Dr Amanda Guthrie ND RP practices with a patient-focused approach where listening to and understanding her patients are her top priorities. Always striving to treat the root cause of illness, she blends scientific research with holistic healing methods and maintains a strong focus on the mind-body connection. Dr Guthrie ND offers guidance in adopting a healthier lifestyle and prescribes natural therapies to both treat and prevent illness. The philosophy of her practice is based upon a dedication to help patients reach their optimal state of wellness one step at a time.
Dr Guthrie ND treats patients in a holistic way, focusing on the interactions between the physical body, mind, and emotions. Drawing on her background in the life sciences, she keeps current with modern medical research on natural therapies to ensure safe and effective treatment.
With additional training in Mind-Body Medicine from the Harvard Medical School and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Dr Guthrie ND emphasizes the importance of achieving mental and emotional health as well as physical health.
In addition to seeing patients at her clinic, she is a faculty member at The Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto, where she co-facilitates Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy groups for people with depression and anxiety disorders.
Dr Guthrie ND is also a past clinical and academic faculty member at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine where she provided supervision over-seeing the treatment of patients in the teaching clinic as well as teaching the psychology curriculum to the naturopathic medical students.
Dr Guthrie ND completed her pre-medical training at Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario) and Dundee University (Scotland), receiving a Bachelor of Science majoring in Biology. After working in the hospital setting, she decided to combine her love of nature with medicine and embarked on a career in Naturopathic Medicine. She obtained her designation as Naturopathic Doctor after four years of full-time study at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, and clinic internships at the Robert Schad Naturopathic Clinic and Anishnawbe Health Toronto.
After practicing naturopathic medicine for 9 years, Dr Guthrie ND advanced her clinical skills by also obtaining her designation as a Registered Psychotherapist, practicing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).
Dr Amanda Guthrie ND is certified by the North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners, and is a member of The College of Naturopaths of Ontario and The College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, and is currently practicing at the START Clinic in Toronto.
You can find out more about Dr Guthrie ND at wholehealthtoronto.com.