Naturopathic detoxification and immune stimulating therapies are frequently necessary to treating the root cause of a disease. I recommend and supervise fasting, sauna, changes in exercise patterns, skin brushing, dietary modification, and clinical detoxification programs when they are appropriate for you.
What you eat supplies the basic building blocks for the internal biochemical system that maintains your health. It is necessary to provide both the right quantity and quality. Adopting a healthy diet is the first step towards correcting health problems. I encourage a gradual, stepwise approach that helps you to make dietary changes a permanent, lasting reality.
Most medical conditions can be treated more effectively with food, nutritional supplements and lifestyle changes—often the real cause of the conditions—than by drugs and surgery. Wonderfully, these treatment approaches have fewer complications and side effects.
I may also provide nutritional education visits, label reading lessons, whole foods cooking basics, personalized nutritional counseling and local grocery tours to help you learn to adopt a healthful and pleasurable diet for life. This style of care is effective over the telephone!
I am trained as a general practitioner so I am familiar with all aspects of traditional family practice but I limit my practice; I am a specialist in naturopathic family medicine, which includes my blending of nutrition, lifestyle, detoxification, physical medicine (NCR), and energetic/emotional therapies that I and other therapists will perform. I am pleased to cooperate with your other practitioners and will supervise and direct you to even other health care practitioners—all as your needs dictate. When it is appropriate, I recommend laboratory testing, especially testing for allergies, parasites, yeast, heavy metals, hormones, and more. If advisable for further investigation, I may recommend other diagnostic tests too.
NCR is a unique form of phsyical manipulation that is often effective when nothing else seems to work. I am a certified NCR practitioner, trained by and the daughter of Dean Howell, ND - the developer of the modern NCR technique.
Plants of many families have powerful healing properties that are utilized in naturopathic medicine. They supply the basis that became many pharmaceutical drugs but lack the complex biochemical function of the whole plant extracts which I like better. I often use plant substances for their healing effects and nutritional value and will choose to create a custom botanical blend as part of your treatment plan. We can choose the form of herb that works best for you: tincture, tea, food, solid extract, topical cream, or in a supplement
This gentle yet effective system of medicine is based on the principle “Like cures Like”. Homeopathic medicines are tiny doses of natural substances of many origins that can gently stimulate the body's self-healing response without side effects. Some conditions for which conventional medicine has no effective treatments will respond well to homeopathy. I do prescribe appropriate homeopathic remedies occasionally as part of your individual treatment plan. I do not offer homeopathy-only visits.
Your attitudes and emotional state are important elements in the processes of healing and disease. I am trained in lifestyle counseling and understand how to encourage positive changes that match your values and life goals throughout our interactions together. I am particularly interested in finding how a healthful and pleasurable lifestyle can be achieved in concert with your personal values.