Consultations
IN-PERSON · ON ZOOM
Clinical herbal medicine, flower essence therapy, and shamanic guidance held in one practice.
You come with what is most pressing, a physical concern, an emotional weight, a sense that something needs to change. Gina listens, reads the full pattern of who you are, and selects herbs and flower essences matched precisely to you.
We are not just working with your symptoms. We are working with the full expression of who you are.
Something has been searching in you.
You have tried different paths. You have done the work. And still, there is something unsettled. A part of you that feels like it belongs to someone else's life. Physical symptoms that you sense are tied to something deeper. A loss, a grief, something in your heart that has not yet been met.
You know a medical appointment will not reach it. You know a supplement will not either. You are here because something in you recognizes that the plants, the flower essences, and perhaps something even deeper, might be the way through.
HOW A CONSULTATION UNFOLDS
We begin with your story.
Not your symptom list. Your story. What brought you here. What has been present in your life, your body, your heart. What you have tried. What has helped and what has not reached the place you know needs reaching.
I listen differently than most practitioners. I am listening for the pattern beneath the presenting concern. The emotional thread running through the physical symptom. The life event that preceded the body's signal. The part of you that has been waiting for someone to ask the right question.
From that listening, I build a full constitutional picture. Your digestion, your sleep, your energy, your hormonal patterns, your stress history, and the emotional texture of your life right now. I work through the lenses of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Western herbal energetics, and flower essence therapy simultaneously. I am reading who you are, not just what you have.
Then I select the plants.
Every plant has a personality. A particular intelligence, a specific way of meeting the world. Every person does too. The work I do is matching the personality of the plant to the personality of the person. This is not biochemistry alone. It is relational. It is the part of clinical herbal medicine that changes everything.
The layers of the work
Herbs and clinical herbal medicine
Your herbal protocol is built from a thorough reading of your constitution and your pattern. Not from a general recommendation for your diagnosis. From who you are, how your body responds, what the pattern beneath the symptom is pointing toward.
The herbs support the body's own regulatory intelligence. They work with you, not on you. Over weeks and months of consistent use, the body finds its own equilibrium. Symptoms settle. Energy rebuilds. Sleep restores. Something shifts that was not shifting before.
Flower Essences
Flower essences work on the emotional and energetic dimensions of health. They address the patterns beneath the symptoms. Old stories fixed in the body. Ways of being in the world that were once protective and are now limiting. The thought patterns and emotional loops that keep a person in disharmony.
A flower essence does not override these patterns. It offers an alternative frequency. The frequency of a flower that has already moved through whatever the person is holding. Walnut (Juglans regia) for the person at a threshold, releasing the pull of the past. Mimulus (Mimulus guttatus) for known fears that have quietly organized a life around avoidance. Wild Oat (Bromus ramosus) for the person who knows they are called to something but cannot yet see its shape.
What I have watched happen, again and again: the layers that were keeping a person hidden from themselves begin to fall away. Like the petals of a flower opening, blooming, and releasing. What remains is more of the true self. The structure and stress and thought patterns that were holding them in disharmony soften. Something simpler and more essential emerges.
The Shamanic Dimension
For some clients, after several sessions together, we feel called to go deeper.
Shamanic practice reaches the parts of a person's story that herbs and flower essences approach from the outside. Unprocessed grief. Disconnection from inner knowing. The disorientation that follows significant loss, transition, or a life that has been lived too long at a distance from the self. Parts of you that became separated in response to something overwhelming, waiting to be welcomed back.
This dimension of the work is a shared decision. It arises naturally in the relationship, when we both feel it is time. It is never imposed and never rushed. For the clients who move into it, it is often the work they did not know they were looking for.
What clients experience over time
In the early weeks, clients begin to feel more like themselves.
A quality of presence returns. They notice they are more available to their own lives, to the people they love, to the moment they are actually in. They are sleeping better. The stress that felt constant begins to lift. They have started going outside differently, noticing the plants, pausing in ways they did not pause before.
There is something that happens around the practice of taking the flower essence or making an herbal tea. A small, quiet act of self-care that begins to matter. For many clients, this is the first consistent time they have made for themselves in years. It changes something.
Over months, the changes deepen. The physical symptoms that brought them in shift. The emotional patterns that were driving those symptoms begin to loosen. Clients describe feeling like they have returned to a version of themselves they had almost forgotten existed.
For those who move into shamanic work, the shift is often described as coming home to something essential. A sense of being more fully themselves than they have been in a long time. More whole. More clear about who they are and what they are here for.
“Gina brings together the body, the emotions, the mind and the spirit while gently encouraging an intense personal responsibility toward your own wellbeing. If you were ever seeking an ally, Gina is the practitioner you want — she listens with more than her ears and her presence will almost certainly create ripples that permeate into all aspects of your life.”
“I appreciate Gina’s meticulous approach to finding the right herbal and lifestyle solutions for her clients. She really listens and in so doing, is able to build a comprehensive picture of not only your lifestyle and diet, but more importantly, your emotional and mental approach to things. I believe this holistic approach forms the foundation of any healing process. Gina recently helped me recuperate from a debilitating repeat of symptoms around an ongoing autoimmune condition. I am very grateful to Gina for the valuable work she does.”
“Gina is an excellent practitioner on many levels. Not only is she filled with wisdom about the power of herbs and essences, she’s also highly intuitive. That means that even if you don’t know what you need, she’s got you covered — she can easily pick up on your energy and know what type of plant can help you get rebalanced and feeling fabulous.”
“Gina is a knowledgeable herbalist and passionate about her craft. She is down to Earth in the best possible way making it easy to work with her and enjoyable to be in her company. She radiates the connectedness we all strive for when learning and using plants to better our lives!”
