What is aN FNTP?
Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioners (FNTPs) are trained to identify dysfunction in the body and address the root cause of imbalances through nutrition and lifestyle suggestions while respecting the bio-individuality of each person. To come up with your personalized plan, I evaluate your signs and symptoms and may utilize bloodwork or other labs like, stool tests, micronutrient tests, hormone tests, and bioresonance in addition to a form of muscle testing that I can do remotely. Using whole food nutrition, lifestyle suggestions, emotional clearing, and nutrient-based supplements, I aim to support the foundations of health, correct imbalances, and assist your body’s natural healing process to achieve optimal long-term health. Your nutritional therapy plan will be unique to you and your needs. Please note that FNTPs are NOT trained to diagnose or treat disease or illness.
Does my package allow for in-person and remote sessions?
Unfortunately, no. You will have to choose either remote sessions with me or in person. If you are unsure if you can attend in-person sessions, I recommend starting with a remote package.
Can you describe your process?
Step 1: Schedule a free 30-minute discovery call to see if we are a good fit for one another.
Step 2: We’ll have a 60-90 minute initial consultation to do an in-depth assessment of your health history, symptom analysis, and health priorities. We’ll decide which labs to run (optional) based on where we need to fill in the gaps and address your questions and concerns. We may do some initial muscle testing to prioritize and help personalize supplements. While we wait to get your lab results (if applicable), I’ll give you a foundational protocol with any nutritional and lifestyle recommendations we discuss, an initial supplement plan, and any relevant resources and/or recipes. We usually start with some nutrition suggestions, lifestyle, and stress management habits, along with supplements to work on cellular-level support and digestive function and begin to up drainage pathways to get the body ready for deeper healing.
Step 3: We’ll meet again to review your labs and I will continue to gather more information to ensure the appropriate protocol to support your needs. Based on the information we have and the symptoms you are feeling, I’ll recommend a roadmap that we will follow for the duration of the time we will work together to alleviate your symptoms and find and target the root causes of the dysfunction in your body so that you feel better. This usually involves working on sources of inflammation and supporting the body, tissues, and organs through working on chronic issues like parasites, mold/yeast/fungus, bacteria, viruses, environmental toxins, and heavy metals. We will continue nutrition tools, supplements, lifestyle, and stress management tools, along with muscle testing and emotional work if needed. If there are additional needs to support your healing that are outside of my scope of practice, I will refer out.
Because everyone moves at a different pace, the number of sessions and the frequency between them are customized to you. Typically we meet about every 4-6 weeks. We may meet more often if we are also doing emotion-clearing work together. I want you to feel motivated, energized, and committed to each follow-up session. We will continue to meet as necessary to check in, review your protocol, and make adjustments and we can connect via email or chat via Practice Better for additional support.
You can expect to work consistently and diligently for at least 3-6 months and often a year or longer depending on your situation. This process is not a quick fix. You may begin to feel better right away, but habit change and healing can take time. Do not get discouraged! While the journey may be long, it is very rewarding. After our initial package, you can purchase additional sessions via packages or a la carte sessions.
You’ll receive 20% off supplements in my online dispensary*
*Supplement costs are not included in pricing. Therapeutic, high-quality supplementation is vital to a healing journey and is included in each protocol.
What do I get out of our time together?
I will provide concrete guidance to help you implement changes to improve your health including specific, customized nutritional, supplement, and lifestyle recommendations. These recommendations will be clear, specific, and easy to implement. When applicable, I also include exercises or therapies to do in your own time and additional resources and recipes.
What is muscle testing?
Muscle testing is a method of gathering accurate biofeedback on the body’s physiological and psychological state. Our body’s cells know what they require to regain health and vitality. Muscle Testing is a targeted and personalized way to retrieve the knowledge embedded in the cellular memory of our muscular system. I use muscle testing to learn about your root cause(s) and to see what additional modalities, foods, and supplements your body needs to heal. You can learn more about one of the forms of energy work I use in my practice in my blog posts What to Expect in an MFT Session and What Is Muscle Testing? While muscle testing is optional, it is a great way for us to determine the best plan and protocol for you.
How does emotion clearing work?
