A licensed Naturopathic Doctor or N.D. has attended an accredited four-year post-graduate medical school. Licensed naturopathic doctors have passed state board exams and are primary care physicians in 16 states.

The educational and clinical training has many similarities to that of medical doctors (MD) in the study of the western diagnosis of disease; naturopaths also have extensive training in the medicine fields of nutrition, botanicals, homeopathy, hydrotherapy and physical medicine.

The naturopaths use these modalities to find the cause of illness and not merely the suppression of symptoms.

As a naturopathic doctor my practice is based upon a belief in the body's innate wisdom to heal itself. Naturopathic medicine emphasizes not the disease process, but the health process.

Healing is a dynamic experience that enables people to transform themselves from illness to wellness. Naturopathic therapeutics are used to augment this healing process.