Addictions Medicine

Mind & Body

Addictions medicine is a multi-modality approach to treating patients that struggle with patterns of behavior that do not serve them.

As naturopathic physicians, we have the training to use conventional and alternative medicine to help people achieve freedom around their health. Addiction medicine utilizes nutrition, lifestyle modification, supplements, homeopathy, and therapeutic counseling to move people into healthier spaces - emotionally, physiologically, and biomedically. Her philosophy is to meet patients where they are at the moment they enter the clinic and help them to achieve their medical / health goals through gentle and effective methods of treatment.

Her approach is a patient-centered holistic evaluation of each individual and designing a treatment plan with achievable goals. She meets with each patient on a monthly basis for an hour and re-evaluates and modifies treatment plans based on our progress. She often uses meditation, online video instruction, support groups, nutrition, homeopathy, and amino acids to achieve balance.

Addictive Behaviors and the Addiction Process

Any activity, substance, object, or behavior that has become the major focus of a person's life to the exclusion of other activities, or that has begun to harm the individual or others physically, mentally, or socially is considered an addictive behavior.

Behavioral addiction is a form of addiction that involves a compulsion to engage in a rewarding non-drug-related behavior – sometimes called a natural reward – despite any negative consequences to the person's physical, mental, social, or financial well-being.

Addictions Treated:

  • Negative Thinking
  • Prescription medications
  • Alcohol and Cannabis
  • Disordered Eating
  • Tobacco Use