Services include

Providing wellness services for health maintenance and optimization, including constitutional assessment and preventative screening exams, with health advice tailored to your unique picture.

The right approach

multifaceted treatment strategies

A broad range of tools

Coordinating care

Helping you

There’s a saying that Naturopathic Doctors don’t treat diseases,

we treat people.

A disease is generally comprised of a constellation of signs and symptoms, messages that one’s system is out of balance. For most people, symptoms are troubling and uncomfortable, and we generally want them to resolve as quickly as possible. However, I want to do more than address your symptoms.

Conditions Treated

Focusing on treating diseases and symptoms is misdirected and often ineffective, because the real aim is to restore health and vitality. Nonetheless, here is a list of common conditions or symptoms that motivate people to seek naturopathic support. This is not an exhaustive list of ‘conditions treated,’ but includes many of the conditions that I commonly see and/or have expertise addressing.

ADD/ADHD, Autism spectrum and developmental issues
Allergies & Immune Support
Cardiovascular Disease, including high cholesterol, high or low blood pressure, arrhythmia
Chronic Fatigue & Fibromyalgia
Diabetes
Digestive Health, including IBS, SIBO, Crohn’s, Colitis, and Dysbiosis/Parasites/Candida Overgrowth
Food and environmental sensitivities
Genetic SNP Issues, including MTHFR
Headaches & Migraines

Food and environmental sensitivities
Healthy aging
Hormone Balance, including thyroid and adrenal health, menstrual and menopausal issues
Mood & Neurotransmitter Rebalancing
Reproductive balance, including fertility and preconception planning
Skin Health including acne, eczema, psoriasis
Urinary and Prostate Health, including acute or chronic urinary tract infections, overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis, prostatitis, & BPH

Treatment Modalities

Nutrition

Providing nutritional recommendations based on each individual’s unique health picture and constitution
Offering tips to make healthy eating both tasty and convenient

Lifestyle Interventions

Providing practical and non-costly tools for self-care
Recommending healthy habits conducive to good digestion, proper metabolism, restful sleep, healthy immune function, enhanced energy, and improved stress tolerance
Providing harm-reduction strategies when lifestyle changes aren’t feasible

Botanical Medicine

Using plant medicines to enhance physiological functions and augment nutritional intake
Emphasizing local, organic, and sustainably harvested plant medicines
Prescribing based on empirical/traditional knowledge and scientific validation and using both western and Ayurvedic approaches
Using well-versed and up to date information to avoid potential medication interactions or other contraindications

Nutraceuticals

Judiciously recommended when stronger interventions are needed to restore balance
Prescribing based on best available scientific evidence and empirical knowledge
Providing professional brand supplements from supplement companies with high quality and safety standards and demonstrable environmental consciousness

Hands-on Therapies

Correct structural imbalances, enhance physiological function and support somato-emotional balances

Craniosacral therapy

A gentle osteopathic technique focused on supporting proper mobility within the cranial bones, the spine and pelvis, and throughout the nervous system
Learn more about Craniosacral Therapy

Visceral Manipulation

A gentle osteopathic technique focused on restoring proper movement and functioning of the major organs and related fascia

Chi Nei Tsang

Breath and awareness oriented massage to improve organ function and promote healthy digestion of emotions
Incorporating Taoist and Chinese Five Elements philosophy
Addresses emotional holding patterns in the breath and viscera

Mind-body Medicine

Homeopathy

Using minute quantities of a specific substances to provide a stimulus to the body’s innate healing mechanisms

Biofeedback and mindfulness coaching

Building awareness of basic physiological functions such as breath and heart rate.
Discovering how habitual stress responses alter physiology
Learning how to modify those responses in order to promote greater well-being

Additional Approaches

Environmental medicine

Assessing and treating issues caused by environmental toxicity or reactivity
Supporting the body’s natural detoxification processes with safe and effective methods
Providing resources to help reduce problematic environmental exposures

Ayurvedic medicine

One of the oldest continuously practiced forms of medicine which is based on 5,000 years of observation and practice.
Utilizing constitutional assessment to understand an individual’s unique way of responding to their environment.
Providing education and tools for maintaining balance given an individual’s propensities.

Pharmaceuticals

Recommended judiciously when natural methods are not sufficient or practical, and the risk of harm or severity of discomfort from under-treatment exceeds the risks of the medication
Dr. Somine utilizes hormone therapies, such as thyroid hormone and bio-identical hormones including estrogen and progesterone.
Dr. Somine also maintains a supervising physician agreement, which allows her to prescribe legend drugs in the state of California.

Telemedicine Clinic

Get your healthcare needs met, wherever you are in California.

Telemedicine appointments involve a similar process as in-person appointments. We go into depth about your health concerns and generate a plan that is resonant with you. After the visit, you will receive a written summary of recommendations, typically within 48 hours, which may include diet and lifestyle practices, an herbal or supplement regimen, and recommended laboratory testing.

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To ensure that our cancellation policy of 48 hour notice is honored, we require a credit card to be placed on file upon making your appointment.