Integrative Care

What Is in an Integrative Approach?

Integrative means treating the whole person including the self, the physical body, mental habits, emotional life, lifestyle habits and beliefs surrounding spirituality. Each of these vectors in a person’s life is assessed and tracked through the individual’s journey to wellness. I truly believe lifestyle medicine is a key to long-lasting wellbeing.

I work with colleagues who are functional medicine experts and perform tests to determine where you are in these different realms of health. I follow Dr. Keesha Ewers’ platform of assessing your DNA needs first by doing specific genetic testing and meeting with you and Dr. Keesha to interpret your results. You can find a link for her test on our Products page.

Further, I do food sensitivities testing, gut biome testing and toxicity burden testing. You can find these on our Products page as well.

ACE’s – Adverse Childhood Events Score

A joint study performed by the CDC and Kaiser Permanente was one of the largest studies to investigate childhood adversity, trauma and neglect and later-life health and well being. What they found was that the higher the ACE’s score, the higher the individual’s risk for:

Depression
Suicide
Addiction
Poor work performance

Financial stress
Domestic violence
Psychosis

They found that ⅔ of the population experienced at least one ACE. ⅛ of the population experienced at least 4 or more ACE’s. We know combat veterans with higher ACE scores are more susceptible to developing PTSD. Why is this important? Because ACE’s lead to inflammation. Why should therapists care about inflammation?

Chronic inflammation represents illness.
Immune modulation is a key factor for symptom reduction
Inflammatory signalling is dysregulated in depressive episodes, mania, PTSD
Depression won’t abate until inflammation is brought down
Effective trauma resolution decreases inflammation
Psychotherapy alone for chronic illness is often inadequate
Modern lifestyles contribute to the problem

Where can inflammation be found?

By testing your C-Reactive protein and other inflammatory markers with a blood test and then testing for where in the body inflammation is specifically found and remedying that with lifestyle changes and supplements. Inflammation typically starts in the gut and gum line and spreads from there to the brain, joints, organs, nerves and connective tissue.

PHYSICAL	A	B	C	D
Physical	Gut-Brain Axis-dysbiosis	Microbiome	Leaky Gut	Food Sensitivities
Metabolic Regulation	Hormones	Insulin	Genetics	-
Brain Optimization	Traumatic Brain Injury	Mitochondrias	Neurodegenerative	-
Immune Modulation	Infections	Autoimmune	Inflammation	-
Detoxification Pathways	Metals	Molds	Metabolites	-

PHYSICAL

Physical

Gut-Brain Axis-dysbiosis

Microbiome

Leaky Gut

Food Sensitivities

Metabolic Regulation

Hormones

Insulin

Genetics

Brain Optimization

Traumatic Brain Injury

Mitochondrias

Neurodegenerative

Immune Modulation

Infections

Autoimmune

Inflammation

Detoxification Pathways

Metals

Molds

Metabolites

MENTAL	A	B
Beliefs- through assessments & surveys	Flawed or Enlightened Being	Broken or Luminous
Trauma	Simple	Complex
ACE’s	Take the quiz	Relate your score to lifestyle habits, beliefs, etc.

MENTAL

Beliefs- through assessments & surveys

Flawed or Enlightened Being

Broken or Luminous

Trauma

Simple

Complex

ACE’s

Take the quiz

Relate your score to lifestyle habits, beliefs, etc.

EMOTIONA	A	B	C
Dominant Mood- through assessments & surveys and biofeedback	Happiness Set Point	-	-
Lability	Highly-sensitive	Acceptance of situation in the world	Ease of flow between regulated and dysregulated
Motivation	Excitement about life	Looking forward to accomplishments	Vitality
Experience of joy or fun	What is it that lights you up	Helps you regulate	Brings you peace

EMOTIONA

Dominant Mood- through assessments & surveys and biofeedback

Happiness Set Point

Lability

Highly-sensitive

Acceptance of situation in the world

Ease of flow between regulated and dysregulated

Motivation

Excitement about life

Looking forward to accomplishments

Vitality

Experience of joy or fun

What is it that lights you up

Helps you regulate

Brings you peace

LIFESTYLE	A	B	C	D
Relationships	Communication	Isolation	Attachment Style	-
Sleep	Insomnia	Circadian rhythm	Apnea	-
Habits	Substances	Technology	Disordered Eating	Mindfulness, Meditation
Nutrition	Diets	Toxins	Food Sensitivities	-
Exercise	Flexibility	Strength	Cardio	Yoga, Tai Chi

LIFESTYLE

Relationships

Communication

Isolation

Attachment Style

Sleep

Insomnia

Circadian rhythm

Apnea

Habits

Substances

Technology

Disordered Eating

Mindfulness, Meditation

Nutrition

Diets

Toxins

Food Sensitivities

Exercise

Flexibility

Strength

Cardio

Yoga, Tai Chi

SPIRITUALITY	A	B
Personal Spiritualityk	Grief - Disconnection	Meaning making
Cultural Spirituality	Organized religion experience	Upbringing
Belief in past lives or ancestral trauma	Impact on current life	Meaning making
Belief in Extraterrestrial Involvement or Abduction Experiences	Impact on current life	Meaning making

SPIRITUALITY

Personal Spiritualityk

Grief - Disconnection

Meaning making

Cultural Spirituality

Organized religion experience

Upbringing

Belief in past lives or ancestral trauma

Impact on current life

Meaning making

Belief in Extraterrestrial Involvement or Abduction Experiences

Impact on current life

Meaning making

Integrative

What Is in an Integrative Approach?

ACE’s – Adverse Childhood Events Score

Where can inflammation be found?

There are many dimensions of healing.

When you work with me, my team and I will be looking at the following areas:

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