WHAT WE DO
Natural Treatments to Heal the Whole Body
Whole Food Diet (Clinical Nutrition)
Homeopathy
Cranial-Body Balancing
Allergies
Mind-Body
Herbal Medicine
Acupuncture
Kinesiology
Conditions Treated
While every Naturopathic Doctor (ND) has a similar classroom education, each doctor practices differently. Some practice as primary care physicians, others as wellness counselors, and everything in between. Some choose to focus in women's health, geriatrics, sports medicine, or mental health to name a few, while others are general practitioners. Some NDs also individualize their practices by specializing in one or a few treatment modalities such as herbal medicine or homeopathy, while others use all the therapies they have learned. While each ND has a unique approach to health & wellness, we are all guided by the same basic principles.
Clinical Nutrition
Nutritional therapies include both the practice of using food to maintain health and the therapeutic use of food & nutrients to treat illness. Scientific research has shown that many medical conditions can be treated as effectively with food and nutritional supplements as they can by other means, with fewer complications and side effects. Dr. Mitchell's focus is on a whole food diet and using foods to heal. When nutritional supplements are necessary, she first chooses food-based supplements first. Click here for more information on nutrition.
Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a powerful system of medicine that is more than 200 years old. This medical system uses highly diluted substances to cure illness. Homeopathic remedies act to enhance the body's innate immune response and rarely have side effects. Some conditions that do not respond well to conventional medicine will respond to homeopathic therapies. Dr. Mitchell is trained in constitutional homeopathy, which encourages the deepest form of energetic changes well as being a very effective acute therapy. Click here to visit the National Center for Homeopathy website.
Cranial Body Balancing / Physical Medicine
This includes naturopathic treatment of the muscles, bones, tissue and fluid of the body. Dr. Mitchell is a specialist in releasing pain and trauma in the physical body. She originally trained in massage in 1973 and has continued to expand and refine her skills. She integrates the Bowen Technique, deep tissue releases, myofascial and many other hands-on techniques. She is an excellent practitioner and occasional teacher of cranial- sacral therapy having been trained by British osteopath Dr. Solihin Thom in Cranial Fluid Dynamics, the Osteopathic Cranial Academy, and The Upledger Institute. She blends all this training and 36 years of experience into Cranial-Body Balancing, her own unique blend to help you receive the best results.
Mind-Body Medicine, Counseling and Stress Management
Mental attitudes and emotional states can be important elements in healing illness. Naturopathic physicians' training includes counseling, nutritional and lifestyle counseling, stress management, and other methods. Dr. Mitchell is trained in several very effective techniques that allow you to release old mental and emotional patterns without years of therapy. These include Neuro-Emotional Technique (NET), Opening Human Potential, and the emotional release techniques of NAET. Dr. Mitchell adds Bach Flower Remedies, essential oils, homeopathy and the use of Neurotransmitter Testing and Targeted Amino Acid Therapy to balance your neurotransmitters. She will counsel you about lifestyle changes to improve your health, and is willing to meet you at deeper levels to help you with emotional trauma and stuck states.
Herbal Medicine
The use of plants as medicine. Many plant substances are powerful medicines that are safe and effective when used properly. A resurgence of scientific research of plants is demonstrating that some plant substances are superior to synthetic drugs in clinical conditions. Herbs help to gently nourish and change the metabolism of the body in lasting ways.
Acupuncture
While in school in the early 80's Dr. Mitchell became a trained acupuncturist. The Chinese Medicine understanding of the human body was one of her first loves in the field of alternative medicine. Now she uses acupuncture and non-needle techniques including a laser to balance the acupuncture meridians.
Kinesiology
Kinesiology, often called muscle testing, is one tool to be used with care to dialogue with the client bypassing the beliefs of the mind or the desires of the heart. It refines the information you are constantly giving and receiving using gestures or body language. It uses the body's binary language of strength and weakness of the muscles to access changes in the nervous system, and the sensory information of specific hand positions (called mudras) to interface with your inner physician. It is an excellent way to speak to the nervous system, using the brain and the peripheral nerves and all the tissues innervated by the nerves, as the interface between the inner and outer self. Dr. Mitchell often says that your body knows everything you need to heal and her job is only to facilitate or translate.
Conditions Treated
Naturopathic physicians are trained to provide the best in natural family medicine to men, women, and children. We see patients with health problems that include minor ailments to severe life threatening illness and everything in between. Because we treat people, not just body parts, we can help you resolve many health problems. Our goal is to help you achieve optimum health.
