Frequently Asked Questions

Description textHeadwaters Clinic is currently licensed in Pennsylvania, and at this time we offer telemedicine services only.

For Pennsylvania residents, we function as a full-service primary care provider — so if you are simply looking for a thoughtful, integrative primary care home, you are welcome here regardless of your specific health concerns.

That said, we have particular expertise in hormonal health and women's health, and we especially love caring for patients navigating hormonal dysregulation at any stage of life. This includes adolescent girls who are just beginning their menstrual cycles and want knowledgeable, supportive guidance from the start; women experiencing persistent or irregular cycle issues; and those moving through perimenopause and menopause. If hormones feel like a mystery — or a source of ongoing frustration — this is a place designed with you in mind.

One thing that sets us apart is that we hold hour-long appointments. If you've ever left a doctor's office feeling rushed or unheard, that experience is very different here. We take the time to understand your full picture — your history, your lifestyle, your goals — and build a care plan that is genuinely personal to you. If that kind of unhurried, whole-person attention is what you've been looking for, Headwaters Clinic may be exactly the right fit. goes here

My Catholic Doctor is the platform we use to handle our administrative needs — things like scheduling, billing, credentialing, and electronic health records. It allows us to remain intentionally small and focused on patient care rather than building out a large administrative infrastructure.

That said, we chose My Catholic Doctor not just for its practical benefits, but because it allows us to practice medicine consistently with our values. You do not need to be Catholic, or hold any religious beliefs at all, to receive care at Headwaters Clinic — all are welcome.

Our values are centered on human dignity and working with the body rather than against it. We believe the body has an innate capacity to function well, and our goal is always to identify root causes and restore that natural function. This means we avoid approaches that suppress or override the body's natural processes — for example, we do not prescribe hormonal contraception, as we view it as working against the body's hormonal function rather than supporting it. Where other providers might reach for interventions that mask symptoms or inhibit normal physiology, we look for ways to understand why the body isn't functioning optimally and help it heal.

Integrative primary care is standard, evidence-based medicine — think annual physicals, chronic disease management, acute illness, lab work, and referrals — combined with a broader lens on what actually makes people healthy. Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, we look at the whole person: nutrition, lifestyle, stress, environment, mental well-being, spiritual wellness, and hormonal balance are all part of the picture.

You might also hear this described as "slow medicine." Where conventional care can feel transactional and rushed, integrative primary care takes time to ask deeper questions — not just what is wrong, but why. Our goal is always to uncover root causes rather than simply manage symptoms.

In practice, this means you get the full scope of a primary care provider — someone who can order labs, treat illness, manage medications, and coordinate your care — while also having a clinician who is genuinely curious about your life and invested in your long-term health. It's the kind of care that used to be the norm, before medicine became so fragmented and fast.