About the Doctor |
Dr.
Potthoff has been in private practice for 20 years in
California. She
has a varied background: starting first as a massage
therapist, she detoured into health education on the way
to getting degrees in both Chiropractic and Naturopathic
medicines.
She also currently teaches Assertiveness for Kaiser Permanente and has taught Stress Management there for the past 5 years. She draws from all of her past experiences when working with patients.
EDUCATION
B.A. Health Education – Portland State
University; minor in Public Health
D.C. Doctor
of Chiropractic – Western
States Chiropractic College
N.D. Doctor of Naturopathy – National
College of Naturopathic Medicine
CREDENTIALS
D.C. license – California 20,350
N.D. license – California 181
Previous licenses in Oregon (D.C.) and Connecticut (N.D.)
MEMBERSHIPS
AANP – American Association of Naturopathic Medicine
CNDA – California
Naturopathic Doctors Association
Contra Costa League of the San Francisco Symphony
Teleosis Institute
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
New D.C. of the Year 1992 – California Chiropractic Association
Secretary and Vice President – CNDA
Secretary – Sacramento Society - California Chiropractic
Association
I PERSONALLY ESPOUSE & PRACTICE:
- The Green Movement (I am a member of the Contra Costa County Green Business Program)
- The Sierra Club (I lead backpacking trips out of the SF Bay Area)
- Organic gardening & using Earthtainer "closed-loop" watering system
- Voluntary Simplicity (Simple Living Network)
- Prevention
- Solar and wind energy
- Rethinking Consumerism
- Recycling, Reusing, Refusing
- The Choice of Personal Happiness
- The Law of Attraction (i.e., The Secret and Abraham-Hicks)
- Taking personal responsibility for one's self and one's health
- The idea of self as part of a greater whole (Gaia, etc.)
- Life in a community
- Spirituality (Ammachi.org)
- Great appreciation for the Arts
- Outdoor adventures
OTHER INTERESTS
Backpacking, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, swimming, camping, yoga, cooking, singing, ushering for Arts performances (San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, and Lesher Arts Center), spiritual pursuits and a huge love, reverence and appreciation of NATURE.