Naturopathic Doctor.
Intensive Lifestyle and Weight Management.
As a Naturopathic Doctor I utilize a broad range of therapeutics, including the use of medication, nutrition, exercise, physical medicine, and more.
I work with you to optimize your physical health so that you can perform at your best and get the most from your body. Sometimes this means making changes, which can be hard to do. I offer support in assessing your physical health and collaborating on what it will take to reach your goals.
I have a particular interest in metabolic health and weight management. For patients who’s health would benefit from significant amounts of weight loss, I offer a bespoke, seamless approach to the management of your metabolism and body composition that is truly multi-modal, while at the same time is delivered entirely by myself. This may include pharmacological options or an intensive approach to lifestyle behaviour change.
SERVICES & FEES
Individual or Group
Initial Assess
$185 – 60min session
This is where it all starts - with an unhurried assessment of past and current health, as well as discussion of what you are looking to accomplish.
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The initial assessment allows us to have as much shared knowledge as possible before you decide on your path forward. Are you taking medications? Let’s see if any of those cause weight gain. Do you have ambitious weight loss goals? Let’s talk science, and what you will be satisfied with. Have an injury? Let’s see that MRI report before next visit. Agreement on a treatment plan is usually left for 2nd or 3rd visits, when both of us feel informed, and you feel ready.
Return Visit
$120 – 45min session
This is the average return visit length, depending on your needs, visits may be shorter or longer. Visits are offered online and in person.
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Treatment plans are usually agreed upon at visit 2 or 3, after which return visits comprise largely of treatment, monitoring of response, occasional reassessment, counselling toward behaviour change, education, support, and more.
Intensive behavioural treatments start with longer visits and high frequency (weekly) and taper to shorter visits and low frequency (every 2-4 weeks).
Weight Management Group
$390 – 26 X 90min session
This is a 12-month, intensive, multi-modal psychological and behavioural group intervention for patients who’s health may benefit from >5% weight reduction. These are based on demand and are not always offered.
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This is a closed group, with set start and end dates, so that members experience the stages of the program in parallel and have opportunities to build community.
Sessions will be roughly every 2 weeks for one year.
Group size - 10-20 .
This is an intensive lifestyle intervention in which participants are not only educated around exercise and nutrition basics, but are taught comprehensive behaviour change skills that help to mediate and adhere to lifestyle behaviours longer term.
*Group program fee does not include initial assessment.
Winning - An Annual Program for All
$1960/ year
This is a 12-month recurring program for individuals that want to optimize their physical health. It leverages all of Dr.O’s skills, including comprehensive assessment, treatments, behavioural counselling, and ongoing access to support.
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Annual Assessment (2 hours - Remote + In Person)
Physical ‘Tune Ups’ X 2 (1 hour - In Person)
Follow Up Visits X 10 (30-40 minute - Remote)
Ongoing access and support, Q and A email & phone support - unlimited (pharmacy calls, etc)
Collaborative Use of Technology for Self Monitoring and Feedback (Polar, etc)
Group Support X 8 (Mix of In Person and Video)
Intensive Obesity Treatment
$425/month – 9 months
This is a 9-month, intensive, multi-modal, psychological and behavioural intervention for patients who’s health may benefit from 8-25% weight reduction.
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This 9-12 month, one-on-one delivered program is an estimated 26 sessions that are an average of 60 minutes in length each.
While patients are provided the option of using obesity medication and/ or obesity meal replacements as part of this program, the program itself should be considered an intensive pyschological and behavioural treatment for obesity. This means that evidence informed behaviour change strategies are used to mediate physical activity and nutrition behaviours. That’s fancy talk for, I do my best to mirror best science and “I’m not just making this stuff up”.Oh, and one last thing…if the treatment works for you, then the recommendation will likely be to continue this therapy long term - that’s just how it works, when you stop therapy, weight comes back. That said, therapy can be less intensive over time - let’s collaborate on a long term follow up schedule near the end of the program, sound good?
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