Practice

Dr. Buettner sees her role primarily as an educator and support system toward empowering her patients to reach their health goals — a catalyst for their integration and well-being. Dr. Buettner is infused with the added perspective gained through her experiences with different cultural healing traditions, from receiving a grant and working with a shaman in Ecuador to completing an internship in the hospitals of Shanghai, China.

With compassion and attention to detail, Dr. Buettner listens to the life story of each patient, and how this has played a role in their physical and spiritual development, looking to treat the cause. She integrates evidenced based medicine with powerful modalities such as acupuncture, homeopathy and cranio-sacral therapy.

Dr. Buettner divides her time between Seattle and Chehalis, where she lives on a farm and runs a private practice, fostering her passion for sustainable living, and bringing natural health practices to this rural community. She received a BA in Anthropology from Pomona College in Claremont, CA, and a Doctor of Naturopathic medicine and a Masters of Acupuncture from Bastyr University in Kenmore, WA.

Clinical Specialties

• Primary care and health management
• Women's health including annual exams and pap smears
• Pain management
• Arthritis
• Fibromyalgia
• Digestive and gastrointestinal disorders
• Hypothyroidism
• Auto-immune disorders
• Allergies
• Detoxification and weight loss
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular disease