3 TYPES OF HEALING EXPERIENCES
Integrative MedicinE CONSULTATIONS (w/ or w/o Acupuncture)
Mind-Body Mentoring
Medical CANNABIS Certification
3 TYPES OF VISITS
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OVERVIEW
THE DETAILS: WHAT TO EXPECT AT A VISIT
OVERVIEW
Integrative Medicine Visits
EXPLORE AND address your medical concerns in a comprehensive and holistic FRAMEWORK. Get a Bird’s EYE VIEW of your health to optimize it for prevention and peak functioning.
What we will explore: what you've already tried that didn’t work, the vision of your optimally healthy self, health goals, nutrition, sleep, stress, mind-body health, movement, herbs/botanicals, supplements/vitamins, Rx, labs, diagnostic testing, and much more.
NEW PATIENT VISIT INCLUDES:
comprehensive and individualized medical consultation
complete physical examination
30-minute acupuncture and hands-on healing session (optional but recommended)
detailed and immediately implementable interactive personalized healing plan to take home
comprehensive review and synthesis of your intake form
post-session review of previous labs/radiology provided to Dr. Shah
new lab and/or radiology orders when indicated
post-session communication with Dr. Shah as necessary
follow-up visit plan
ALL VISITS INCLUDE:
between-session e-communication with Dr. Shah as needed
updated personalized interactive healing plan and timeline
structured accountability support
and much more
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Mind-Body Mentoring Sessions
Learn to optimize your wellbeing, shift detrimental perspectives, prioritize joy and start living up to your highest potential.
Together we will remodel your mind-body connection to create an upgraded infrastructure for your nervous system. Your whole health will follow suit. A personalized and immediately usable toolkit will be provided to you. You will learn and develop science-backed practices to decrease stress and anxiety (i.e. decrease sympathetic nervous system overdrive), improve whole health including metabolism and immunity, reduce chronic pain, shift damaging perspectives that lead to stress/anxiety/anger/depressed moods, increase joy and lightness of being, and optimize wellbeing and peak functioning.
The practical tools and strategies offered during these sessions are derived from:
neuroscience, neuropsychology, and psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunology (PNEI)
stress science/psychology, nervous system physiology and self-regulation
trauma-informed care
meditation (mindfulness, loving-kindness, visualization, and compassion)
contemplative psychotherapy
breath practices (including pranayama)
yoga, somatic practices, and movement
habit transformation, including all aspects of lifestyle
flow-state neuropsychology
sound, vibration, mantra, and music therapies
gratitude cultivation
resilience building
finding meaning + purpose + joy
shadow work and archetypes
energy practices
humor + laughter therapies
interdependence, reconnecting with the natural world
A take-home plan and timeline is provided. Multiple sessions are suggested for advanced direction, accountability, and progressive development of your practices and new skillset(s). If desired, guidance can be offered on the conscious and safe use of psychedelic / plant medicines.
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Medical Cannabis Certification
You’re in need of medical cannabis as an adjunct to your pain or chronic disease management.
6- to 12-month certifications available depending our your situation.
You may be eligible for medical cannabis if you have been diagnosed with one or more of the following conditions:
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
chronic pain or pain that degrades health and functional capability as an alternative to opioid use or substance use disorder.
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
neuropathy
other chronic issues including: epilepsy, cancer, HIV infection or AIDS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), spinal cord injury with spasticity, + Huntington's disease
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MORE DETAILS
WHAT TO EXPECT AT YOUR VISIT
Integrative Medicine Visits
goal
The goal of these visits is to co-create a self-sustainable integrative medicine healing plan for you, incorporating Western medicine and Eastern healing modalities, so that you heal better, feel radiant and have the tools and knowledge to stay healthy.
evaluation
You and Dr. Shah will sit comfortably together as you take a deep dive together into all of the issues bothering you, your medical history, and the human story behind your symptoms.
