Pediatrics:
Setting the Stage:
Dr. Calhoun loves working alongside parents to help create an environment for children to thrive. She recognized the gaps in traditional pediatric care, and realized that parents were left to do their own research on how to best support their child in areas such as gut health, environmental health, nutrition, vaccine supports, and more! She designed the Naturopathic Well-Child Consultation to help fill these gaps and support parents in navigating these very important topics.
Neurodevelopmental Disorders:
Dr. Calhoun specialized in Neurodevelopmental disorders, such as, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, dyslexia, behavioral disorders, and sensory disorders. Her comprehensive root-cause approach treats the biological basis for such disorders and examines areas such as nutritional status, mitochondrial function, digestive health, genetic factors, environmental toxicity, immune system dysregulation, and prenatal factors.
Immune System Disorders:
Over the past 20 years, there has been an exponential rise in immune-system disorders, including, food allergies and intolerances, eczema, autoimmune disorders, and cancer. Similarly to her approach to neurodevelopmental disorder, Dr. Calhoun looks to solve the root cause, rather than simply place a bandaid.
Preconception Wellness:
Dr. Calhoun’s professional work with childhood chronic disease and personal history with infertility, has propelled her passion to work with couples prior to pregnancy to optimize the landscape for creating a baby. She has found that preconception care can drastically reduce the risk of immune system and neurodevelopmental disorders in the offspring. However, preconception wellness is not only important for the health of the baby, It is also a crucial window for mom to optimize her health prior to becoming a mother! This aligns well with our mission of creating physically and mentally fierce mothers. Whether you are struggling with infertility and looking to address the root cause or are simply wanting to optimize the health of mom and baby, we would love to walk with you on this journey and facilitate transformation that will benefit your family's wellbeing for years to come.
Mental Health:
Mental health has been stigmatized within our society, and for this reason, much of the time, it goes untreated. At Kith & Kin Wellness, we recognize that optimal health CAN NOT be achieved without addressing mental emotional health. In fact, we believe that this may be one of the most important pillars of health, as quality of life cannot be actualized without a sense of joy, peace, and fulfillment. Unfortunately, traditional care for mental health relies on pharmaceuticals, which override and forcefully manipulate neurotransmitter balance, and therapy which only addresses the individual’s perception and processing of subconscious reactions to environmental factors. While we strongly advocate for therapy and recognize the need for pharmaceuticals in some situations, we also recognize the biochemical basis of mental health disorders, which can be healed when addressing the underlying factors. Our approach works WITH the body to restore a state of balance by correcting nutrient imbalances, reducing oxidative stress, rebalancing the microbiome, and removing environmental toxins. Conditions which we treat include, anxiety, depression, OCD, addiction, eating disorders, postpartum depression and anxiety, anger and aggression, insomnia, and panic attacks.
Environmental Medicine:
The rise in chronic disease in both children and adults can not be addressed and reversed until we fully recognize the impact of environmental toxicity. While eating organic and drinking clean water is incredibly important, creating a healthy environment goes far beyond these factors alone. Health disrupting toxins are ubiquitous in our environment. The question is not longer IF you or your child has been exposed, it’s HOW MUCH. We love to help families reduce overall toxin burden, and often illustrate this as the “toxic bucket.” We help you understand ways you can minimize filling the bucket, by making simple changes within the home to reduce toxin exposure. At the same time, we help understand how you can increase emptying of the bucket, by supporting vital organs of elimination and aiding detoxification pathways that are personalized to you and your child’s individual biochemistry.