Meet Your Practitioners

  • Serena Whitridge

    DSOM, MScN, LAc
    Owner, Acupuncturist, Nutritionist + Herbalist

    Serena studied acupuncture because it helped her with Lyme disease as a teenager. Serena got her masters in nutrition and doctorate in East Asian Medicine. Serena specializes in women’s health, fertility, dysmenorrhea, PCOS, endometriosis, perimenopause and menopausal symptoms in addition to pain patterns. Inquire if she would be a good fit to help lead you on your path toward health!

    Bodywork— specifically, craniosacral and myofascial release, in conjunction with acupuncture needles, are some of her favorite treatment modalities.

    Since studying Chinese medicine, she has fallen in love with the cycles of the body & how Chinese medicine uses different maps to access the body. Did you know we have more than five senses? & our body stores information in its tissues?

  • Nathan Wagner

    ND

    Naturopathic Doctor

    Dr. Wagner is a Naturopathic Doctor who balances conventional and natural approaches to healthcare. He uses modern medical advancements and believes that natural medicine offers benefits that conventional medicine has not yet explored. He will work closely with you to create a treatment plan that is both safe by the current standards of medicine and incorporates natural approaches to meet your health goals.

    Nathan spends time with each patient to understand their nuances while gathering medical information to form a tailored treatment plan. He is particularly interested in: cardiovascular disease prevention, gastrointestinal issues, blood sugar management, weight management, hormone health, and men's health conditions.

    He's here to serve as a resource to discuss social media trends and find the best option for you and your body!

  • Michelle Ubell

    MAc, LAc
    Acupuncturist, Cupping Guru + Bada$$ Mom

    Michelle uses a gentle needle technique, aking to Japenese acupuncture, to work with your body to help let go of pain and change patterns that have developed over time. She utilizes herbal liniments, Gua Sha, and cupping therapy for muscle stiffness and fascia that has become tight or bound to itself. Heat therapy, including moxibustion and infrared lamps are often incorporated into her treatments.

    Michelle is a general practitioner and treats: anxiety, headaches (including migraines), and neck and shoulder pain. Other ailments include: low back pain, foot neuralgia, and sciatica. Book an appointment with her to relieve any aches and pains!

    Michelle looks forward to working with you and considers it an honor to help.

  • Claire Erhart

    Claire Erhart

    ND/LAc

    Naturopathic Doctor, Acupuncturist, Pelvic Floor specialist

    Dr. Claire Erhart is a Naturopathic Doctor and Acupuncturist, specializing in musculoskeletal complaints, digestive concerns, and nervous system dysregulation. Additionally, she offers Holistic Pelvic Care™ as trained by Tami Kent for support with pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction, urinary issues, and more.

    Claire has always had a passion for nature and strongly believes in the body’s innate ability to heal in the right conditions. Growing up in rural Connecticut, she has always found the best medicine to be found through time spent outside and barefoot. At the University of Vermont, she studied Natural Resources and Anthropology, though she has always had an interest in medicine and a desire to help others heal. Through her own healing journey, Claire has taken a deep interest in the mind-body-spirit connection and aims to embody this within her practice. She graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, OR, and has recently moved her practice out to the Columbia River Gorge.

    When not working, you can find Claire in the garden or in the woods with her dog, Dennis. She enjoys doing crossword puzzles, finding new hikes, and driving on rural country roads.

  • Hannah Brzozowski

    RD/RDN

    Registered Dietician

    Hannah is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) based in Washington and Oregon. Hannah has been a dietitian for almost 10 years primarily working in community and outpatient nutrition. Most of her time has been spent doing 1-on-1 consultations with patients, teaching nutrition classes, and directing nutrition access programs. She believe that food and nutrition is intimate and personal, but it’s also a tool. Hannah wants to help you achieve your nutritional goals while fostering a healthy relationship between food, mind, and body. This belief has centered her practice with a focus in disordered eating, pediatric and teen nutrition, lifestyle nutrition, and general nutrition support. Hannah has experience working with patients of all ages with a variety of needs from nutrition for type 1 diabetes to eating for improved fertility or hormonal health.

    In her free time you can find her on her mountain bike, tinkering in the garden and tending to flowers, and experimenting with food preservation or flavors in the kitchen.

    AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

    • Medical nutrition therapy

    • Eating disorders / disordered eating

    • Picky eating / introduction to foods / family meal time strategies

    • Sports nutrition for professional and recreational athletes

    • Nutrition for fertility support, pregnancy, and postpartum

    • Intuitive Eating

    • Health at Every Size

  • Justin Gere

    Justin Gere

    Herbalist, Acupuncturist

    Born, raised and educated in the Pacific Northwest, Justin holds a doctorate of Science and Oriental Medicine (NUNM, Portland ‘19) and has been in practice since 2021. He gravitated towards the art of Chinese herbal formulism early in his education and mentored under Dr. Heiner Fruehauf and Micheal Givens, learning how to apply the principles of Classical Chinese Medicine to meet the needs of modern times. His interest in pulse diagnosis, psychology and acupuncture led him to further study the Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis system during his mentorship with Brandt Stickley, L.Ac.

    At the heart of Justin’s clinical approach is the 3-fold hermetic worldview of Classical Chinese medicine: that Spirit informs energy and energy informs matter. Organ dysfunction is intimately woven into the relationships between our spiritual, psychological, and emotional landscapes and is further tethered to our constitution, life , history, lifestyle and environmental circumstances. Chinese herbal formulation is a sound clinical method to remind and advance the organ systems towards their optimal function, rhythm and relationship to all other organs. This approach can be used to provide a diverse range of care, from cardiovascular and respiratory conditions to digestive issues, back pain, joint pain, reproductive health and beyond.