Integrative medicine places an emphasis on relationship-centered care where you are an active participant in your health. Differing in that care is focused on the on the unique characteristics of the individual’s interactions with the mind, body, spirit, and community.

Health and healing are unique to the individual and may differ between two people with the same disease.

The Healing Ring is a symbol of Dr. Anna’s commitment to you and your health. She works closely with you and your other providers in developing a personalized, “evidence-based” health plan that utilizes natural, less invasive, less costly interventions when possible. This may include both conventional and non-conventional approaches.

Through an integrative medicine approach, you are provided with the tools to “read” your body and adapt to what it needs.

An Integrative Medicine Practitioner uses evidence-based practices of both conventional and non-conventional medicine in a client-centered approach to help facilitate health. The therapies are based on an understanding of the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the individual and their external interaction within their environment and communities.

A Nurse Practitioner is a Registered Nurse with additional years of advanced specialized education that prepares them to provide many of the same services Doctors provide. Under a collaborative agreement with a physician, they are legally authorized to perform physical exams, diagnose, order laboratory studies, and prescribe medications.

Source: American Association of Nurse Practitioners

An Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or ACNP, is a Nurse Practitioner with specialized training in treating the adult with complex, acute illnesses. Many of these clients have multiple problems and underlying conditions. The ACNP practices in the intensive care units, emergency departments, trauma units, and specialty clinics. Source: California Association of Nurse Practitioners

A Clinical Nurse Specialist is a Registered Nurse with additional years of advanced specialized education that prepares them to apply research-based knowledge, skills and experience to intervene in human responses to complex health and illness problems.

Many people have about 15-20 minutes with their conventional healthcare provider. The visit often ends with another prescription which is just a bandaid and does not identify or treat the underlying problem. These “problem-focused” visits leave out the factors that make us unique individuals.

Some examples of these factors include our experiences and responses to stressors, trauma, childhood diseases, our individual family history, genetics, environmental exposures, family strains, lack of support systems, behavioral factors such as eating habits, reactions to certain foods, our use of drugs and alcohol use. The integrative approach takes these factors into account to help you develop a treatment plan that works just for you.

Yes. In fact, several research studies have found individuals who make these lifestyle changes reduce the need for prescription medications, reduce their risk for heart disease, strokes, diabetes, and are overall healthier, avoiding unnecessary hospital visits.