Meet The People of Conscious Body

Karen S. Clickner, R.M.H., L.M.T., C.C.T.

Founder of Conscious Body Natural Medicine
Holistic Medicine & Clinical Herbal Therapy

I am a Nationally Registered Medical Herbalist and a professional member of the Society of Complementary, Alternative and Holistic Practitioners.  I have been in practice since 1985.  But my almost 40 years of practice started very differently.

I received my degrees at the University of New Hampshire in philosophy and international law preparing for a career in the diplomatic service, but a serious health detour while living in Europe led me away from graduate studies at Harvard and into holistic and complementary medicine in Europe.  Through that experience, I realized how irreplaceable natural medicine is.  So I altered my path with comprehensive training in Natural Medicine and Integrative Physical Therapy and worked for a number of years in Madrid before moving to Florida. While there, I studied Myofascial Release with John Barnes, Neuromuscular Therapy with Paul St. John, Applied Kinesiology with Dr. George Goodheart and Contact Reflex Analysis with Dr. Dick Versendaal.  I taught at numerous institutions while designing and building comprehensive curricula in natural therapy. I built a private practice that included developing Myofascial Release techniques for Equine Dressage Competitors and one of the first fascial intra-oral techniques for the treatment of TMJ.

Since that time, I expanded my study of Clinical Applied Herbology through the Australian College of Phytotherapy, Palmer Chiropractic College and Texas Chiropractic College. I took over the oldest holistic clinic in Boston and founded The Institute for Structural Integrative Studies and am now the Founder of Conscious Body Natural Medicine bringing together my favorite therapists with experience, intuition and compassion.

I was the Herbal Advisor on the BBC's World Radio Geneva in Switzerland and currently publish The Herbal Advisor Online Magazine. I have taught throughout the United States and Europe and my articles and podcasts have been featured in the AMTA Journal, Wisdom Magazine, The Improper Bostonian, Boston Magazine, The Wellbeing Journal and The Hale Journal of London. My practice and techniques were featured on WBZ-TV and Healthcast with Janet Wu. I maintained a private practice in London, Geneva and Nantucket Island for many years, and I bring that experience to each of my patients.  I also provide comprehensive advice via Skype world-wide and was named Best Holistic Advisor by Platinum Magazine.

Iris Stowe

Clinical Decongestive Lymphatic Therapy
Photobiomodulation Therapy

I love what I do.  I love helping people and I thrive on seeing the improvement that natural medicine provides.  It not only changes their symptoms, it changes their mindset, it changes their lives and their way of interacting with the world.  I should know, I began my journey on a completely different path. 

Plagued with autoimmune issues in my early twenties, I embarked upon what I know now was a "conscious calling."  I have Graves' Disease, an autoimmune disease that leads to the generalized overactivity of the entire thyroid gland.  This condition was the first of several autoimmune disorders that gradually plagued me and the traditional medical doctors were discouraged about my declining health. 

Eight years ago, I found Dr. Karen Clickner and the light bulb was turned on.  She connected the dots as to why my thyroid was overactive and why my immune system was not performing.  Lymphatic drainage was a big piece to restore balance in my body. Years after being a patient,  I was given the opportunity to become a certified lymphatic drainage therapist.  I had worked as a drainage engineer intern in college and as a power systems engineer after graduating.  The theory and application I practiced as an electrical engineer translated beautifully to the human body.  

The lymphatic drainage method that I use is a European state of the art technique using machinery and energetically organic products to incorporate suction, light and color that work together to decongest the lymphatic system and the body fluids.  I believe, as traditional Chinese medicine does, that the body is not only matter but energy.  This technique is very gentle but highly effective.

I completed advanced training with the European company that developed this technology.  It is nothing like other methods of lymph drainage which can be helpful, but generally not lasting in their effects.  The lymphatic system is a leader of the immune force in your body.  Immunity does not guarantee perfect health, but it does offer increased resistance to illness while restoring balance and harmony to your body.   

It is my passion to share my knowledge and this therapy with everyone.
Let's create some space in your body where health can live and gradually spread throughout your body and your being.  Let's begin with getting things moving!

