About
My clinical work centers on careful assessment, pattern recognition, and hands-on evaluation — particularly in situations where symptoms persist, recur, or don’t respond as expected.
What matters most in this work is not any single technique, but the ability to interpret how the body is functioning as a system, and how different forms of information relate to one another. Symptoms, physical findings, and laboratory data each offer partial perspectives; understanding emerges from how they align, diverge, and change over time.
Clinical training often begins in abstract models — anatomy, physiology, pathology — before being tested in real people’s lives. My work has been shaped by translating that knowledge into care that fits the realities people bring with them: limited capacity, competing demands, and complex health histories that don’t follow textbook patterns.
My training includes naturopathic medicine alongside extensive hands-on structural assessment. Additional training in visceral and neural manual evaluation has significantly influenced how I assess patterns of compensation and constraint, and how I integrate physical findings with physiological and biochemical information.
I see my role as complementary to conventional care. When symptoms don’t fit neatly into a single category, or when progress has stalled despite appropriate investigation or treatment, a broader assessment can help clarify what else may be contributing. Collaboration and referral are part of responsible care when additional perspectives are needed.
I take clinical work seriously because people come with real constraints and real consequences. My aim is to understand what matters most in a given situation, and to work toward change that is meaningful, practical, and grounded in reality.
Education and Training
Bachelor of Science (Honours) — Dean’s Honour List
University of Waterloo, 2003
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (ND)
Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, 2009
Visceral Manipulation I–V
Barral Institute
Neural Manipulation
Barral Institute
Listening Techniques I: An Integrative Approach to Evaluation
Barral Institute