112 Kala Square Place Suite 2, Port Townsend, Washington 98368
Our Services
Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic medicine is a whole person approach to healthcare where patient and physician work as a team to address wellness and heal from disease. Naturopaths use the best of holistic and conventional medicine to support the journey towards health including lifestyle modification, botanical medicine, nutrition, supplements, lab work and imaging. We accept patients of all ages.
To learn more about our naturopathic services, please visit this link.
We accept many insurance plans. Please visit our Fee Page for a full list.
Counseling
We offer one-on-one mental health counseling for adults and adolescents. Counseling is a powerful opportunity to work out life's challenges in a safe, caring container. We have two wonderful counselors at Hearth: Josh Kraetsch and Karen Richards. To learn more about counseling at Hearth, please click on this link. Our counselors take a limited number of insurance plans including Wellpoint, Premera, and Regence. They also offer a sliding scale cash rate.
Craniosacral and Visceral Manipulation
Craniosacral therapy and visceral manipulation are light touch physical medicine modalities that emerged from osteopathic medicine. This work targets the nervous system, organ systems, and fascial systems to restore optimal motion to the body's tissues. This work is gentle but can have very profound effects. People experiencing chronic pain, stress related illness, chronic headaches or TMJ may especially benefit. We offer sessions for adults, infants and children. For babies, a craniosacral session early in life can ease the transition from womb to earth and is helpful in establishing breastfeeding, relieving colic, and establishing healthy sleep routines. We also offer home visits for young babies.
Many insurance plans cover this service including Wellpoint Apple Health. We cannot accept Molina Apple Health for craniosacral services at this time. Please note that this is billed as a physician service and not as a massage.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a healing technique that originates from Traditional Chinese Medicine, which is a set of knowledge and practices that dates back to 3,000 BCE. It is based on a holistic understanding of the world and the human body that incorporates 5 elements (Earth, Metal, Water, Wood, Fire) and yin and yang. Using a combination of acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, bodywork, and movement, practitioners guide patients in balancing these elements in the mind and body. Using very small needles, acupuncturists promote the free flow of energy, or qi, through specific meridians, or channels, that are woven throughout the body. In this medical tradition, qi is a dynamic, animating force that fuels the proper transformation of the elements as well as all bodily functions. When qi is not flowing freely, imbalances and pain can manifest. By maintaining the free flow of blood and qi, acupuncturists can help relieve pain and bring the body and spirit into balance. From a modern scientific standpoint, acupuncture is thought to act on opioid systems, affect brain chemistry and neural signals, and alter blood flow.
Dr. Mary and Dr. Krista trained in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine at Bastyr University. They use a combination of acupuncture, cupping, electrical stimulation and traditional Chinese massage to treat a wide variety of conditions, including arthritis, neuropathies, painful menses, insomnia, infertility, and digestive concerns.
Pelvic Foor Therapy
The pelvic floor is a hammock of muscles between the pelvic bones that is foundational for everyday movement. Acting as the “floor” of the pelvis, it provides structural support for the pelvic organs, as well as for our knee, hip and spine alignment. Pelvic floor therapy is a set of techniques designed to support this core muscle group. It involves both in-office manual therapy and at-home exercises that can help relieve bodily pain and improve pelvic organ function. During a pelvic floor therapy session, a practitioner identifies areas of tension to help you to relax your pelvic muscles and improve your pelvic blood flow. Practitioners can also recommend exercises to tone or relax the pelvic floor, such as kegels or yoga poses, depending on your individual needs.
At Hearth, Dr. Mary combines pelvic floor therapy with comprehensive naturopathic care to support patients struggling with many conditions, including postpartum pelvic pain, urinary incontinence, period pain, back and hip pain, and pelvic floor prolapse.