Maureen Williams Naturopathic Physician
Dr. Williams sees patients at her office in Hartland, VT at the three corners, and at the Alice Peck Day Community Care Center in Lebanon, NH.
She integrates the naturopathic approach with conventional western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.
INTEGRATION
Both conventional and naturopathic medicine have essential components of a complete health care system, yet each has limitations. Together, these two approaches can support one another.
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NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
The foundation of naturopathic medicine is health promotion and illness prevention. Finding the underlying causes of "dis-ease" and imbalance is the core of the naturopathic approach. Natural therapies used by naturopathic doctors work in harmony with the healing mechanisms of the body, enhancing disease resistance and restoring balance and true health in both acute and chronic conditions. These natural therapies include:
- nutrition and lifestyle counseling
- botanical medicine
- stress management
- exercise interventions
- counseling
- homeopathy
- hydrotherapy
- massage and soft tissue therapies
- vitamin, mineral and nutritional supplements
some of the conditions treated by naturopathic medicine include:
| asthma | allergies |
| arthritis | menopausal symptoms |
| depression |
ear infections |
| autoimmune disease |
menstrual disorders |
| fibromyalgia |
eczema |
| headache |
cardiovascular disease |
| fatigue |
irritable bowel syndrome |
and many other acute & chronic conditions
annual physical and screening exams are also provided
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