Over the past 20 years, my clinical approach has evolved to provide each of my patients a unique integration of Traditional Naturopathic and certified Functional Medicine. This approach truly integrates the important aspects of Lifestyle & Self-care, Body-Mind, Diet and Nutrition, and Exercise/Movement with gentle yet powerful therapeutics to provide a health solution that is individualized to you and what you need to move your health forward.
My clinical focus and expertise lie in helping people navigate the path of complex chronic illness, and come to live a magnificent life, despite a diagnosis. While I continue to be committed general practitioner, my work has come to focus on:
Multiple Sclerosis and associated illness.
Autoimmune conditions such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Psoriasis, Celiac and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis.\
Chronic Infections such as Lyme Disease, Mold Toxicity, and other bacterial and viral infections such as blastocystis hominis, Epstein Barr, Human Herpes Virus, Coxsackie etc.
Challenging and unresponsive digestive and hormonal conditions.
Unusual/undiagnosed Autoimmune conditions or conditions that have here-to-fore been unresponsive to treatment.
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**This is journey to optimum health and as such, each step contributes to building a foundation for lasting change. In the beginning there is a significant information exchange; me, learning all about you and you, learning and integrating information to change your health. In regular follow-up visits we continue to build, restore and correct your systems and navigate the journey.
Over time, it is my objective to gradually shift your ability to self-assess and respond so that, like many people I have worked with for years, we now meet just several times a year to keep on track.
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More from my professional bio
With an MS diagnosis of her own, Teri has been active in the MS community since the mid 80’s. Today she coaches individuals and groups on living well with MS as well as working with people in private practice to reduce the impact of MS and other chronic illness, on their lives.
She strongly believes that knowledge of the processes of health and disease is not proprietary and empowers individuals and organizations with programs that make a palpable difference in how we engage and perform in our lives.
Achieving and maintaining good health is both complex and dynamic and can be profoundly impacted by some very simple choices and therapies. Teri believes that wherever you are on the continuum of health, there is a way to choose a path to improve your overall sense of wellbeing!
Teri completed her undergrad at University of Waterloo, and her ND diploma at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine with interim studies at the Universität Mannheim, Ryerson University, University of Guelph, and the Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at Harvard University. She is certified by the Institute for Functional Medicine, an organization committed to changing the way modern medicine is practiced.
Her efforts have been recognized by her peers with the New Practitioner of the Year Award (2002) and an OAND Leadership Award (2012).
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