Cheryl Tremblay

Heart Sound Recorder Therapist and the Wonderful Voice on the Phone

I began as many people do, as a patient.  Actually a frustrated patient.  After being told by conventional medicine that all my tests were normal, I realized I would have to begin looking for possible causes of my issues on my own.  But then, I discovered a new clinic that had just opened right in my own town of Holden.  Conscious Body Natural Medicine and the practice of Dr. Karen Clickner.  The information, explanation and education that she provided me about my issues and my body changed everything and after working together for a few months, I could honestly say I felt so much better for the first time in a long time.

Then we started cooking together and my years of fascination with whole food cooking really began to create great discoveries that I shared with Karen and she with many of her patients.  She knew I was always curious, which was what made my career in Accounting and Analytics so successful.  But it was in the kitchen making my own buttermilk, experimenting with various ancient grains and creating delicious whole foods for my family that I felt successful. 

So it seemed only natural that when Dr. Clickner started investigating the resurgence of Heart Sound Recorder testing, that she ask me to bring my analytical knowledge to the table.  I began with getting testing done and experimenting with various protocols for heart rate regulation.  Then I began studying with Dr. Joseph Antell, the developer of the new computerized testing equipment and I have continued to study under him ever since.  Soon I began providing testing to patients and combining the results with my knowledge of whole food effects.  I've been hooked ever since! 

Now I get to really use all my knowledge and not just my degree in Accounting.  It has enabled me to expand the natural lifestyle of my family, raise chickens, garden, cook and explore every farmer's market and raw dairy within 100 miles.  My husband and three kids can attest to my attachment to my kitchen and my Heart Sound Recorder! 

Lisa Hoffmann, L.M.T., BCTMB, MLD-C

Comprehensive Myofascial Release Bodywork
Clinical Photobiomodulation Therapist
Certified Manual Lymphatic Drainage

I really believe that wellness is a journey. My personal journey began in August of 1999 when I left my successful inside sales job and began attending massage school in Chicago, IL. Many at that time thought it was a radical move, but I knew in my mind and heart it was the right thing to do and that it would change my life forever. It did and I have never looked back.

Being a bodyworker for over 20 years has given me an unique perspective on how amazing the human body is and what it is capable of doing. Everyday I learn something new and it enables me to continue to do what I love and that is to help people. Then some years ago, like many women, my hormonal health began to change and that led me to the team here at Conscious Body Natural Medicine. European Regulation Thermography had already been a part of my care plan for a number of years, but it was not until I saw Dr. Clickner that I came to really understand what it meant and what steps I needed to take to improve my overall health. I am so thankful I did.

Now I have brought my experience and my skills to Conscious Body as part of their therapy team. I am thrilled to be able to continue to help people on their wellness journey with European Regulation Thermography and Photobiomodulation (Cold Laser) Therapy. Cold Laser, like massage, provides a way to address pain and inflammation and it does so by its ability to harness light energy to facilitate change and ease in the body. Every day I am amazed at the incredible benefits and changes that my clients experience with such a simple therapy!

Decongestive Lymphatic Therapy has been one of the most important therapies we offer at Conscious Body.  I have learned so much about not just the use of Chromalight Therapy in mobilizing body detoxification, but all the amazing ways in which lymph determines our immunity and our overall body health.  With the numerous people experiencing lymphedema after surgery, poor lymph drainage after mastectomy and edema in the legs common in our sedentary society, I have now become certified in Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) at The Academy of Lymphatic Studies (ACLS), following the early work of Dr. Vodder and shown to be effective in the treatment of cellulite by the National Institutes of Health. 

Tanya Lewis

Conscious Eating: Our Emotional Relationship to Food

We have all been saying for years now that we would love to find an amazing holistic nutrition specialist to help all of us with eating!  Clients are asking us every day about food allergies, food intolerances, weight loss, food cravings, emotional eating and what to have for breakfast each day.  Now we have the answer!  Tanya Lewis brings her amazing enthusiasm, curiosity and compassion to Conscious Body with Holistic Nutrition and Wellness. With a degree in Psychology and her certification in Nutrition and Healthy Living from Cornell University, she has chosen our clinic to establish her practice helping all of us with our food choices and creating health through eating.

