The Naturopathic experience

This article perfectly describes both what it is like for patients to visit a Naturopathic Doctor AND how Naturopathic Doctors are trained. These ladies went to the Bastyr Clinic in San Diego, but every Naturopathic medical school in the US has teaching clinics like this where naturopathic medical students learn how to see patients, with oversight from their supervising doctors. Training clinics are a great way to provide care to people who might not otherwise have access to Naturopathic medicine as well as give students a place to learn and grow. All Naturopathic medical students must have and document hundreds of patient contacts and documentation of all important medical procedures supervised and approved by your attending physicians over and over and over before you graduate.

See the article from Edible San Diego: What Is a Visit To a Naturopathic Doctor Like?

"It certainly helped make me feel more comfortable and confident in the process, like the practitioners were really trying to get to know me and my specific health needs. "