Naturopath in Edmonton
Naturopathic appointments at Red Leaf Wellness
Our naturopathic clinic in Edmonton offers in-person appointments and virtual care in the Canadian provinces and territories we serve. Meet our naturopathic doctors, compare fees and learn what to expect at your first visit.
Virtual availability depends on your practitioner and where you will be located during your appointment. View the practitioner cards below, or contact reception for help choosing.
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Edmonton clinic In-person naturopathic appointments
Virtual appointments Across Canada, in the areas we serve
Your concerns, your goals
How naturopathic care may help
What would feeling better allow you to do? Eat more comfortably, get through the afternoon, sleep more consistently or manage changes in your health? These goals give your appointment a practical starting point. The options depend on your symptoms, diagnosis and circumstances.
Digestive comfort
Bloating, constipation, diarrhoea or discomfort after meals. Discuss symptoms, eating patterns and previous investigations.
Care options
Bloating, constipation, diarrhoea or discomfort after meals can affect what you eat and how you plan your day. Discuss your symptoms, eating patterns and previous investigations with your ND.
For people with IBS, tailored dietary changes can help manage symptoms. The NIDDK’s overview of IBS treatment explains dietary and other options. Assessment helps establish which approach is appropriate.
Explore digestive healthHormonal changes
Changes in your cycle, sleep, energy or comfort during perimenopause and menopause. Explore the appropriate care pathway.
Care options
Changes in your cycle, sleep, energy or comfort during perimenopause and menopause can raise questions about your options. Naturopathic appointments offer space to discuss nutrition, lifestyle and complementary approaches.
If you are considering hormone therapy, our dedicated program explains the roles of naturopathic doctors and nurse practitioners, including the pathway for medical assessment and prescribing.
Explore Restore+ Hormone HealthEnergy, sleep and stress
Ongoing fatigue, restless nights, stress or pain affecting daily life. Bring your history and current treatments into the conversation.
Care options
Perhaps you want more energy for work and family, or fewer nights spent awake. An appointment can bring your sleep, eating patterns, stress, medications and health history into the same conversation. If persistent pain affects your rest or daily activity, discuss how your care can be coordinated with other providers.
Persistent fatigue or sleep changes can have several explanations. Discussing them helps identify suitable next steps, including whether further medical assessment is needed.
Nutrition and metabolic health
Changing health priorities, food choices or existing metabolic and thyroid concerns. Connect everyday decisions with your current care.
Care options
If your health priorities have changed, you may want help making sense of food choices, activity and recommendations you have already received.
Our NDs’ areas of interest include metabolic and thyroid health. Bring existing diagnoses and results so the discussion can relate to your current care and the changes you want to make.
Find a practitioner for your concernsFood reactions and allergy questions
Symptoms after eating, suspected intolerances or questions about allergy and celiac results. Clarify the appropriate assessment.
Care options
Reactions after eating can be difficult to interpret. Bring a symptom history and any previous allergy or celiac results so your practitioner can discuss the appropriate assessment or referral.
Food allergy, celiac disease and intolerance need different approaches. Food sensitivity panels are not interchangeable with allergy testing.
Explore food sensitivity testingMold and environmental exposure concerns
Symptoms linked to a damp building, workplace or environmental exposure. Discuss assessment, exposure reduction and useful testing.
Care options
If symptoms seem connected to a damp building, workplace exposure or another environmental concern, bring details of when and where they occur. Discuss appropriate medical assessment, exposure reduction and whether a specific test would be useful.
Our functional medicine services include environmental testing. The choice depends on the suspected exposure and the test’s clinical validity.
Explore environmental testingMeet your care team
Our naturopathic doctors
Explore each practitioner’s background and interests. Open a profile to read more, or contact reception if you would like help choosing an appointment.
