Dr. Marie Starling, DC, DCCN
Chiropractic Internist/Functional Medicine
As a Denver allergy clinic specializing in multiple areas, The Healing Center offers exceptional care to patients in need of nutritional therapy, chiropractic care, functional medicine, allergy elimination, and more.
Biography
Dr. Marie Starling has practiced as a holistic chiropractor for over 15 years. Utilizing cutting edge protocols and testing, she is able to get to the heart of structural problems and illness. As a specialist in functional medicine, allergy elimination, rehabilitative chiropractic, and clinical nutrition, she is well equipped to address the most challenging of cases and is a main asset to our Denver allergy clinic. As well, she is a dynamic speaker who cares passionately about sharing how to create vitality and wellness and maintain it effortlessly.
Specialties
- Neurochemistry Fellowship – Pending, 150 hours
- Functional Medicine – Natural Treatment of Internal Disorders/ Adjunctive Autoimmune Care: Functional assessment of thyroid imbalances, gastrointestinal problems, blood sugar disorders, hormone imbalances, infertility, autoimmune conditions and other dysfunctions of the body utilizing blood work, saliva, and stool panels.
- Allergy Elimination – N.A.E.T./ BioSet allergy elimination is a permanent, noninvasive allergy elimination technique using chiropractic medicine, acupressure, and applied kinesiology. Dr. Starling has modified and expanded the technique founded by Dr. Namburipad to include many additional disease pathways.
- Clinical Nutrition – Assessment and correction of nutritional deficiencies and imbalances.
- Pediatric Care – Adjustment and allergy elimination techniques in children.
Education
- Functional Endocrinology Seminars – Over 100 postgraduate hours training with Dr. Datis Kharrazian in advanced functional endocrinology including advanced blood chemistry analysis, neurological diagnosis, and functional autoimmune assessment.
- N.A.E.T. Allergy Elimination Certification
- Cleveland Chiropractic College – Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine
- Bachelor of Science Human Biology
Professional Affiliations
- Colorado Chiropractic Association, CCA
- Colorado Women’s Chiropractic Association, CWCA – Former Vice President and founding member
- Diplomate of the College of Clinical Nutrition, DCCN
Danielle Guempel – Office Manager
Danielle was a perfect fit for the office manager position, coming from a preventative medical clinic in St. Louis, MO. She managed the office for over 3 years, where she learned a lot about prevention through diet and lifestyle. So motivated to make a change to our Standard American Diet, Danielle recently moved to Denver to attend Nutrition Therapy Institute. She is passionate about helping people on their quest for better health and we feel lucky to have her at The Healing Center as of January 2013.
Fun facts about Danielle is she played soccer for over 20 years finishing her career overseas in Iceland where she played professionally. Her college team was recently inducted into the Saint Louis University Hall of Fame for holding the best record and for being the first team ever in SLU’s history to make it to the NCAA tournament. Now that her soccer career has ended she mostly enjoys hiking, studying and yoga in her free time.
Christi Mintz-Lasher – Metabolic Coordinator
The turning point for Christi was when her youngest daughter became very ill from several food allergies. From that day forward whole foods nutrition became a large part of her life. She attended Nutrition Therapy Institute to increase her knowledge of healing through nutrition and to continue to give her family the best nourishment possible. Christi completed the Master Nutrition Therapist program and graduated in June of 2012. She was thrilled to accept the opportunity to join The Healing Center as the Metabolic Coordinator. Previously Christi attended the University of Colorado Denver and obtained her Bachelors degree. She has over 15 years of business and financial experience in different industries ranging from construction to investment banking. In her free time Christi enjoys exercising, cycling, golfing, skiing, traveling the world, and camping with her family and friends.
LuCinda Miller – Chiropractic Assistant
In October 2010, LuCinda was pleased to join The Healing Center team after experiencing the uniqueness and quality of care provided by Dr. Starling. As a result of her own treatment and lifestyle changes, she has become passionate about nutrition and is now registered in the Master Nutrition Therapist program at the Nutrition Therapy Institute in Denver. Prior to that, LuCinda has had the pleasure of staying home to raise her two young children. She has been involved in tutoring science classes for high school and college students through The Challenge Foundation for the past 8 years. When not working, studying, and managing the schedules of two active children and a husband, she enjoys road biking, cooking, reading, and spending time with her family and friends.
Patty McMurray – Massage Therapist
With over 20 years of experience as a Massage Therapist, Patty not only brings a wealth of knowledge of technique to the body, but a caring and sensitive touch as well. While specializing in Deep Soft Tissue Therapy, she is also trained in Swedish Massage and NeuroMuscular/Trigger Point Therapy. Becoming a Massage Therapist was a natural transition for her, following a previous background in Occupational Therapy. Patty enjoys being outside hiking and biking, and spending time with her husband and two teenage daughters when she is not busy with her massage practice.
Larry Amos – RMT, NMT, CT
Lawrence Amos is a Registered Massage Therapist in CO and Certified in the state of Virginia. He specializes in Neuromuscular Therapy and Active Isolated Stretching. Starting out thirty years ago as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), he went on to study Reflexology, Massage Therapy, and Colon Therapy, finally specializing in Neuromuscular Therapy and Active Isolated Stretching. His massage instruction officially began in 1995 at Health Options Institute in North Hampton, Pa, then continued at the Florida College of Natural Health in Oveido, Fl. He has taught numerous classes at the Virginia School of Massage in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is now teaching at the Denver Integrative Massage School. He has been fortunate in life to have befriended several Traditional Native American Healers who have helped him along his spiritual path as well as open his eyes to the many paths of healing. He loves to wildcraft medicinal herbs and dabble in raw vegan cuisine.
Scott Richardson – MS, LAc
Having studied in San Diego, China, and Taiwan, Scott has had the opportunity to learn from some of the top acupuncturists in the world. He honed those skills while working on cruise ships for 2 years, where he had a very short time to achieve results with his treatments. With most cruises being 7-12 days, if the patient wasn’t seeing results before they left, they weren’t satisfied. Thanks to his superior training, Scott was consistently one of the top over 100 acupuncturists working on cruise ships world wide. He treated royalty, professional athletes, elite business professionals, and even the ship’s captain, some of whom still see him here in Denver. As an Ironman Triathlete, Scott has a unique insight into the needs of athletes and active people. Whether someone is a professional athlete with a very specific exercise regime or a weekend warrior, acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a great way to keep their body in balance and in the healthiest condition possible. One of the main reasons Scott chose to move to Denver was because of its reputation for healthy, active communities.
Sariel Beckenstein – Relationship Architect
Sariel is a certified coach practitioner who specializes in relationships. His passions have always been writing, performing, and helping others achieve their goals in life. Sariel’s desire to transmit what he knows stems primarily from his study of: Rubenfeld Synergy, a convergence of Alexander and Feldenkrais techniques and Gestalt therapy, with Ilana Rubenfeld; Imago therapy: Relationship coaching with Katherine Cunningham; Return to self with Cena Russell. Sariel has also taken several courses at Landmark Education; Curriculum for Living, Communication Access to Power, The Wisdom Course, Team Management, and Leadership Program. Sariel is a certified Law of Attraction trainer and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) practitioner. Born in Israel, lived there until the age of 25 when he moved to London to complete his studies in Business Management. Upon his completion, he moved to South Africa where he spent 5 years in Cape Town and Johannesburg. In 1985, he moved to the USA and resided in NYC for 26 years. He recently relocated to Denver where he lives with his husband of 16 years.
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