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  • R&R Naturopathic Clinic
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    • What is Naturopathy?
    • Environmental Medicine
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I work with Nature, not against it.

About Dr. Maria-Luisa Gussak

I work with  Nature, not against it.  


As a Graduate of Bastyr University (class of 2020), my clinical interests includes decreasing unnecessary suffering cause by iatrogenicity, injury, chronic infection, trauma, and environmental toxicity by using a unique approach to each person.  I deeply honor old-age medicine and incorporate this with modern medical knowledge.  My primary role is to restore health and your body does the rest because it has an innate, healing intelligence that must be into account.  This Vitalistic philosophy is based on four assumptions:  

  1. The Universe is ordered and intelligent as is evident at the most minute levels of anatomy, physiology, chemistry and biology, and the order and intelligence we see in the body reflects the order we see in the universe.
  2. Health is the natural state of humanity, and illness is an adaptive response to disturbances in function.
  3. Correction of the disturbance should result in the return of the normal healthy state.
  4. Interventions should involve the least force necessary to accomplish this.


My goal is to maintain empathy as we walk shoulder-to-shoulder in our health journey.  I have learned that what works for most people, seemed to not work for me and I became jaded by the conventional medical care systems, especially after working in a conventional hospital for 5 years before becoming a Naturopath.  I vow to keep in mind your unique susceptibilities, treatment preferences, and health goals so that you may live long, well.  As a note to those who are interested, I run a hybrid electronic and paper medical charting practice to better appeal to all generations, abilities and liking.    


Outside of my private medical practice, I enjoy being in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest with my Husband, Jason, and our two German Shepards, Apollo & Amber.  I have served as a Board Member for the American Apitherapy Society and have a deep interest in sharing Bee Sting Therapy (aka Bee Venom Therapy) with others as it has helped my health tremendously.  


My passion goal is to open a Naturopathic Inpatient Center (like the former sanitoriums where people went to heal in the mountains with good food, sunshine, fresh air, and clean water 100 years ago).  This Rest & Restoration (get it... R&R...) Mountain Lodge/ Wilderness Resort Destination would provide public access to healthy living regimens such as sauna, hydrotherapy, infrared-light therapy, solariums, sleeping outdoors, bee beds and bee hive inhalations, Pilates & yoga, Qigong, medically supervised fasting, and a clean food cafeteria.  After all, 100% of our physiology is based on what we eat, drink, and breathe (Louise Edwards, ND, LAc). 


Some things other things you should know about me:

  • I tend to root for the underdog.  
  • I value medical freedom, medical autonomy, diplomacy, and tradition.  
  • I am Estonian-Ukrainian so you may detect some cultural differences, a slight accent, and a mix of fire-y passion with Nordic poise.  
  • I believe in the Socratic Method of learning with the assumption that you already have foundational knowledge innate to you and my job as a teacher is to bring it forth.  
  • I am service-oriented. That means I spend my free time in service and that I also believe that Medicine is a service industry.  Therefore, the patient experience is as important as the medical care.  
  • I believe in working with what you've got. 

What Conditions do you treat?

"I just treat people.  


My special interests are Iatrogenicity, Environmental Medicine &  Apitherapy."  

Dr. Gussak's Resume

Curriculum Vitae: Maria Luisa Gussak, ND

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Nature | Medicine | Philosophy

Certificates

The Intensive Bioethics Course, XXXVIII Kennedy Institute 2012 (pdf)Download
Klinghardt Academy 2019 (pdf)Download
Southeast School for Wilderness Medicine 2011 (pdf)Download
Constitutional Hydrotherapy in Clinical Practice 2019 (pdf)Download
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine 2020 (pdf)Download
Naturopathic Medicine Institute 2020 (pdf)Download
Functional Blood Chemistry 2019 (pdf)Download
Food Intolerance Method Certificate 2016 (pdf)Download

Associations & Memberships

Bee The Medicine.  Consultation for Bee Venom Therapy (aka Bee Sting Therapy).  Aitherapy Hive
Dr. Gussak, B.A Rutgers University, NJ Double Major in Philosophy and .Cell Biology & Neuroscience
Dr. Gussak is a Board Member o the American Apitherapy Society since 2020. Bee Venom
My interest in Natural Medicine started with my Wilderness EMT certification at Nantahala Outdoor

Philosophy quotes

The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

Thomas Edison

Every acute disease is the result of the cleansing and healing effort of Nature.

The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

Henry Lindlahr

Bacteria and parasites cannot cause disease processes unless they find their own peculiar morbid soil in which to grow and multiply.

The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

Bacteria and parasites cannot cause disease processes unless they find their own peculiar morbid soil in which to grow and multiply.

Henry Lindlahr

Poison is a matter of dosage.

Medicine is not a science it's an art that's informed by the science.

Bacteria and parasites cannot cause disease processes unless they find their own peculiar morbid soil in which to grow and multiply.

Paracelsus

Give me the power to create fever and I will cure all illnes

Medicine is not a science it's an art that's informed by the science.

Medicine is not a science it's an art that's informed by the science.

Parmenides (500 BC)

Medicine is not a science it's an art that's informed by the science.

Medicine is not a science it's an art that's informed by the science.

Medicine is not a science it's an art that's informed by the science.

Dr. Turska

One cannot cure a chronic illness. The best one can hope for is to return it to its acute phase; only then do you once again have the opportunity to cure it.

One cannot cure a chronic illness. The best one can hope for is to return it to its acute phase; only then do you once again have the opportunity to cure it.

One cannot cure a chronic illness. The best one can hope for is to return it to its acute phase; only then do you once again have the opportunity to cure it.

Hahnemann

A Physician must first be a philosopher.

One cannot cure a chronic illness. The best one can hope for is to return it to its acute phase; only then do you once again have the opportunity to cure it.

One cannot cure a chronic illness. The best one can hope for is to return it to its acute phase; only then do you once again have the opportunity to cure it.

Galen

The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must come from nature, with an open mind.

One cannot cure a chronic illness. The best one can hope for is to return it to its acute phase; only then do you once again have the opportunity to cure it.

The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must come from nature, with an open mind.

Paracelsus (1491 - 1541)

Our task is not to treat the disease, but the patient.

Those who do not find time every day for health must sacrifice a lot of time one day for illness.

The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must come from nature, with an open mind.

Vincent Preissnitz (1799 - 1851)

Those who do not find time every day for health must sacrifice a lot of time one day for illness.

Those who do not find time every day for health must sacrifice a lot of time one day for illness.

Those who do not find time every day for health must sacrifice a lot of time one day for illness.

Father Sebastian Kneipp (1821 - 1894)

Everything’s physical manifestation reflects it’s inner essence. - Doctrine of Signatures

Those who do not find time every day for health must sacrifice a lot of time one day for illness.

Those who do not find time every day for health must sacrifice a lot of time one day for illness.

Jakob Bohme (1575 – 1624)

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