Beyond Holistic Health Consults

New patients please choose “New Patient Meet and Greet” visit type.

Appointments are available by video appointment, phone, and in-person.
In-person appointments take place in Berkeley at 1911 Addison Street, Suite 201, Berkeley, CA 94704

***Please note: I currently can consult with people in California, USA. I can also consult with you if you reside in California and happen to be out of state for a temporary time. 

Asset Medicine

Beyond Holistic Health consults go “beyond medicine” because my approach goes beyond pharmaceuticals and is far more inclusive of all the aspects of a person’s life than most people generally consider as being within the realm of medicine. From my perspective, all human activity is health related.

I also take the stance that time is medicine: time is therapeutic, it takes time to make a thorough assessment to get to the root of the matter, and it takes time to heal.

We will take inventory of your health assets and leverage them to address any health challenges or set-backs you are facing. Assets and debits create our balance sheet. Health assets are all the things we have and do that build our well-being. Just as secure financial investments take time to grow, practicing asset medicine also takes time: the time to take inventory, understand the dynamics and trajectory of your assets and debits, and invest our efforts according to your values, priorities, and life goals. In order to offer this quality of time and attention, the number of patients I will accept into this practice will be very limited. 

Practice Opening 2022-Membership Waiting List

Health Optimism and Medical Minimalism

I specialize in listening, kindness, and humor. My expertise and experience covers a lot of bases. I am board certified in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, as well as Family and Community Medicine. I am well versed in the principles of Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Iyengar Yoga, and Ashiatsu. I have a graduate degree in Public Health with an emphasis in Environmental Health Sciences. 

I will work together with you to understand your health in relation to your values, priorities, life goals, emotions, body, mind, spirituality, relationships, friendships, community, occupation, avocations, housing, finances, and whatever else we can imagine. I draw upon her fund of knowledge and experience in Western medical and Eastern healing traditions, and remain open to discussing therapeutic modalities you’d like to explore.

Because time is medicine, I will allot sufficient time to listen attentively to your concerns. As mentioned above, my perspective is that all human activities are health related, and therefore I will include all aspects of your life in her assessment. I will help you identify and build your health assets so you can be as independently healthy as possible, all the while striving to make that journey enjoyable and satisfying. I describe herself as a health optimist and a medical minimalist. 

To stay healthy and happy, I meditate daily, practice yoga, dance a lot, play the tablas, read and write poetry and fiction, enjoy films with subtitles, love swimming and sailing, am partial to home cooked food, and prioritize time with family and friends. I prefer to walk or bicycle to get around town and appreciates connecting with people on buses, trains, planes, trails, and sidewalks. 

Direct Patient Care

The Beyond Holistic Health consultations will operate as a Direct Patient Care service. Patients will pay a monthly membership fee for access to the appointment calendar. No co-pays or fees for consultation will be charged. I will do her best to arrange for special discounted rates for consultations with trusted specialists.

In addition to the Beyond Holistic Health consultation membership fee it is highly recommended that patients become members of a medical cost sharing community or carry at least a high deductible/catastrophic medical insurance plan.

The Beyond Holistic Health consultation service has “soft-launched.” You are welcome to become a member of the practice and schedule an appointment. In-person consultations are available at a location in Berkeley just blocks from the Downtown Berkeley BART station. Telemedicine appointments are also available. The practice size will initially be limited to 100 patients, in comparison to the average panel size of 2500-3000 patients for primary clinicians in many large health care systems.

New patients please choose “New Patient Meet and Greet” visit type.

Services

• Wellness and illness consultations
• Prevention oriented lifestyle assessment
• Workplace and environmental hazards consultations
• Mental, emotional, and physical health and fitness consultations
• Life events and circumstances consultation
• STD prevention and testing
• Pregnancy prevention
• Preconception preventive care and counseling
• Referrals to and coordination of care with specialists and alternative practitioners

The following services are only provided in person and are not included in the membership fee:

• Ashiatsu sessions

The following services of Beyond Holistic are not included in the consultation membership fee:

• Beyond Holistic classes, workshops, performances and events

Appointments are available by video appointment, phone, and in-person.
In-person appointments take place in Berkeley at 1911 Addison Street, Suite 201, Berkeley, CA 94704

Membership dues
$165 per month for an individual
$295 per month for a couple
$65 per month for each child under 12 years of age
$150 per month for seniors over age 77
There is no onboarding or intake fee, and no fee to leave the practice.
Annual commitment requested. Discount for annual payment. 
There is a $750 rejoining fee.

***Please note: I currently can consult with people in California, USA. I can also consult with you if you reside in California and happen to be out of state for a temporary time.