She has always been interested in healthy cooking and inventing healthy creative recipes for her husband and three sons, but expanded that into the growing of food by co-founding the Holden Community Garden. Now her goal is to encourage people to understand how to mindfully view the food they consume. Creating vitality, reducing health risks and avoiding serious illness are the goals of her practice. Her plan is to help our clients to plan their eating, their food shopping, their recipes and their lives while developing a love for delicious, healthy food.

The line for confessions starts here!

Wendy Prescott

Regulation Thermography Technician

Wendy is not only the most compassionate person you'll meet, she is also Dr. Clickner's sister. For many years, Wendy has worked in both medical and holistic settings in hospitals, offices and clinics. She managed a chiropractic and massage office, as well as an agency providing elder care. She is passionate about helping vulnerable populations, and has been a caregiver for the sick and the elderly. This experience is what has moved her to want to share the unique and important role Regulation Thermography plays in helping people understand the deeper, unresolved imbalances that drive illness as they age.

Practicing gratitude everyday while enjoying life and planning adventures is her way of maintaining a positive and optimistic outlook on life. She is a walking source of information about nature, music, art, film, travel, fun and food, so feel free to share your favorites with her!

We are so lucky to have her with us at Conscious Body to provide support, compassion, and to be a part of your journey to better health for everyone coming in for a Thermography screening.

Carol Valcourt

Patient Presence for Grief Integration

For years we have watched our patients suffer in silence with grief. We have watched it affect their bodies, their emotional health and their lives. It can be the greatest block to healing and the reason for symptoms that plague our efforts to resolve people’s conditions.

Carol Valcourt offers personal, unique help for those who are suffering with loss. All of us have lost jobs, lost beloved pets, lost relationships, lost homes, lost friends and loved ones …. we have all suffered with loss and lost our way. Carol brings compassion and a sympathetic ear to your pain and your grief which gives you not just support, but understanding.

She is a certified End of Life Doula, a certified Hospice Volunteer and is certified as a Grief Educator with David Kessler.  She offers private counseling  and programs for small groups and provides the End of Life Compassionate Companion program at Milford Regional Hospital. She is currently teaching at Bay Path evening school program and other institutions throughout the area.

“Grief witnessed is grief healed” … Let the healing begin.

Karon Merecki, BA hons Dip A H Hyp

Clinical Hypnotherapy

Karon Merecki has been a vital recommendation of our clinic for many years. Karon is the British-born founder and director of Serenity Hypnotherapy. She is the creator of Blindspot Charting a groundbreaking method for bringing unconscious, reactive patterns into conscious awareness, where they are processed and released. Her methods combine hypnotherapy and guided imagery with perceptive evaluation to free people from years of guilt, fear, pain, sorrow, anger and confusion. She has helped many patients of Conscious Body to thrive allowing healing to take place on every level.

Karon was a teacher for twenty years. She qualified in Advanced Holistic Hypnotherapy in the UK in 2006 and has been a therapist ever since. She has practiced in the UK, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Currently her practice extends around the world to patients in the comfort of their own homes through Skype and Facetime. She is 47 years old and lives with her partner in Andalucia in southern Spain. She has helped with unresolved grief, addictive behaviors, overwhelming emotions and deeply-rooted lifestyle habits that prevent change and all with the most soothing voice imaginable. She is a published author and provides so much more than hypnotherapy. If talk therapy has not provided lasting change for you then you will be amazed at the changes that are in store for you with Serenity Hypnotherapy.

Sahar Huneidi-Palmer

Certified Life Coach
Psychic Intuitive Therapy

If you have ever wanted to have someone that you can turn to for advice, support and direction particularly during life’s twists and turns, then Sahar is that person. She is one of the world’s most renowned intuitives and named as one of the 100 best psychic advisors in the world. She has developed programs, webinars, online tools and her P-S Magazine to bring all of us into the light and walk our paths with love, hope, joy and peace. She provides sessions that empower, intuitively guide and unravel the mystery of our life. She is a published author and columnist with a world-wide following.

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