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Frequently Asked Questions
Getting started, how care is structured, virtual visits, and what to expect.
If your question is not answered here, contact the office. The educational Master Class also covers most of what new patients want to know before their first conversation.
Getting Started
Watch the free educational Master Class. It explains the approach and the process, and the next step is outlined at the end of it.
The full initial evaluation: an in-depth history, review of prior laboratory results, and functional testing where appropriate, which together produce your individualized plan.
Care here is structured rather than episodic. Complex chronic conditions rarely resolve in a single visit, and a one-off appointment usually cannot deliver a meaningful answer.
Advanced therapies are recommended as part of a personalized plan after evaluation. They are not offered as standalone treatments.
Yes, anywhere in California by secure telemedicine. Blood draws are arranged near you and specialty test kits are shipped to your home.
Consultations, laboratory interpretation, plan building, follow-up visits, and supplement and prescription management.
The in-office modalities require a visit to San Juan Capistrano. Many remote patients combine virtual management with occasional in-person visits when a therapy is indicated.
Selection follows the evaluation: your history, examination, laboratory findings and how you respond to the early stages of the plan.
Most naturopathic visits are fee for service in California. Some laboratory testing may be partially covered depending on your plan. The office can review your situation.
Yes. Dr. Goldstein is a licensed California naturopathic doctor with prescriptive authority and prescribes when it is clinically appropriate, as part of a complete plan.
Hormone and thyroid conditions, chronic fatigue, digestive disorders, autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, mood concerns, immune imbalances, metabolic health, tick-borne illness, mold and biotoxin illness, and complex chronic illness. See the What We Treat pages for detail.
It depends on what the evaluation finds and how long the problem has been present. Care is structured so progress can be measured rather than guessed at.
That is a common starting point here. Most of those attempts addressed symptoms individually. The difference is investigating how the systems interact before treating.
Care here blends modern diagnostic tools with evidence-informed natural therapies, and treatment decisions are guided by clinical reasoning and laboratory data.
No. Naturopathic care is complementary and integrative, and we coordinate with your existing providers when appropriate.
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