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My Journey to Holistic Healing

Anna Vakil PhD LHP

Several years ago, my life was turned upside down by hormones-gone-crazy and I was recommended for major surgery.

Determined to avoid surgery, I looked to an old friend for assistance—homeopathy, which I was already familiar with since for more than 15 years I had been using it successfully to keep my children healthy.

Thanks to homeopathy, I was able to escape the knife. Later, when presented with the opportunity to start a second career, empowering others and helping them solve health problems while avoiding drugs and surgery was a natural choice.

Since then, I became board-certified in homeopathy and from 2013 I have been seeing clients in my own health and wellness practice. In 2016, I became a certified coach of the personalized nutrition program metabolic balance® so I could offer help to those clients who need to attain and keep a healthy body weight. Then in late 2024, I was in the first group of homeopathic practitioners to be granted a license by the state of Arizona.

Because of my own experience with hormonal imbalance, I have taken more than 15 endocrine-system continuing education courses from Karen Allen LHP, a leading homeopath and teacher specializing for many years in resolving endocrine, fertility and hormone problems using homeopathic medicines. While I continue to help clients with a broad range of health issues, this is now the main focus of my practice.

In my first career, I was an educator and researcher while working as a university professor of urban planning and public policy. Now, several years later, I use my teaching skills to walk alongside every client on their personal journey toward health. I also draw on the research and analytical skills I learned while completing a PhD at the University of Michigan to get at the root causes of health issues so we can identify lasting solutions, not just temporary fixes.

I am a past-President of the Accreditation Commission for Homeopathic Education in North America (ACHENA) and currently serve as an Advisor for that organization. I also taught the required research methods course for the Homeopathic Practitioner Program at the American Medical College of Homeopathy.

I love the challenge of solving the unique health puzzle of each and every client.

How can I help YOU?

My Education & Training
  • Homeopathic Practitioner (3-year intensive program), American Medical College of Homeopathy, 2015 (now part of PIHMA, the Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture), accredited by ACHENA, the Accreditation Commission for Homeopathic Education of North America

  • Certified metabolic balance® coach, metabolic balance® USA, 2016

  • Introduction to wellness coaching, Institute for Wellness Education, 2016

  • "Clinical Problem-solving", a 6-week online course from the University of California-San Francisco Medical School meeting continuing education requirements of the American Medical Association, Coursera, 2013

  • Interdisciplinary PhD in Urban, Technological and Environmental Planning
    University of Michigan, 1991

  • Master of Urban Planning, McGill University, (Montréal, Canada)

  • Bachelor of Arts (Hon) Psychology and Sociology, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)

 
Professional Affiliations
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