Monica Iker
Monica is a certified Clinical Herbalist offering individualized holistic health plans to support clients in addressing the root cause of their symptoms and health concerns. Using a trauma-informed and inclusive approach, Monica brings together herbal medicine, nutritional therapeutics, high quality supplements, lifestyle recommendations, and a client-empowered, collaborative process to aid clients in weaving a path towards optimal health and vitality. Monica works integratively by honoring both the tradition and modern science of healing. She blends an eclectic assessment model of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, and Western Energetics with knowledge of pathophysiology to provide recommendations. Monica’s practice centers on holistically supporting individuals experiencing physical and emotional pain, stress, fatigue, brain fog, and chronic illness.
Who should see Monica?
Areas of Speciality
- Stress, depression, anxiety
- Brain fog, cognitive dysfunction, concussion recovery
- Digestive issues such as IBS, GERD
- Acute and chronic physical pain including fibromyalgia
- Fatigue and thyroid concerns
- Toxic heavy metals, Lyme disease, Epstein Barr Virus, and mold exposure
- Immune system dysregulation including autoimmunity, MCAS, MCS
- Chronic illness and other complex conditions including Long-COVID
- Reproductive concerns
- Support through grief, loss and other life-changing events
- Support for marginalized populations: LGBTQIA2S+, BIPOC, immigrant
- Maintaining mind/body/spirit connection through natural medicine
What to Expect in a Session:
Monica begins each session with an in-depth assessment and holistic review of a client’s needs and goals. Assessment includes tongue and pulse diagnosis and questions about the experience of the client’s concerns, an overview of their diet, supplements, life patterns, any lab work provided, and info about other health practitioners so she can integrate her work with theirs. Monica provides written recommendations typically within 48 hrs after each session.
Recommendations can look like:
- herbal medicine in forms such as teas, tinctures, and powders
- nutritional therapy in specific foods that support healing
- guidance on supplements and sourcing
In addition, throughout your care, Monica explores life habits and patterns, offering suggestions on specific techniques, tools, and therapies that can support the healing process.
More about Monica:
With over 1500 hours of study, Monica completed her clinical training at the ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism in New York and advanced clinical training with Ember Peters (HANS), Stascha Stahl, and Vilde Chaya Fenster-Ehrlich. Monica is an Associate Member of the American Herbalists Guild (AHG) and a member of Herbalists Without Borders. She considers herself a forever student and continues to develop her practice to provide greater integrative support for her clients. In addition to her clinical trainings, she is grateful to continue to learn from and apprentice with several traditional healers. She is currently studying her own ancestral connection to Curanderismo (Central American traditional medicine) and is completing her 500 hour certification as a yoga teacher. Personally, she has been practicing dreamwork, breathwork, and meditation for the last 6 years and has been a student of Buddhist psychology for the last 20.
Outside the clinic, Monica has an interdisciplinary artist with a BFA Magna Cum Laude in Painting and Animation. She has worked in leadership positions within art, education, and justice centered organizations and movements. When she is not supporting clients, she teaches art for mental health and guides yoga classes.