Integrative Mental Health
My approach
I address health through a mental health and environmental lens with integrative modalities that can be expressive, suppressive, or skills based. These modalities help me meet people where they are at and move at their own pace and level of trust, to help people build resilience gradually. Naturopathic medicine views health from multiple angles:
physical
emotional
intellectual
spiritual
environmental/social
A modality example: botanicals can offer gentle and cumulative effects. Beyond biochemistry, they can serve as the foundation for developing ritual and building resilience by helping us cultivate habits, intuitive self-awareness, and grounding familiarity during times of transition.
Narrative and story inclusive care:
I love pondering concepts such as:
How does your identity shape your relationship to your body and health?
What story or language do you wish you had the time to share with your doctor so they could better support you?
Telling your story and sharing your voice in a safe space is also part of medicine and healing.
Zooming in and out:
Sometimes we need to zoom in to honor and address a specific diagnosis, lab result, side effect, feeling, or experience. And sometimes it’s helpful to zoom out to synthesize and integrate the parts and see the big picture.
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Areas of Focus
I work with individuals navigating the intricacies of the relationship between mind, body, and environment:
Emotional and Psychological Health
• Depression and anxiety
• Existential distress
• Trauma and post-traumatic stress
• Life transitions, stress, and burnout
• Brain fog, attention, and focus difficulties
• Multicultural stress and identity integrationMind–Body Connection
• Chronic pain (back pain, joint pain, muscle tension, hypermobility)
• Headaches and migraines
• Digestive health, microbiome, gut-brain axis
• Fatigue and sleep concerns, including insomnia
• Immune health, allergies, MCAS, autoimmunity
• Sexual health
• Cardiometabolic health -
Naturopathic Medicine
By integrating the science of modern evidence-based medicine with the wisdom of traditional healing modalities, integrative mental health care blends the realms of science and art.
I combine conventional clinical assessment and lab testing, when indicated, with person-centered treatments:
• Botanical medicine - including cannabis
• Nutraceuticals
• Counseling & psychospiritual care
• Lifestyle factors
• Mind–body practices - breathing techniques, guided visualization, somatic therapy
• Medication prescribing and taperingThis collaborative approach supports both symptom relief and the ongoing cultivation of resilience and balance.
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Adoptee-Centered Care
Families take many forms, and lineage often exists beyond traditional definitions. I invite a deeper understanding of adoption and the broader experience of non-traditional families. Separation and disconnection impact identity and the sense of belonging, which frequently involve complex grief and ambiguous loss within the adoptee space.
Visits provide an opportunity to reflect on the intersections of race, culture, gender, sexuality, and neurodiversity – identities with which adoptees frequently resonate. This work offers a sanctuary for navigating the ‘what ifs’ and uncertainties adoptees commonly carry, while exploring transpersonal perspectives to support integration and healing. Together, we explore attachment, contemplate the journey of coming out of the fog, and restore agency, safety, and connection. We also support healing of tensions that may be felt regarding concepts of assimilation and acculturation.
Adoption literacy cannot be complete without recognizing the historical, cultural, and systemic forces that contribute to the objectification and commodification of humans that is rooted in the adoption industrial complex.
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Psychedelic Harm Reduction, Preparation & Integration
I’m currently completing training to be a certified psychedelic assisted therapy provider (PATP). More info to come!
Visit types
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As a licensed naturopathic doctor in the state of Washington, I am able to provide tele-medicine to Washington residents. These visits can include the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of medical conditions, including the ability to prescribe medications. I cannot prescribe controlled substances such as stimulants or benzodiazepines.
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For individuals outside of Washington, I offer tele-education consultations. These sessions allow me to educate individuals regarding their existing diagnosis, labs, and treatment plans. Tele-education is not medical care; I am not acting as a physician. I do not order labs, diagnose, or prescribe treatment. Anything discussed should be reviewed with your own medical providers to ensure they are safe and appropriate.
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I am also available for professional consultation, networking, peer-to-peer connection, and speaking engagements.