Mailing Address
2120 S. Reserve St. #401
Missoula MT 59801
Phone
406.543.5444
Fax
406.543.5447
Mailing Address
2120 S. Reserve St. #401
Missoula MT 59801
Phone
406.543.5444
Fax
406.543.5447
Offering virtual consults without rushing, so I can hear the details of your story & problem solve together... because who knows you better than you? Truly listening to you is valued here. In-person visits can be arranged when needed. No primary care services offered. Carla is no longer contracted with Medicare, but does remain in a few commercial insurance networks.
The practice does not provide any primary care services and Carla limits her practice hours and panel size. In addition to individual consults, group programs are offered at times throughout the year. For patients who wish to work with me more intensely beyond an initial consult and followup visit, a monthly membership fee is required.
It takes more than just a treatment plan being developed. I guide you through the medical aspects (of course) AND offer coaching to help you do the "real work" of changing habits, mindset & lifestyle where needed. Coaching skyrockets your success in actualizing your goal for improved health and well-being!
I am a family nurse practitioner with over 27 years experience – incorporating functional medicine principles into my practice since 2004. Trained through the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM) and a total of three Bredesen ReCode Trainings (since 2016) in addition to many years of self-directed learning.
My practice utilizes a systems biology approach rather than dividing you up into single parts. I recognize the individual’s interconnectedness of not only our organ systems but also with the environment, relationships and community.
As a trained as a coach through WellCoaches (an approved training program for the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching), I incorporate coaching into visits where appropriate and offer individual and group coaching to help you implement lifestyle changes and habits for better health.
You want (and need) a provider with an expansive knowledge base upon which to draw, and I meet that requirement. More importantly, after dealing with unusual health issues of my own and experiencing the broken healthcare system as a patient, I have an even deeper personal understanding of what is most important to the patient.
Traditional medicine is really outstanding for acute illnesses and injuries. It often has much to offer for chronic illnesses as well.
But the system is broken.
Providers have become prescription vending machines.
The system divides you up into separate parts and individual symptoms instead of looking at the whole and seeing the inter-connectedness. There isn’t enough time to listen with an open heart and mind… to hear your story.
There is too much emphasis on disease rather than well-being; on symptoms rather than root causes; on what is the matter with you rather than what matters to you.
You don’t deserve band-aids, you deserve so much more…
Functional medicine uses an individualized approach to address the many contributors to symptoms and disease based on the evolving research in traditional medicine, nutritional science, genomics, and epigenetics.
My work addresses root causes using low-risk interventions that modify molecular and cellular systems to reverse drivers of disease.
I value the relationship with you, your story, and your goals. You won’t be rushed.
I believe that your diagnoses don’t define you and by providing treatment that is unique to you, that you can achieve an optimal state of well-being and health.
Most importantly, I believe in listening and providing the support you need to be successful.