How I Can Help

As a naturopathic doctor and functional medicine practitioner, I specialize in personalized healthcare. I work with you to find and resolve the underlying causes of your symptoms and restore your body’s innate ability to heal from the inside out.

Instead of the disease-centered symptom suppression focus of conventional healthcare, I address the health and functioning of your whole self – YOUR unique body, mind, and spirit.

In our work together, I will consider and address the following:

• Nutrition – Is the food you’re eating contributing to your symptoms? Do you have nutritional deficiencies? What kind of diet is right for you?
• Lifestyle – How do you spend your time? What’s important to you? What about rest and relaxation? Play and joy? Movement? How might your daily habits be helping or harming you?
• Environmental Factors – Are you exposed to chemicals or other toxins in your work or your home? How good is your body at biotransformation (processing and eliminating toxins)? Could toxins or metals be contributing to your health issues?
• Digestion – The digestive system is intimately connected to every other body system and its health affects the entire body. How well are you digesting and absorbing your food? Is there overgrowth of any organism in your digestive tract (bacteria, yeast, parasites, etc)? Do you have a “leaky gut”?
• Hormones – How well-balanced are your stress hormones, thyroid, and other hormones? Are hormone imbalances contributing to your health issues?
• Body-Mind-Spirit Connections – Psychological, spiritual, and social factors have a profound impact on physical health and well-being and vice versa. How might these issues be helping or harming you?
• Genetic Variability – The latest research shows that we can turn our genes on and off through our food choices and lifestyle. How might the expression of your genes be contributing to your symptoms?

Partnership.
I will listen to your story and to your intuition. I will consider your unique biochemistry and lifestyle and we’ll work together to design a treatment plan that works for your unique needs and your life.

You and I will be partners on your journey to deep healing and vitality. Your voice will be as important as mine, if not more so.

You will be in charge of doing the heavy lifting to improve your own health. You’re driving the bus, I’m just the navigator.

We’ll test, not guess.
To get at the root of your health issues as efficiently as possible we’ll need to do some investigation. We’ll start with a full evaluation and I’ll recommend testing to find the obstacles that are getting in the way of your healing. My testing recommendations will be based on your health history and symptoms and may include testing for food sensitivities, vitamin and nutrient deficiencies, hormone imbalances, and microbial imbalances in the gut, to name a few.

We’ll focus on natural treatments.
I’ll use prescription medicines when needed, but I’ll primarily use natural treatments including whole-foods based nutrition, lifestyle modification, movement, and stress reduction techniques. I’ll also utilize herbal medicines, nutrient supplements, acupuncture, and homeopathy. I may recommend acupuncture, craniosacral therapy or other bodywork, or counseling with other providers.