Consultations

Visit https://healnaturally.com/consultations/ and select either an initial adult or pediatric consultation. You will be asked to complete a health history, which must be completed 3 days before your consultation. You are also requested to review an article called “How to prepare for your consultation.”

How to prepare for your consultation

After you complete your Discovery session and health history form, Gwen will meet you over a HIPAA-compliant Zoom link. The initial evaluation will last at least one hour and may extend to two or three hours. This time is used to understand your specific symptoms.

In addition to asking about your physical mental, and emotional complaints or challenges, Gwen will also seek to understand what exacerbates or alleviates your symptoms, the types of foods you crave or detest, your sleep patterns, perspiration, the content and patterns of your dreams, your major fears, your weather preferences, and more. You will be asked to provide specific descriptions of your sensations, as homeopaths find this helpful. (For example, one client reported that the pain in his abdomen felt “like a live animal growling.”) After reviewing your symptoms or health complaints, Gwen will ask you to provide a baseline, which means how frequently you experience your symptoms and what the intensity is from 0 to 10. This is helpful for when you have a follow-up, as we can compare how your symptoms have lessened.

These detailed questions may seem unusual if you have only received conventional medical care, but these nuances are crucial in a homeopathic evaluation.

After your intake, Gwen will begin analyzing your case, which may take 1 to 5 days, depending on its complexity. If she has further questions, she will email you or schedule another brief consultation lasting 15 to 30 minutes at no charge.

Once she has completed the analysis, she will email you a recommendation, including where to purchase your remedies, how to take them, and any other adjunct support that would be helpful for you.

Typically, she prefers to meet with clients for a brief check-in 7 to 10 days after starting a new remedy, so I can adjust the potency and frequency of use if necessary.

After starting your homeopathic remedies, it is recommended that you keep a close record of your observations and their timing, as this information is greatly beneficial during our subsequent follow-ups. For some people, after taking their first remedy, they feel tremendous relief and healing, while for others, they may not feel anything significant happening.

A homeopathic remedy does not produce chemical side effects like conventional drugs. However, it does elicit reactions; otherwise, how would you know whether it is effective? To a homeopath, remedy reactions represent the vital force’s response to the information conveyed through the energetic pattern of the substance in the remedy. Homeopaths understand the meaning and significance of these reactions more deeply than conventional doctors do. As Gwen often tells her clients, “I begin a conversation with your vital force when I suggest the first remedy, and you take it. It responds with reactions in the form of changing symptoms, guiding me, and providing insight. It speaks loud and clear. Even if there is no reaction, it is still conveying something.”

It depends on the condition, your level of vitality, lifestyle, and severity of symptoms experienced. Emotional and acute conditions tend to respond quickly, sometimes within minutes or a few hours. Chronic conditions like arthritis, endocrine imbalances, vaccine injury, gastrointestinal distress, etc., may take longer or require more frequent doses to achieve the desired state of wellbeing. Clients often report symptomatic relief from anxiety, sleeplessness, and grief after their first dose or first month.

Insurance coverage for homeopathic medicine varies widely depending on the specific insurance plan, provider, and state. In general, most major health insurance plans do not cover homeopathic care as it is considered alternative. I suggest looking into using a Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending Account (FSA) if you have one. If your health plan does cover Homeopathy, you will need to submit your receipt and get reimbursed directly.

Homeopathy is safe, gentle, and has been the choice of pregnant women worldwide for more than 200 years. It is fantastically effective for keeping moms and babies healthy and for relieving or averting common issues before, during, and after childbirth. Homeopathic medicines (or “remedies”) are approved by the FDA and prepared in accordance with the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the U.S. Available in health food stores, drugstores, and homeopathic pharmacies, these pleasant-tasting and environmentally friendly remedies are made from natural sources (e.g., plants, minerals) and are taken in extremely small doses. When used as directed, they are completely safe for everyone—including pregnant women, newborns, children, and adults—and you need not worry about toxic side effects as you do with conventional medications. Homeopathic remedies work with your body’s own natural processes to heal you gently and naturally. Moreover, any improvement in your health will also benefit your baby!

Not usually. As each therapeutic system is working on different levels of the body there is no danger of contraindications. Homeopathic remedies work well alongside most conventional medicines. It may be important to have your doctor monitor the medications you are taking as your requirements for long-term drugs may change during the course of homeopathic treatment. You should never discontinue your conventional medications without consulting your medical doctors.