Monica Iker

Mon’s clinical practice centers on holistically supporting individuals experiencing chronic illness, including physical and emotional pain, fatigue, and brain fog. She works from a trauma-informed lens, integrating herbal medicine, nutritional therapeutics, supplements, and lifestyle recommendations while honoring both the tradition and science of healing. Monica supports clients in identifying the root of disharmony and creating a path toward recovery and vitality.

Who should see Monica?
Areas of Speciality and Types of Conditions Treated

• Depression, anxiety
• Digestive issues and brain fog
• Reproductive ailments
• Fibromyalgia and chronic pain
• Mold illness/exposure and environmental sensitivities
• Toxic heavy metals
• Lyme disease and EBV
• Chronic illness and complex conditions

What to Expect in a Session:

Monica begins each session with an in-depth assessment, offering a holistic review of your needs and serving as a collaborative partner in your path to healing. In the treatment room, Monica works with herbal medicine in forms such as teas, tinctures, powders, and other preparations, alongside nutritional therapeutics to help identify and integrate foods that support healing. She also provides guidance on supplements, including recommendations and a review of what you may already be taking.

Throughout your care, Monica explores life habits and patterns, offering suggestions on specific techniques, tools, and therapies that can support your healing process. As an herbalist, Monica works with people rather than disease. While diagnoses can support her recommendations, they are not required to begin care. She focuses on identifying the root of “disharmony” and uses an eclectic approach to assessment and case analysis, referencing Tissue States (Western/Greco-Roman energetics), Ayurveda, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, alongside anatomy and physiology.

More about Monica:

Monica commits to being a welcoming space for BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ folx. My practice commits to accessibility by providing limited financial assistance to those who would otherwise be unable to afford to seek support.

She has completed over 1500 hours of study and clinical training over four years at ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism in New York. She is a certified Trauma-Informed Practitioner through the American Herbalists Guild (AHG). Her additional training includes Advanced Clinical Skills with Ember Peters (HANS), Stascha Stahl, and Vilde Chaya Fenster-Ehrlich. She is currently studying Curanderismo (Central American traditional medicine) with Atava Garcia-Swiecicki and Vero Metztlicoatl and integrates this tradition into her.