VirtualAB, NL, NU, ON, PE, QC, YT Dr. Amira Abdelaziz, ND
Naturopathic Doctor
Also speaks Arabic, Turkish
In clinic and virtualAlberta Dr. Lorraine McCarthy, ND
Naturopathic Doctor
In clinic and virtualAlberta Dr. Riley Forbes, ND
Naturopathic Doctor
Planning your care
Naturopathic appointment fees
General naturopathic initial appointments are 75 minutes. The 60-minute initial option shown below is for the Hormone Health Program. Confirm the appointment type when booking. Fees are in Canadian dollars.
Understanding your options
What your care may involve
Naturopathic medicine brings together health history, nutrition, lifestyle counselling and other approaches within the practitioner’s scope. The purpose is to connect your concerns with recommendations you can understand and consider. Most care plans combine several of the following rather than relying on one. What is offered to you depends on your assessment, the care you are already receiving and what is available at your location.
Nutrition and daily routines
Most naturopathic care plans include some discussion of eating patterns, sleep, activity and stress, since these are the parts of your health you control day to day. Expect questions about what you actually eat rather than what you intend to. Our naturopathic doctors give this counselling within an appointment rather than as a separate booking, so mention it when you book if it matters to you. It is not the same as care from a registered dietitian. Recommendations should suit your circumstances and what is realistic to keep doing.
Supplements, botanicals and homeopathic remedies
Whether a product is useful depends on its intended purpose, the evidence behind it and whether it suits you. Bring your medication and supplement list to every appointment, including anything bought over the counter. Supplements can interact with prescribed medicines, and natural does not automatically mean safe. Ask what a product is for, how long you should expect to take it, and what would tell you it is not working.
Assessment and testing
Testing answers a specific question rather than surveying everything at once. Lab testing at Red Leaf Wellness is typically ordered and interpreted by our naturopathic doctors, so results are read in the context of your wider health picture rather than in isolation. Bring previous results you can access, and ask what a proposed test would change about your care and what it will cost. SIBO testing is one common starting point for digestive symptoms; the wider range of digestive, nutritional, hormone and environmental testing is described separately.
Bowen Technique
A gentle hands-on technique using light moves over muscle and connective tissue, with short pauses between them. You stay clothed, and appointments are usually shorter than a massage. Bowen Technique is not offered by every naturopathic doctor, so check availability when you book.
Biotherapeutic drainage
Biotherapeutic drainage uses prepared remedies chosen for your presentation, taken over a period of time, with your response reviewed as you go. Whether it suits you depends on your history, your current medicines and what you are trying to address. Ask what a course involves and what it costs before starting. It is not offered by every naturopathic doctor, so check availability when you book.
Prescription medicines and infusion therapy
Both depend on where you are seen and on the individual practitioner. In select provinces, naturopathic care may include prescription medicines when the naturopathic doctor holds the required prescribing authorization; what can be prescribed is set by provincial regulation, and some medicines fall outside naturopathic scope entirely. Infusion therapy additionally requires the appropriate training and a suitable clinical setting, and is not offered at every location. Confirm availability before booking, and tell your naturopathic doctor about everything you are already prescribed.
Getting started
Your first naturopathic consultation
Bring your questions
Confirm your appointment type and any preparation requirements, then complete your intake forms. Bring a medication and supplement list, available lab results and the questions you most want answered.
Talk through the whole picture
Your ND reviews your concerns and relevant history. Explain how symptoms affect your life and what you have already tried. Ask about the potential benefits, limitations and alternatives for any recommendation.
Know what comes next
Agree on the first steps, whether testing would change your care, and when to follow up. Your ND’s follow up schedule is set with you according to your needs; individual programs may have their own sequence.
Everyday health, real impact
Familiar concerns. A place to start.
2 in 5
Digestive concerns
Canadian respondents met criteria for a disorder of gut–brain interaction.
Rome Foundation · 202339%
Sleep quality
Canadian adults aged 18–64 rated their sleep fair or poor.
Statistics Canada · 2020 survey1 in 3
Menopause at work
Working women surveyed said menopause symptoms affected their performance.
Menopause Foundation of Canada · 20231 in 5
Persistent pain
People in Canada live with chronic pain.
