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• background with food as therapy
• Jer as a toddler, behaviors that we thought were ADD but now know were ASD (unable to focus, constant tantrums, also massive rashes and food reactions)
• research, research, research! Feingold diet and EFAs
• always cooked from scratch, but research led to more whole food eating in general (as opposed to SAD)
• Jer ASD diagnosis and the GFCF diet (actually ended up testing with allergies to both)
• first naturopath we went to expanded understanding of therapeutic eating (Dr. Jacqui)
• always just drawn toward nutrition, learning on my own about the most supportive and intentional ways of eating for health
• development of my own health conditions, NDs recommended different dietary approaches for healing (Paleo, AIP for auto-immune, Bi-Phasic diet for SIBO)
• interest exploded and my ND told me about the NTA program
• What the heck is an FNTP
• functional nutritional therapy practitioner (as opposed to NTP/NTC)
• Functional - I am trained in a hands-on method to assess your body's functioning and possible nutritional deficiencies (lingual-neural testing)
• palpating reflex points
• through client feedback, identifying organs and systems with dysfunction, testing supplements against those reflex points for their beneficial effects
• Nutritional - I'm all about nutrition, whole food, what is most beneficial way of eating to support my clients' health
• Therapy - It is not a one and done practice. I work with people over time to make long-term changes that specifically address their health concerns.
• Practitioner - trained and certified specifically in nutrition, I "practice" my craft
• My specialties
• holistic living - integrating Christian spiritual health and body health
• specifically work with people who are suffering the effects of chronic stress and burn-out 
• auto-immune
• chronic illnesses
• SIBO
• What it looks like to work with me as a NT client
• discovery call - 10 minute chat to see if I your concerns are within my scope of practice and we are a good fit
• initial 3 session therapy package
• 1 - intake interview where we talk about your health history, major concerns and what your life looks like. Walk away with initial recommendations to put into place ASAP
• 2 - nutritional assessment. 1 week after 1st session, you will have completed and returned a 3 day food and symptom journal prior to this session. I analyze this and we review my findings together. Walk away with initial nutritional and dietary recommendations.
• 3 - functional assessment. 2 weeks after 2nd session, you will have completed an online NAQ which provides a ton of functional information for me
• in person - review of what your body is telling me (from NAQ), hand's on assessment of dysfunction and personalized supplement recommendations
• online - review of what your body is telling me, personalized supplement recommendations
• Next steps - HIGHLY recommend monthly therapy sessions to track progress and make adjustments as your body is healing
• Additional services
• pantry clean-out
• guided grocery shopping
• group presentations
• Sara Song: Painting Pictures of Egypt, all about looking back and longing for things that did not serve us well when we are being called to move forward