Work With Me
Your hips ache. Your jaw won't unclench. Nobody can tell you why.
I work with midlife women whose bodies have been bracing for years — and I find out why. Most practitioners treat the symptoms as the problem. I treat them as output: the system's best attempt to manage something it hasn't been able to resolve. Finding that something is different work than chasing what it produces.
As a menopause doctor working with perimenopause through post-menopause, that's the lens I bring to every session.
In-person in Sandpoint, Idaho. Virtual across North Idaho and beyond when the work is assessment- or strategy-focused. This is direct-pay care — no insurance. We start with a clear diagnostic, test what holds, and build from there.
What I am, in plain terms
You should know exactly what you're booking.
Most people hesitate here, not because they doubt the work, but because they can't place it. "Naturopath" means something different in every state, and Idaho is its own case. So, plainly:
I read the system you're already living in. I work from the labs you already have — through a nervous-system-first lens, not a pathology screen — and I identify what's worth following up on — whether that's a specific question to bring back to your doctor, or a test worth running directly. I watch the interactions between what you've been prescribed and what you're taking on your own. The default move is often go ask your doctor this specific question, then come back.
You're a client, not a patient. A patient has care done to them. A client does the work — me reading the terrain, you moving through it. That distinction is the whole method, not a word choice.
I don't replace your doctor. Keep your MD or NP. I don't diagnose disease, I don't prescribe, and I don't take you off anything you're on. If something needs a prescription pad or a hospital, that's their lane — and I'll tell you so.
Direct-pay, no insurance — on purpose. Insurance pays for standardized care, and standardized is the opposite of what this is. Your body didn't read the average. Neither do I.
I'm a naturopathic doctor on Idaho's unlicensed track. The state has two paths — licensed naturopathic medical doctors and unlicensed traditional naturopaths. I'm on the unlicensed track. Both are legal here.
The care path
Each step builds on what your body showed us in the last one.
Vital Signal Check
For women who've run out of appointment time before they've finished explaining.
You talk me through your day; I listen for where the sequence breaks down — where something happens out of order, or is missing from the order entirely. You leave with one clear first move. Not a plan. The specific thing that, if shifted, changes what's possible next. It could be a homeopathic remedy, a supplement, an exercise, or even a different practitioner in a different modality.
Most women start here.
In person, think assisted yoga on a table meets an unhurried conversation; in a virtual consult, we start with a short intake so the same pattern gets established before anything else moves.
Midlife Body Reset
For bodies that feel off when no one can say why.
Hands-on work directly with your structure — hips, ribcage, jaw, the places that have been bracing for years. For women who've tried PT, chiropractic, acupuncture, or supplements and the relief never sticks. This is often the missing layer.
Vital Ground
Where your body learns to hold change.
A four-session container that builds on your Signal Check and Body Reset, so regulation becomes your baseline — not a temporary state. We sequence change at a pace your nervous system can actually sustain. No penalty. No pressure. No artificial timelines.
Decided together, after your body has shown us something.
Available in-person and via virtual consults for women who are geographically distant. The four-session arc works virtually when you arrive with labs, some body literacy, and capacity to track between sessions. If you're not sure whether that's you, the Vital Signal Check will tell us both.
After Vital Ground, we decide together — deeper work, or a good goodbye. Some women don't need more; some do. No one leaves guessing. Direct-pay, not insurance-eligible; payment at booking; 48-hour rescheduling window.
What women say
When the pattern becomes legible, the next move gets obvious.
"Dr. Jen listens well, is knowledgeable and personable. I felt comfortable sharing my story with her and after our session I felt pain relief and 'lighter'. If you are looking for complementary services for women's health, she is one to check out." — Dr. Renee (Holistic & Unafraid Men's Health)
"She views your constellation of symptoms—including those that seem disparate—through the right lens… into true health, not just symptom improvement. I've worked with a lot of providers, and she is 1 of only 2 in the US that I recommend working with, ever." — Cate M.
"Jennifer is extremely knowledgeable and is a great researcher. I eat extremely well, know a lot about herbs and homeopathy and other modalities — and yet she gave me several suggestions that made a difference in only one session." — Galina K.
Where I work
In-person in Sandpoint. Virtual across North Idaho and beyond.
Not sure if you're in range? You are.
Sandpoint, Ponderay, Dover, Kootenai & Sagle
In-person at the clinic, plus virtual.
Bonners Ferry & Boundary County
Virtual-first; in-person in Sandpoint.
Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden, Rathdrum & Spirit Lake
Virtual-first; in-person in Sandpoint.
Priest River & Oldtown
Virtual-first; in-person in Sandpoint.
Done functioning at a cost?
Most of the women I work with aren't falling apart. They're functioning — but at a cost that shouldn't be this high. Over time, that cost stops registering as a cost. The smaller version becomes the version — and then it becomes you.
The Vital Signal Check is where this starts.
Book a Vital Signal Check → 45 min