Photo Credit: Carol J Holland, Aurora Borealis looking North across a cloud covered Lake Whatcom, Oct 2024
Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.
Rachel Carson
CLINICIAN
Herbalism is a very complex and nuanced discipline which provides a lens through which a path to health can emerge.As a Functional Clinical Herbalist, my approach is to understand my clients' baseline of health, identify root causes of challenges, and establish goals alongside my clients to assist in building resilience and achieving an improved state of well-being. My education and anchor points have been founded in a scientifically based, research oriented framework that maintains a holistic, empathetic, and considerate perspective. My emphasis is on metabolic health and the microbiome which encompasses many of modern society's challenges to health. My herbal training has primarily been in the Western tradition, but I also draw from other overlapping herbal disciplines, as well as relying on nutraceutical support.
CLIENT
What you will gain as a client, in choosing to work with me as your Clinical Herbalist, is guidance and exposure to a tangible path toward wellness. I will help you navigate the labyrinth of herbal and dietary supplements, reconcile potential interactions, decipher test results, and provide clarity as to specific herbs, their form/s, strength, potential combinations, application, and dose with regards to individual constitution, energetics, symptoms and needs. Lifestyle habits will be considered as this is central to your health. You will be asked to share with me a detailed health history from which we will start to reveal your opportunities for shifting your metabolism, and to inspire you to move into a higher state of wellness.
TOGETHER
From the information you share with me through your intake form and consultation, a proposal will be built, usually implementing a customized herbal formula, and may include recommendations for nutrition, nutritional supplements, and lifestyle modifications. We will work together to develop a plan that is suitable to your goals and abilities. Our relationship will continue as long as both client and clinician feel it is indicated.
Please refer to my Informed Consent and Disclosure FORM for more explicit information about my scope of practice and background.