Health Canada · 20251 in 16
Food allergy
Canadians had a probable food allergy in a national survey.
Health Canada · 2016 survey1 in 100
Celiac disease
The approximate population estimate reported by Health Canada.
Health CanadaAbout these figures
Figures are rounded and describe different populations; they should not be added together. The Canadian digestive survey found 41.3% met Rome IV criteria for at least one of 22 disorders, including functional constipation and IBS. The sleep figure is 100% minus the 60.9% reporting good or excellent sleep. The menopause finding was 32% of working respondents in a survey of Canadian women aged 40–60. Probable food allergy was 6.1%, based on convincing symptoms or physician diagnosis. Health Canada estimates celiac disease at nearly 1%. These figures describe health concerns, not treatment success rates.
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Before you decide
Questions about naturopathic care
Have a question about booking or choosing a practitioner? Call 780 633 7538.
What is naturopathic medicine?
Naturopathic medicine considers your health history, symptoms and daily habits when discussing care. Approaches can include nutrition, lifestyle counselling and botanical products. Cleveland Clinic’s overview of naturopathic medicine explains the profession; permitted activities vary by jurisdiction.
Is a naturopathic doctor a medical doctor?
No. Naturopathic doctors and medical doctors have different qualifications and professional scopes. Prescribing permissions vary by province and practitioner. For prescription management or specialist referrals, confirm which provider is authorized to offer the service you need. Reception can help explain the different appointment types at Red Leaf Wellness.
Can I continue seeing my family doctor?
Yes. Bring details of your existing care and tell your providers about medications, supplements and other treatments. Continue prescribed treatment unless the responsible prescriber advises a change.
What evidence supports naturopathic treatments?
Evidence varies by treatment and condition. A study supporting one intervention does not establish that all naturopathic treatments work. Ask what supports a recommendation, how it applies to you and what remains uncertain.
For example, a Canadian randomized trial of 246 adults at increased cardiovascular risk found that adding naturopathic care to usual care reduced estimated 10-year risk by 3.1 percentage points after one year compared with usual care alone. This was a risk score, not a measurement of fewer heart attacks, and the finding does not predict individual outcomes.
How soon should I expect improvement?
There is no single timeline across concerns and treatments. Discuss what a meaningful change would look like, when to reassess and what to do if symptoms persist or worsen. Your plan may need to change as more information becomes available.
Do I need testing before my first appointment?
Do not assume you need a new set of tests. Bring recent results you already have so your provider can decide what is relevant and whether anything is missing. Some programs arrange labs before the main assessment; confirm the requirements for your booked appointment before paying for new testing.
How do lab costs and direct billing work?
Lab costs and appointment benefits are separate. For Alberta naturopathic appointments, plan for private lab costs when your ND orders testing. If another provider is involved, ask which tests they can order and whether those tests qualify for public coverage.
Direct billing may be available for naturopathic appointments where your benefits plan supports it. Nurse practitioner appointments use a different billing process. Reception can explain the options; check your plan’s eligibility and limits before booking.
Can I book for a child or an older adult?
Suitability depends on the person’s needs and the practitioner’s experience. Contact reception before booking for a child or someone with complex care needs so the available options can be confirmed.
Should I book naturopathic care or the Hormone Health program?
For hormone concerns, start with the Restore+ Hormone Health program to understand its ND and NP pathways. If you want help with other concerns or are unsure where to begin, contact reception before choosing an appointment.
Further reading
More on naturopathic care
Naturopath vs homeopath: what is the difference?
How naturopathic and homeopathic practice differ in training, regulation and scope.
Naturopathic medicine 101
What naturopathic medicine covers, and what happens at a first appointment.
Naturopathic approaches to GERD and acid reflux
Dietary and lifestyle approaches discussed for reflux, and what to raise with your practitioner.
Your next step
Start with what you want to improve.
Choose a naturopathic appointment, or ask a patient care coordinator for a non-clinical discovery call to help you find your next step.