She works closely with patients to help them remove obstacles to their health as a primary means of resolving their wellness challenges and restoring their health. She facilitates this by providing a foundation for health & wellness through nutrition and lifestyle suggestions as well as customized, targeted therapies that unravel the disease process. In order to facilitate a return to optimum health, she creates a unique relationship with every patient and tailors her treatments to address their individual health concerns. Blending cutting-edge research with ancient therapies to successfully treat children, teens and adults of all ages, Dr. Huffman is also a practitioner of biotherapeutic drainage, an advanced treatment modality used to achieve consistently superior, health-enhancing results. Dr. Huffman addresses the many aspects of health, encompassing physical, mental, and emotional well-being. She excels at helping patients cultivate their own joy and finding their personal passions and purpose, and provides high-quality care for people experiencing any health problem. She tends to a wide range of patients with different health issues, but some conditions that she is specially successful at treating are: anxiety, depression, fatigue, digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, auto-immune disease, allergies, menopausal complaints, infertility, stress-related issues, and smoking cessation. By working with Dr. Huffman, people experience increased energy, improved quality of sleep, regulation of hormone imbalance, decreased pain, and improved concentration and mood. In addition to an intensive naturopathic medical education, Dr. Huffman has received in-depth training in behavioral health, homeopathic medicine, prenatal health, and naturopathic cardiology. She supplemented her education by studying with nationally known doctors such as Dickson Thom, ND and Patch Adams, MD. Doctor Huffman has over a decade of experience working with children and teens, including troubled teens, foster kids, those on the autistic spectrum and with other developmental disorders. She is also trained as a birth doula and has assisted over a dozen women through labor and delivery. She connects with her patients in a genuine yet professional way, and is passionate about treating the whole person: each with individual strengths and complexities. She sees herself as a wellness advocate, offering empowerment through education. Raised in south Florida, Dr. Huffman developed a love for nature as a young child. degrees from The Evergreen State College, where she studied psychology, Buddhism and pre-medical sciences. She received her doctorate degree in naturopathic medicine from the National College of Natural Medicine, and is a member of the Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physicians. Dr. Huffman lives on a small urban farm in NE Portland and enjoys organic gardening, hiking, camping, rock climbing, meditation, and yoga. Dr. Huffman accepts most health insurances; here are a few examples:
Aetna
American Specialty Health
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Care Oregon
Cigna Greatwest
Healthnet
Kaiser/CHP
Lifewise
Moda / ODS
Optum
Pacific Source
Premera
Providence
Regence
Reliant Behavioral Health
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