BodyWise

Dr. Rachel graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, received her Medical Degree at the University of California San Francisco and a Masters Degree in Holistic Health and Medical Sciences from the University of California Berkeley. She practiced as a conventional family practice physician for seven years, prior to establishing an integrative medicine practice that allows her to focus on preventive and comprehensive care in more depth. At Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine, Dr. Rachel spends more time with her patients exploring the important connections between health and vitality, relationships, lifestyle choices, work, and environment. For all medical concerns she discusses potential avenues for treatment from both conventional and holistic medicine, from lifestyle change to herbal and supplement therapy to prescription medication. Her goal is always to assist her patients in healing from within, and to limit the number of supplements or medications that they need to take, while maintaining their optimal health.

Are you tired? Do you suffer from chronic pain-headaches, backaches, or pelvic discomfort? Do you experience depression or feel anxious? Do you have allergies, rashes or autoimmune issues? Have you lost your sex drive somewhere along the way? If you have one or more of these symptoms, you may be suffering from a condition that Rachel Carlton Abrams, M.D. calls Chronic Body Depletion. The condition can be related to weight gain, high blood pressure, exhaustion, and many other symptoms that leave the body run down. In BodyWise, Dr. Rachel shows us not only how to treat the symptoms that plague us, but offers strategies for optimum health and lifelong healing.

BodyWise teaches women to listen to the natural intelligence of their bodies so they can heal their symptoms and attain lasting health and well-being.