Me near the creek on my farm
Hi, I’m Deborah. A clinical herbalist and nutritionist.
I help women at a crossroads — in their bodies, their lives, or both — who are done guessing and ready to understand.
The symptoms that bring women to me are often awkward, bizarre, or mysterious. Not because they're unusual, but because they haven't been looked at the right way yet.
Hot flashes that don't respond to anything you've tried. A pregnancy that isn't progressing the way it should. Grief that has settled into the body and won't move. Cycles, moods, digestion, energy, sleep — behaving in ways nobody has taken the time to fully understand or explain. I take the time.
These are common experiences. But they don't have common causes. What's driving your symptoms is specific to you, and finding it requires a different kind of looking. I bring my deep love of Sherlock Holmes-style sleuthing to the case, finding the connections and revealing the source of the mystery.
How I Work
I am trained in both Western herbal and nutritional medicine and Classical Chinese Medicine — a tradition with a precise and sophisticated framework for understanding how the body changes across a woman's life. In that framework, symptoms are not problems to be suppressed. They are information about how your life force is moving: where it's getting stuck, where it's being depleted, where it isn't being properly stored or held.
My process for identifying the root cause is distinct and methodical. The herbal formulas I offer are built from what I find in you — which means two women with identical symptoms may leave with completely different recommendations.
The conversation that gets us there may go in directions that don't seem immediately obvious. I'll ask about things that feel unrelated. I stay curious, and present and I value relationships with patients that evolve over time. People tell me they can share anything without fear of judgment — and that the questions I ask have a way of unlocking something they didn't know they were carrying.
Who I Work With
I work best with women who are ready to explore what's actually going on rather than manage what's on the surface, and who are open and willing to follow through on what we discover together. Women who have tried the remedies, followed the advice, and are still searching. Women whose doctors have run the tests and come up short. Women who know something has shifted and want to understand it, not just survive it.
Though my practice focuses on women, I get referrals to work with all kinds of people. I encourage you to reach out if you think we are a good fit so we can explore.
My Background
I have worked in health since 1995, beginning in rural Alaska and moving through federal health policy before returning to the question that has always mattered most to me: what actually helps people heal?
That question led me to a Master of Science degree in Western Herbalism from Tai SOPHIA in Laurel, MD (now Notre Dame of Maryland), certification in Classical Chinese Medicine through the White Pine Institute, and years of apprenticeship in indigenous healing traditions that taught me how to be present with another person's experience — not just their symptoms.
If you're not sure whether what you're experiencing is something I work with, reach out. The symptoms that are hardest to name are often the most important ones.
I see patients in person and via telehealth.
Let’s explore working together!
