The Family Naturopathic Clinic

    A Naturopathic Teaching Clinic Serving Young Families

    cute kid newsletter.jpgThe Clinic

    The Family Naturopathic Clinic is a joint project of the Young Parents Support Network, Acacia Integrative Health, Dr. Amy Gilchrist ND, Dr. Kristin Schnurr ND, and The Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine. The only clinic of its kind in Canada, The Family Naturopathic Clinic provides Naturopathic health care free-of-charge to young parented, low income families here in Victoria. 

    Starting as a pilot project, spearheaded by Dr. Gilchrist in the spring of 2007, The Family Naturopathic Clinic has become a huge success both in utilization by the target population (it has been fully booked since inception) and in outcomes for patients and their families.  In the summer of 2009, Acacia, YPSN, Dr. Gilchrist and Dr. Schurr partnered with the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine with the intention of expanding access in order to serve a long wait-list of clients.  What developed was a partnership, where 4th year Naturopathic Interns come to Acacia to deliver care, supervised by a licensed ND.  This provides these upcoming doctors with valuable clinical experience, while effectively tripling the number of patients we can treat.

    Young parents who are interested in this service are free to call YPSN (contact information below) for more information or to make an appointment (space is limited and reserved for low-income families).

    new family.jpgAbout YPSN

    Young Parents Support Network is a non-profit society whose aim is to support and empower young parent families in British Columbia's Capital Region.

    Contact information:   tel: 250-384-0552   web: www.ypsn.ca

    Donate

    Donations to the free clinic are always welcome.  Please contact Margo at YPSN (250-384-0522) or Dr. Amy Gilchrist  ND at amy@acaciahealth.ca for more information.