Nourish & Thrive
Integrative Health
Naturopathy
Approaching Health from a Holistic Perspective
What is Naturopathy?
The Practice of Natural Medicine
Naturopathy takes a holistic approach to health. It takes into consideration physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, treating an individual as a whole, rather than focusing on treating the disease.
Naturopathy is guided by six principles:
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First Do No Harm
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The Healing Power of Nature
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Identify and Treat the Cause
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Doctor as Teacher
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Treat the Whole Person
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Prevention
There are different approaches to help an individual to achieve their desired health outcomes. These include dietary and lifestyle modifications, nutritional and herbal medicine, talk therapy, stress management techniques and exercise recommendations.
What to Expect.
How the appointment is approached.
You will be provided with an intake form via email. This form requires you to provide information regarding your current health concern, how long it has been ongoing, past treatments tried, diet diary, any current medications and/or supplements, past health history and any relevant family health history.
At your initial appointment, we delve into the information provided in your intake. We ask you many questions about various aspects of your health, including questions regarding function of different body systems, an in-depth analysis of your diet and relationships/support systems. If indicated, we will check blood pressure, zinc status or complete a bio-impedance analysis (weight distribution analysis). Using this information, we create a SMART goal, addressing the various factors, from a holistic perspective.
Follow-up consultations check in with the progress made with recommendations from the previous appointment, along with a check-in with your current symptoms, with any variation resulting in an update of the SMART goals.
Initial appointments take approximately 60 minutes. Follow-up appointments take approximately 45 minutes. This appointments cost $175 and $140, respectively.