SCHEDULE A CONSULTATION
Initial Consultation
90 minutes · $225 · In-Person or Zoom
We begin with what brought you here. I listen carefully, ask questions that go beneath the surface, and build a full picture of who you are physically, emotionally, and constitutionally. We may work with a flower essence in the session itself, felt directly in the body, supported by sound if we are meeting in person.
After the session, I prepare your personalized protocol. Within a few days you receive a detailed email with your herbs, flower essences, and practices, along with clear guidance on how to work with them. Your herbs are sourced by you locally or online. Your flower essence formula is prepared by me and shipped directly to you.
Follow-Up Consultations
60 minutes · $175 · In-Person or Zoom
We track what has shifted. We notice what has moved and what wants to go deeper. Your protocol is refined as your pattern evolves. The relationship between you and the plants deepens. The work deepens with it.
For those called to go further into the full scope of this work, shamanic journey, soul retrieval, ceremony, that path opens as we find our way there together.
THIS WORK IS FOR YOU IF
You have been searching for something that gets beneath the symptom to what is actually there.
You sense that your physical experience is tied to something emotional, something you have been carrying for a long time.
You want to work with plants and flower essences as living allies, not supplements.
You are ready to make time for yourself. To slow down enough to listen. To let something shift.
You do not need to know exactly what you need. You just need to feel called.
You have tried other approaches and something still feels unresolved.
I believe that nature has given us all that we need, and that it is up to us to feed our bodies and cultivate practices that nurture and nourish us.
My journey has taken many twists and turns. Losing my mother taught me that health is the most important thing in life, second only to love. My herbal teachers taught me to look to nature for the answers. My flower essence training taught me to listen to what the plants carry at the level of emotion and energy. And my shamanic mentors taught me to go deeper still, into the parts of a person's story that herbs and conversation do not always reach. Unprocessed grief. Disconnection from inner knowing. The parts of the self waiting to be welcomed back.
All of it lives together in my practice. The clinical, the relational, the ceremonial. Each consultation draws from all three.
I am a Registered Herbalist (AHG) with the American Herbalists Guild, a Certified Flower Essence Practitioner, and an Advanced Shamanic Practitioner trained and mentored by Sandra Ingerman, world-renowned shamanic teacher and author. I have been in clinical practice for over a decade.
This is how I practice, listen, and live.
Please note: I am not a medical doctor nor do I practice standard Western medical assessment, diagnosis or treatment. I do not claim to cure, treat or diagnose disease, nor do I offer advice about the use of any type of pharmaceuticals or medications.
What Clients Are Saying
“Gina is a 1st class herbalist that addresses her field in a very professional manner. She starts by getting to know you, inside out, so she may understand all your ailments. After that is complete, she will counsel you on the best way to give your body the natural nourishment it needs. I know this to be true, for I have been under Gina’s counsel and care for the past 3 years. The herbs I am taking are doing their job, I feel great.
— Joseph K.
"Gina is a gifted and knowledgeable practitioner. I have met with her on 3 separate occasions, each one for a different issue. She knows exactly what herbs and flower essences to offer in every situation."
— Wanda Bresette, Salt Spa Owner
"I've never met someone with more knowledge of herbs and natural medicine than Gina. She takes the time to understand your conditions and gets to the root causes — she's not just hawking products or looking for a quick fix."
— Robert K.
Gina is a great teacher, extremely knowledgeable & passionate about her work. We are fortunate to have someone so talented practicing in our community. If you are looking for a natural alternative, meet with Gina to find out how herbs and flower essences can benefit you.
— Denise C.
“I turned to Gina to help me gain clarity on a variety of issues keeping me from moving forward in my life. She allowed me the safe space to dump upon her all that I thought were important obstacles. She listened patiently and then graciously guided me towards a simple achievable action plan. She is wonderful at getting to the root of your troubles and helping you find grace, comfort, support, and perspective. Her tinctures are spot on, as are her healing sessions. I highly recommend Gina as an herbal and shamanic healer.”
— Julie K.
“I really cannot say enough positive things about Gina. True to my nature, I decided to see Gina after I felt completely down and out. I was sluggish, foggy and just lacking motivation. After establishing that I was indeed not eating as healthfully as I wanted to believe. Between the better nutrition, the flower essences, and getting a good chakra alignment, I was quickly on the path to my better version. As she had predicted, 1 positive step snowballed into many. After 2 sessions, I feel the magic restored.”
— Wynne Jansen
“Gina has this wonderful connection to plants and shares that in such a comforting and supportive way. The second I walk through her door I am immediately calmed and relaxed.”
— Kristi Bucco
I knew you had a special gift when we met but I realized how deep it goes today. No one gets me to cry, but today you hit on something.
— Sailynn D.
“I worked with Gina for a little over a year. What drew me to her was her extraordinary knowledge, enthusiasm, positive attitude and most of all her smile. We worked on several levels: medical, spiritual, and emotional. From from the first visit, she understood all the issues I was dealing with. She suggested several herbal remedies and we began to work with the flower essences. I loved working with them and felt they were an integral part of our work together. I would highly recommend Gina to anyone hoping to open themselves to growth on many levels.”
— Carole Pickney
“Gina's knowledge of herbs and the combinations of them have been very beneficial. She always explains what each herb will help with and adjusts as we go. With the herbs and essences, I can honestly say it has made a world of difference.”
— Sarah G.
“Gina is absolutely intuitive and creative. Her flower essence brought a magic in my life. Also, she is simply a pleasurable person to talk to.”
— Sachiko A.
Gina is an impressive listener. I was stuck and didn't know how to move forward. With Gina's support and the flower essences, I am able to cultivate positive things in my life that make me flourish every day.
— Samah A.