During this portion of the comprehensive evaluation, components of your personalized plan toward healing will start to take shape.
integrative examination + treatment
Dr. Shah will first perform a conventional Western medicine physical exam.
Then, Dr. Shah will perform a holistic physical/energetic examination and provide you with an acupuncture and hands-on healing treatment session to set the healing path in motion.
healing plan
You and Dr. Shah will discuss the first stages of your healing plan + a timeline. She will provide this information for you to take home. Often, the healing plan will come together fully AFTER your visit, when Dr. Shah has time to review, synthesize and aggregate all the information that has come forth from your visit and your intake form.
Plans may include any combination of the following treatments or further evaluation:
A prescription of herbs, botanicals, supplements or standard Rx
Labs, other diagnostic studies (both new orders and/or a plan to review labs/studies ordered by previous medical providers)
Nutrition (food as medicine) plan
Ongoing acupuncture and hands-on healing plan
Stress, sleep, or mental health management plan
Mind-body practice plan &/or physical movement plan
Dry needling, joint corticosteroid injections or trigger point injections for pain
Additional informational references or reading
Referral to specialists or adjunctive healing services.
self-sustainable practice
Dr. Shah will provide you with a written copy of your personalized healing plan + interactive timeline with detailed instructions to take home with you. If your plan is to be formalized after the visit, you two will discuss what and when to expect the finalized version.
If laboratory or diagnostic testing is indicated based on the findings from the visit, a prescription and instructions will be provided for these tests.
Please note, Dr. Shah carefully reviews your completed intake form before and any other lab/imaging information you offer her after your visit and may modify your plan accordingly.
Mind-Body Mentoring Sessions
Coaching-style visits
Life is hard enough.
Learn to optimize your wellbeing, shift detrimental perspectives, prioritize joy and start living up to your highest potential.
Together we will remodel your mind-body connection to create an upgraded infrastructure for your nervous system. Your whole health will follow suit.
Sitting down together (often on the floor if you’re okay with it) you and Dr. Shah will deep dive into the challenges you have been facing. Dr. Shah will offer and guide you through practical science-backed mind-body tools and methods that will help to turn the volume down on the body’s sympathetic nervous response (the “flight-fight” part of your nervous system). This, in turn, will help to usher in fresh perspectives, awareness, grounding, calm, clarity. The personalized toolkit we will build together will help to decrease stress and anxiety, improve whole health including metabolism and immunity, increase joy and lightness of being, and optimize wellbeing and peak functioning.
The practical tools + strategies you will learn are based in:
neuroscience, neuropsychology, and psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunology (PNEI)
stress science/psychology, nervous system physiology and self-regulation
trauma-informed care
meditation (mindfulness, loving-kindness, visualization, and compassion)
contemplative psychotherapy
breath practices (including pranayama)
yoga, somatic practices, and movement
habit transformation, including all aspects of lifestyle
flow-state neuropsychology
sound, vibration, mantra, and music therapies
gratitude cultivation
resilience building
finding meaning + purpose + joy
shadow work and archetypes
energy practices
humor + laughter therapies
interdependence, reconnecting with the natural world
A take-home plan + timeline is provided after the session. Dr. Shah may offer you additional resources such as books, apps, written inquiry exercises, and more. A take-home plan and timeline is provided. Multiple sessions are suggested for advanced direction, accountability, and progressive development of your practices and new skillset(s). If desired, guidance can be offered on the conscious and safe use of psychedelic / plant medicines. These sessions may be filled with humor and fun — do not worry, “the work” is still being done.
Medical Marijuana Certification
6 - 12 month certifications available
Dr. Shah will provide you with a questionnaire prior to your visit to assess your needs. At the visit, you and Dr. Shah will discuss your current issues, what medications you are taking, what treatments you’ve already tried, and which practitioners you are working with. She will then generate a NYS Medical Marijuana Certification for you that will last 6 to 12 months depending on your situation. She requires that you also sign and comply with her office’s Medical Marijuana Program Patient Agreement.