I use The Emotion Code and the Body Code as a simple, transformative healing modality that finds negative. trapped emotions stored in the subconscious mind can go as far back as when you were in your mother’s womb, absorbed emotions from others, and even inherited trapped emotions. These trapped emotions that live in our organs and tissues are often roadblocks to healing, physical pain, self-sabotage, emotional issues as well as other types of dysfunction including anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, PTSD, phobias, and panic attacks. You can learn more about this modality here.
Do I have to do the lab work / Muscle Testing?
Not at all. All lab work is entirely optional and many times we can achieve great results by just focusing on foundational work based on your signs and symptoms. I can also take a look at labs that you may have done in the recent past to help fill in any holes.
What labs do you offer?
I offer the following labs in my practice.
GI-Map ($350): This comprehensive and unique stool test identifies underlying disturbances in the gut. It provides a breakdown of your gut flora, both the good and the bad, highlights key digestive markers to show how your body is breaking down food, and tests for parasites or fungal overgrowth. This test provides valuable information to help target specific issues and bring your gut health back into balance.
Functional blood chemistry labs ($300): Conventional blood chemistry labs use a predetermined pathological range to identify and diagnose medical conditions often leading to the response “everything looks normal” even if your symptoms tell you otherwise. I’ll look at your labs holistically and identify potential patterns and clues that provide us insight into the root causes of your symptoms and provide solutions and a suggested roadmap to bringing everything back into optimal ranges.
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) ($90): This non-invasive test measures the mineral content of your hair and can tell us a lot about your health status. It tests for imbalances in trace minerals, heavy metals, and toxins and can provide valuable information about your diet, stress, pollutants, medications, nutritional supplements, inherited patterns, and more. I recommend this test to all my clients as a great starting point for foundational health. It is especially helpful for children, athletes, women working on fertility, post-partum, perimenopause, menopause, elderly, and people with health conditions such as cardiovascular issues, high cholesterol, thyroid imbalances, high blood pressure, blood sugar imbalances, osteoporosis, and migraines.
Bioresonance Scan ($275): This is another non-invasive test using saliva and hair samples. This is not a diagnostic test but provides a wide range of information. It utilizes the body’s energy to test for stressed body systems, resonating toxins, food and environmental sensitivities, hormonal and nutritional imbalances, and potential remedies that your body resonates with.
DUTCH ($300) This non-invasive, dried urine test looks at sex hormones, adrenal function, and organic acids in the body, which provide insight into nutritional deficiencies, oxidative stress, gut dysbiosis, melatonin, neuroinflammation, and more. This isn’t a test that I usually start with, but it is a great one to do after we’ve worked through root causes in the body first.
What is your cancellation policy?
All packages and individual sessions booked are non-refundable. If you need to cancel/postpone an appointment, please do so at least 24 hours before your session. You can reschedule sessions directly in Practice Better or I can help you to find a new time if you send me an email or a message in Practice Better.
If you cancel within 24 hours or do not show up, you’ll need to book a new appointment to see me.
Are you able to design a meal plan for me?
This is not a service I can provide to clients who purchase the AHB Groundwork Package. I can provide recipe ideas, resources, and tips and tricks for creating simple recipes by having a template for building a balanced nutrient-dense plate for each meal. I aim to teach and empower you to learn how to assemble quick and easy meals that bring you joy, not stress.
What is your approach to weight loss?
As a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, my focus is on your health. I analyze the symptoms you're experiencing and utilize a root-cause approach to help you reach your goals, whatever those might be. I realize that while for many people, weight loss is the main goal, usually people have other goals as well. This might be improving your energy or digestion, finding more self-confidence, or just feeling good overall. I will focus on these goals with you and whatever foundations we need to work on so you can make sustainable, balanced nutrition and lifestyle choices without restriction, which will move the needle on your health. When working with me you won’t be put on a restrictive diet and there won’t be any calorie counting unless this is something that we discuss. I fully respect the diversity of body shapes and sizes. You may find that you see changes in body composition or on the scale during our work together and it may be a by-product, it won’t be my primary focus unless we have agreed upon this and only after it makes sense, given that foundations are in place and you are ready.