Staff: Dr Mullen

Dr. Elissa Mullen

Dr. Elissa Mullen practices general adult medicine and specializes in chronic disease weight loss, bio-identical hormones and natural solutions to aging. Dr. Mullen is the developer of Seattle Wellness Programs, practices primary Adult care with an emphasis on wellness and endocrine disorders. Elissa also has been the director and coordinator of hCG Diet Centers in Washington and California where she has worked with over 1,000 successful weight loss individuals. Elissa also has a specialty in LDN (www.LDNers.org) for MS, Fibromyalgia , Ulcerative colitis, autoimmune disorders plus more. She is a Naturopathic Physician from Bastyr University having served on the Board of Trustees, Honor Board and President of the Health Psychology Program. Dr. Mullen’s Health Psychology thesis was on Response Shift looking at how individuals utilize change. She has worked in breast cancer research at the Fred Hutchinson Research Facility. She also has a special teaching interest in Biochemistry and the Metabolism of glucose, fatty acid synthesis, utilization and the hCG mechanism. She is very excited to be part of the hCG diet Program, which offers hope of not only weight loss, but weight maintenance and ongoing good health. Dr. Mullen's training as a Naturopathic Physician gives her a broad scope of understanding, diagnostic skills and treatments in her areas of expertise.

Naturopathic Medicine is a branch of healing that combines centuries of old natural therapies with the current understanding of health and human systems. It encompasses all aspects of family health from prenatal to geriatric care, and emphasizes prevention and self-care. Naturopathic Doctors (NDs) embrace six major philosophies, the three that best summarize the foundation of the profession are Vis Medicatrix Naturae (healing power of nature), Primum Nocere (first do no harm) and Tolle Causum (remove the cause of disease). This refers to their belief of using the healing power of nature and the least invasive methods to treat the cause rather than just symptoms of disease. Naturopathic Medicine focuses on supporting the body’s innate ability to heal itself with supplementation of herbs, diet and nutrition, hydrotherapy, homeopathy and lifestyle management.