Dr. Kristine Reese believes strongly in the body's inherent ability to heal. She works alongside her patients, encouraging them to take an active role in their health. She combines her diverse background and experience with tools and wisdom from the East and West, providing truly holistic primary care. Her practice incorporates many effective therapies including clinical nutrition, hormone balance, chelation, IV’s, homeopathy, botanical medicine, counseling, and empowerment work.
"I know that the most valuable assets I can offer my clients are: time to listen, compassion in understanding how your experience affects you, and expertise in developing a personalized, realistic and effective Optimal Health Plan that is based on the best research and scientific tools." 

Dr. Kristine Reese

Dr. Reese brings over 20 years experience in partnering with people on their healing journeys.  Her passion and commitment for healing has taken her to multiple countries around the world; most recently working with HIV orphans in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa.  Dr. Reese was awarded her medical degree from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington, and is licensed in the states of California and Washington.  In the last 5 years Dr. Reese has completed extensive additional training in Bio-identical Hormone Therapy, IV Nutrition and Chelation, Oncology and Optimal Aging.  Dr. Reese is frequently a guest on national and local radio health & wellness programs and she provides educational lectures to businesses, community and colleagues. 

Prior to medical school, Dr. Reese worked as a counselor and educator, developing and managing progressive programs for at-risk youth and their families.  One highlight of Dr. Reese's career prior to becoming a physician, was developing and managing the Re-Entry Program in Vancouver, Washington.  Re-Entry was the first alternative school in the nation for students expelled for weapons violations.   

Dr. Reese is a member of Rotary International, ACAM, CNDA, GSDBA and is the owner and medical director of LotusRain Naturopathic Clinic in San Diego. 

Call 619-239-LIFE (5433) to schedule a FREE 30-minute Consultation to learn more about my practice and how Naturopathic Medicine will help you achieve your Optimal Health!

Karen Lane RN, MSN, 

Certified Biofeedback Specialist

Karen Lane has thirty years of experience in healthcare. She began her career right here in San Diego where she served as Executive Director of Nursing at Sharp Memorial Hospital for many years. Wanting more independence she founded Armstrong Lane Consulting which provided managed care consultation for hospitals, clinics and physician groups across the country. After a number of years running her own business she stopped working for a few years to live out an early dream of writing a book. In 2001, Karen returned to the workforce to partner in a care management startup company designed to assist those with chronic illness. At the end of her career she was responsible for the growth of this business in other countries around the world. At some point in this process, Karen developed a chronic disease herself and through a serious of synchronistic events was led to Biofeedback. She set about becoming educated in the area and started to work on herself, and others, as she learned and eventually attained formal Biofeedback Certification. Karen has since healed from her chronic disease and in large part credits her work on herself with the Biofeedback system…as well as Dr. Reese.

Karen has now retired from the corporate world of healthcare, although she keeps a hand in it via consulting and as a charter and current member of the Catalina Group, a healthcare innovation think tank. Karen is currently exclusively devoting her work to the practice of Biofeedback at LotusRain.

She can be reached at 619.806.0928 or at kl.karenlane@gmail.com. 

To learn more about biofeedback and to see testimonials about Karen’s work you may go to her website www.energyresilience.me .

Arthur Belmont, LMFT

Arthur Belmont is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who has been practicing psychotherapy since 1999. He received his M.S. degree in Counseling from California State University, Long Beach and his B.A. degree in Communications from Temple University. He is currently licensed to practice in both Florida and California.
Arthur has worked with youth and families in a wide variety of settings including: private and group practices; outpatient clinics; psychiatric and medical hospitals; and adolescent residential settings.
 
Arthur has extensive experience and training working with children, teens and adults who are experiencing emotional or behavioral issues including: depression, anxiety, anger management, ADHD, PTSD, substance abuse and addiction issues, and family and relational issues.

Your Visit to LotusRain Naturopathic Clinic

Prior to Your First Visit 
Please complete all of the intake forms prior to your first visit to our San Diego naturopathic clinic. Your naturopathic medicine intake package is thorough and may take some time to fill out. Please note that you may need to consult medical records or speak with family members to answer some of our questions. 

Your First Visit
Your first visit to our San Diego naturopathic clinic will last approximately 60 to 90 minutes. The initial visit consists of an in-depth review of your health concerns and goals, as well as gathering information on all aspects of your health including past trauma/illnesses or surgery, family medical history, environmental exposures, diet, emotions, exercise habits, relaxation and more. Dr. Reese will then do the necessary physical examinations. Initial treatments are started and necessary labs are ordered or requested. Between the first and second visit, the doctor reviews all of your information and designs a comprehensive Optimal Health Plan© taking into consideration all of your goals and needs.

