Herbal medicine can be helpful if you are experiencing:
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We will look together at lifestyle and nutritional factors to get a holistic picture of health. I look at constitution through an elemental perspective, which can be a helpful tool in connecting the dots of your health picture. Herbal medicine can be useful in acute and chronic situations. Plant medicine also excels in supporting long-term imbalance and subclinical conditions - symptoms that have not yet developed into overt disease. I am particularly passionate about working with folks with chronic conditions, pregnant folks and new parents, those experiencing pregnancy loss, and herbs for mental and spiritual health. I am always treating the whole person and not just a symptom or disease. We will look at lifestyle, diet, constitution, cultural and social context, as well as spiritual and emotional process.
My approach in herbal consultations is strengths-based and focused on collaborating with you and the plants to build on your resources. Your needs, strengths, and health goals will be at the center of our meeting. We will work together to identify where and how plant medicine will be most potent in your life at this time. I believe your body, mind, and spirit are constantly unfolding towards wholeness, and I will honor each of your strengths, symptoms, and coping mechanisms as such. I focus on personal empowerment and individualized care. Harm reduction is central to my practice. There are many points of entry for healing work for any individual, and you get to decide what is right for you.
While some plants have contraindications and interactions, herbal medicine is often compatible with taking pharmaceutical medications. In some cases herbal medicine supports the action of pharmaceutical drugs or can help mitigate side effects.
I do not order lab tests, prescribe medications, or diagnose specific conditions. There may be times when your needs are beyond my scope of practice, or when we need more information to formulate a care plan. I will refer you to other practitioners when appropriate.
Initial Herbal Consultations generally run 2 hours. We will go over a detailed health history and identify health goals. In the initial consultation, we usually identify constitution and patterns of balance and imbalance in the body, as well as working with symptomatic concerns. We will talk about nutrition and individualized herbal formulas and simples, which I will formulate and provide within a few days of our consultation.
While a full consultation will be appropriate for most clients, I also offer 20-30 minute phone sessions. This might be a good option if you are an established client experiencing an acute illness, or if you are already working with plant medicine and would like support in choosing between herbs or treatment plans.
My approach in herbal consultations is strengths-based and focused on collaborating with you and the plants to build on your resources. Your needs, strengths, and health goals will be at the center of our meeting. We will work together to identify where and how plant medicine will be most potent in your life at this time. I believe your body, mind, and spirit are constantly unfolding towards wholeness, and I will honor each of your strengths, symptoms, and coping mechanisms as such. I focus on personal empowerment and individualized care. Harm reduction is central to my practice. There are many points of entry for healing work for any individual, and you get to decide what is right for you.
While some plants have contraindications and interactions, herbal medicine is often compatible with taking pharmaceutical medications. In some cases herbal medicine supports the action of pharmaceutical drugs or can help mitigate side effects.
I do not order lab tests, prescribe medications, or diagnose specific conditions. There may be times when your needs are beyond my scope of practice, or when we need more information to formulate a care plan. I will refer you to other practitioners when appropriate.
Initial Herbal Consultations generally run 2 hours. We will go over a detailed health history and identify health goals. In the initial consultation, we usually identify constitution and patterns of balance and imbalance in the body, as well as working with symptomatic concerns. We will talk about nutrition and individualized herbal formulas and simples, which I will formulate and provide within a few days of our consultation.
While a full consultation will be appropriate for most clients, I also offer 20-30 minute phone sessions. This might be a good option if you are an established client experiencing an acute illness, or if you are already working with plant medicine and would like support in choosing between herbs or treatment plans.
