Our Services
WELCOME HOME
Experience the joy of working with an independent physician who takes her time to deliver an unprecedented level of individualized care. Feel comfortable in a cozy virtual office or in your home, and feel truly listened to. My mission is to champion the movement of doctors leaving “assembly-line” medicine to work in close proximity with their patients where they can focus on a client’s needs unrestrained by corporate regulations. Welcome home!
OUR Approach
a natural approach to wellness and illness
Search for underlying issues: chronic infections, food allergies, nutrient deficiencies, intestinal dysfunction, environmental toxicity, overgrowth of the wrong bugs in the gut, trauma stored in the body
Put the good stuff in: nourish the body and spirit, replenish healthy gut microbe
Get the bad stuff out: detox the toxins, kill bad bugs, unpack stuck emotions.
The body knows how to do the rest.
We use a Functional Medicine approach to find the underlying causes of difficult-to-treat illnesses like fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, migraines, and autoimmune conditions. Health begins in the gut – our largest organ of assimilation and detoxification. The bugs in our gut appear to rule our lives, with lots of research showing gut bacteria directly influences the brain and its neurotransmitters, mental health, your body’s fat content, skin health, autoimmune conditions, and cancer.
I perform mind-body techniques and use the medicine of the breath to clear stagnant emotions, unlock & uncover sabotaging beliefs & aid in nervous system recovery. Using NLP, hypnosis & a close therapeutic alliance we install a new core identity to heal the body, convince the mind & emerge as the ‘New You’.
With my integrative approach I help people get off dangerous medications and suggest safer alternatives. Many people come to me with a long list of pills and the realization that they don’t want to spend the rest of their life this way.
For weight loss: ultimately we all want to feel happy and well, regardless of our body size. An emphasis on numerical weight undermines the ability to be happy and to achieve better overall health. Imagine experiencing inner peace while eating, free from incessant worry about what to eat or being conscious about counting calories. Only you can be the expert on your body, which requires inner attunement, not just well-meaning instructions from experts. I follow the “intuitive eating” approach in people wishing to lose weight. This approach addresses the core issue of shame in people who are tired of the diet roller coaster, For those with more specific weight management goals, specific macro-calculations are available and can be adjusted to optimize for your lifestyle. Thus for overall health, my approach to weight management involves correcting imbalanced gut flora, finding what feels good and anchoring presence in the body.
I have experience in using medical cannabis, in particular high-CBD sublingual oils, in a variety of conditions including persistent pain, seizures, post-traumatic stress disorder, cancer, and end-of life care.
“The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life; the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician.” -Dr. William Mayo
Conditions Treated
Women’s health
Family planning, Chronic Vaginal Infections, Planning for a Healthy Pregnancy, Breast Health, Pelvic Pain
Men’s health
Advanced Cardiovascular Health Assessment, Longevity, Prostate problems, Testosterone Replacement
Mental health
Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD (I do not prescribe psychostimulants like Adderall). We note these conditions respond well to brain-nutrition protocols, detox protocols, and mind-body medicine healing techniques. I am also well-versed in the emerging use of psychedelics and other plant and animal medicines for mental health.
Persistent pain
The body can heal from persistent pain with a number of simple and advanced approaches. Heal underlying inflammation, balance the nervous system, detox the toxins, and get off pain pills (I do not prescribe chronic opioids)
Fibromyalgia
Diagnose underlying infections and inflammation, identify and correct nutrient deficiencies, identify and remove environmental toxins, learn to balance blood sugar and eat a nourishing and healthful diet
Gastrointestinal health
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.
Migraines
Did you know that migraines can be caused by food sensitivities, blood sugar issues, nutrient deficiencies, hormone imbalances, chronic jaw and scalp tension, eye strain/artificial light/screen overuse, vascular inflammation, emotional stress, toxins in the environment, and other treatable causes?
Autoimmune disease
Many eminent physicians know that autoimmune disease begins in the gut. I follow the work of Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, a revolutionary neurologist who pioneered the “Gut and Psychology Syndrome,” in healing the gut lining and balancing the flora to re-boot the immune system. A simple anti-inflammatory diet can also work wonders in many cases. Often people will auto-immune disease will need to work with repressed emotions and anger, as described by the expert in the stress-disease connection, Dr. Gabor Mate (Author of the best-selling book When the Body Says No). Our mind-body skills groups, plus private counseling, can help address this.
Weight Loss
I have found that intermittent fasting techniques are the most effective way to re-boot hormones, including insulin, lower appetite, and thus achieve a sustained calorie deficit long-term. In general, the body is wired to NOT lose weight – to NOT eat fewer calories. Fasting turns on some amazing self-healing capacities and forces the body to source calories from your stored fat. I can gently help you into fasting using state-of-the art techniques. I teach how to use these techniques in a way that can sustain the benefits while allowing normal eating in between.
Thyroid disease
Autoimmune thyroid disease, or Hashimoto’s, Some cases of low thyroid require more specialized testing and treatment.
Procedures
IUD Removal, Vitamin B12 Injections, Knee & Shoulder Cortisone Injections
Cancer
In concert with your oncologist, we can maximize your chance of recovery and minimize symptoms using an integrative approach of proven anti-cancer foods and herbs, nutrition, and mind-body medicine.