Your Second Visit
During your second visit, we discuss options for naturopathic care that are tailored to you. Together, we decide which treatment options are most appropriate at this time in your life. At LotusRain Naturopathic Clinic, it is fundamental that you feel empowered to make decisions about your health and healing process. 

Your Follow-Up Visits
Follow-up visits are scheduled to monitor your progress and, if necessary, to refine and expand your plan of care. As you regain a sense of vitality, our visits will focus on health maintenance through the development of a personalized prevention plan.
The frequency of your visits will depend on the pace of your progress, the type of therapy you chose, and the amount of support you need to implement your Optimal Health Plan©.

Treatments

• Custom botanical tinctures, herbal teas, topicals and capsules
• Bach Flower remedies
• Nutrient-vitamin-mineral therapies, including IV’s
• Individually designed diet and nutrient plans
• Natural hormone replacement therapy
• Homeopathy – constitutional and combination remedies 
• Counseling 
• Exercise program planning
• Detoxification programs including heavy metal chelation

LotusRain Services

Can Natural Remedies Succeed Where Modern Medicine Fails?

Naturopathic medicine is an eclectic approach to health that incorporates traditional diagnostic techniques with natural therapeutic modalities. Emerging in the early 1900s as a unique medical discipline, naturopathic medicine is presently experiencing unparalleled interest as a complete approach to optimal health.

A primary philosophical concept of naturopathic medicine is that the body has the unique ability to heal itself, given the appropriate set of conditions. An example of these conditions includes an optimal diet, customized nutritional supplementation, and herbal and hormonal support for essential organ function. With these improvements, the body is able to achieve a higher state of well-being and disease recovery.  

What Natural Healing Techniques are used by Naturopathic Doctors?
Naturopathic doctors have extensive training in dietary management, nutrition, botanical medicine, hydrotherapy, detoxification, chelation, IV's, hormone balance, physical medicine and homeopathy. 

Our San Diego Naturopathic Medical Services

• Naturopathic Primary Care
• Diet and Nutrition
• Detoxification / Allergy
• Botanical Medicine
• Massage
• Homeopathy
• Hormonal Balance
• Acupuncture 
• Hydrotherapy
• Chelation
• Nutritionist & Personal Trainer

Why Choose a Naturopathic Doctor?

Naturopathic physicians are trained to provide primary care and/or naturopathic specialty care, with expertise in the use of integrative therapies and drug-nutrient – drug-herb interactions. Currently, naturopathic physicians practice in a wide range of in-patient and out-patient settings, such as the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, and frequently serve as expert advisors in the field of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. At the national level, they have played prominent roles in organizations such as The White House Commission on CAM, the advisory board for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee.

Our Philosophy

Our philosophy of care centers on time, compassion, expertise and research. At LotusRain Naturopathic Clinic of San Diego, we know that the most valuable assets we can offer you are:

• time to listen
• compassion in understanding how your experience affects you
• expertise in developing a personalized wellness plan that is based on the best research

Through our deep commitment to understanding your unique set of health goals; we create a personal, realistic and effective Optimal Health Plan.

Our Focus

At our San Diego Naturopathic Clinic, we welcome people of all ages with a wide range of health concerns  Including:

• Depression, Anxiety and Attention Deficit Disorders
• Thyroid Conditions
• Autoimmune Conditions: Arthritis, Lupus, MS
• Digestive Disorders: Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, GERD
• Skin Conditions: Acne, Eczema, Psoriasis
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular Conditions, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure
• Parkinson's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis
• Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia
• Food and Environmental Allergies
• HIV/AIDS
• Cancer
• Women’s Health: Difficult Menopause, Premenstrual Syndrome, Endometriosis, Polycystic Ovaries
• Chronic Yeast Infections
• Men's Health Concerns: Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, Infertility, hormone insufficiency
• Weight Management and Optimal Aging Concerns

Naturopathic Medicine

Naturopathic treatments can complement conventional medicine or be used effectively on their own. Naturopathic medicine is aimed at improving health and addressing illness in people of all ages through the use of natural therapies and medicines. It is the art, science, philosophy and practices of disease diagnosis and the treatment and prevention of illness. 

Naturopathic medicine is distinguished by the principles that underlie and determine its practice. Methods are chosen upon the basis of patient individuality. Naturopathic physicians work to restore balance in a gentle and effective way, minimizing the potential for side effects. The aim of the naturopathic physician is always to respect and support the body's ability to heal itself. 

Much as in the training of a conventional allopathic doctor (MD) naturopathic physicians (ND) attend a four-year, graduate-level naturopathic medical school, after which they must pass North American board examinations to obtain a license to practice medicine. The training of a naturopathic doctor develops unique skills in conventional and natural medicine, and provides patients with a knowledgeable advocate who can help them make informed choices about their health.

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