Heal All
Consulting
Improving LGBTQ2SIA+ inclusion for health & wellness providers
You became a health & wellness provider because you wanted to help people.
But you’re worried that the education you got in school wasn’t enough to prepare you to work with LGBTQ2SIA+ clients – and you’re worried about doing harm.
We have heard this from many well-intentioned practitioners just like you.
You worry about accidentally saying the wrong thing and offending someone.
You worry about why you don’t seem to see many LGBTQ2SIA+ clients in practice.
You worry that you don’t understand all the letters in that long acronym.
We never saw ourselves and our communities represented in school.
That’s why we want to offer you the training and support we never got.
We’re not here to judge you for not knowing these things, or for making mistakes in the past. We’re here to offer you what we have learned in years of combined research, clinical, and lived experience.
Our goal at Heal All is to help wellness practitioners build inclusive and affirming practices.
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We focus on gender, sexuality, and relationships, including inclusiveness to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, intersex, and asexual communities, as well as polyamorous, adoptive, foster, single-parent, and other types of family constellations, and sex workers. We promote body positivity/neutrality, sex positivity, and harm reduction approaches, and always challenge discrimination based on seropositivity.
Because of the intersections of all marginalized identities, we also incorporate principles of anti-oppression on the basis of age, race, ability, body size, indigeneity, religion, socioeconomic status, immigration status, and housing security.
Not sure how well you’ve implemented what you know about LGBTQ2SIA+ inclusion in your practice? Use this quick practice audit to find out!
Our services
Foundations
Foundations of LGBTQ+ Wellness Course
Our brand-new foundational courses for naturopathic doctors and other wellness professionals to help you challenge your bias, understand why LGBTQ2SIA+ responsive healthcare is so needed, and build a more inclusive practice.
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Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Neutralizing Clinical Language Course & Workshop
Learn the technique that will help you remove bias, make your clients feel heard, and get excellent clinical assessments with ease. Learn and practice how to apply non-judgemental, non-gendered language in clinical settings to make inclusive intakes second-nature. Course completion is a prerequisite for the workshop.
Trans Primary Care for NDs Course
The definitive online course for naturopathic doctors who wish to support transgender clients with gender affirming care. Covers pharmacology and adjunctive naturopathic care.
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Safer Spaces & Equitable Systems
Messaging Packages
Ensure that your forms, website, and social media are attracting LGBTQ2SIA+ clients, rather than pushing them away.
Above and Beyond
Clinician Consults
Discuss a specific case or theme from your clinical practice with one of us. From LGBTQ2SIA+ health and inclusion, to kink, polyamory, and sexual health, to seropositivity and harm reduction, we’re here to support you.
Curriculum Services
For naturopathic and chiropractic colleges, nutrition, dietetics, osteopathy, and other holistic wellness programs looking to improve their curricula for more diverse students and clients.
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Contact us
About us
Heal All Consulting was born out of personal experiences of stigma and discrimination in healthcare environments and a shared passion for increasing LGBTQ2SIA+ inclusivity in health & wellness circles (and naturopathic medicine more specifically). Formally founded in 2021 by Dr. Arlie Millyard ND and Dr. Cyndi Gilbert ND (inactive), our story actually begins a few years before that.
Before we had ever met, Arlie (she/her) had heard of Cyndi (she/they) and decided we needed to be friends. Arlie was still a student at CCNM at the time, so one day when Cyndi was working on campus in her faculty role, Arlie tracked them down. We agreed to meet for bagels at Lox + Schmear (our favourite queer-owned bagel shop), and we’ve been friends ever since! We ended up co-writing our popular “Neutralizing Clinical Language handout”, plus two articles that were published in the CAND Journal, and eventually decided to formalize our work together into Heal All Consulting - where our courses, clinician consults, inclusive marketing consultations, and workshops could live under one roof - so that naturopathic doctors and wellness practitioners have a single, reliable place to go to learn about how to provide the best care for LGBTQ2SIA+ clients.
In Dec 2023, Cyndi’s work life came full circle, blending her love of naturopathic medicine, her commitment to anti-oppression and reconciliation work, and her first career in nonprofit leadership. Appointed as the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors, Cyndi divested from their involvement in Heal All Consulting and any financial gains thereof. Cyndi remains as a Heal All facilitator/instructor for any online courses already launched.
Heal All Consulting remains the hub as it was originally intended - a space to help wellness practitioners feel confident and excited about working with LGBTQ2SIA+ clients and other marginalized populations. We’re as committed as always to making holistic healthcare more welcoming, accessible, and safer for underserved groups.
Resources
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Understanding LGBTQ2SIA+ and Healthcare
Two Eyed Seeing Podcast with Dr. Sarah Connors, ND and Dr. Cyndi Gilbert, ND.
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Alphabet Soup for Y'all
That Naturopathic Podcast with Dr. Dave and Dr. Kara, and Dr. Cyndi Gilbert, ND.
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Navigating Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation With Your Kids
Perimenopausal Mamas Podcast with Dr. Toni Reid, ND and Dr. Cyndi Gilbert, ND.
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How to be More Inclusive in your Healthcare Practice and Daily Life
The Well Conversation with Dr. Christine Chung, ND, Dr. Maille Devlin, ND, and Dr. Arlie Millyard, ND.
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Improving Diversity and Inclusiveness for Naturopathic Medicine
The ND Will See You Now with Anna-Liza Badaloo and Dr. Arlie Millyard, ND.
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5 Things To Consider for an LGBTQ2SIA+ Friendly Practice.
The Pulse Feature Article by Dr. Arlie Millyard, ND
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Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth in Naturopathic Practice
CANDJ Article by Dr. Arlie Millyard, ND, and Dr. Cyndi Gilbert, ND
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Putting Risk Factors in Context: an Anti-Oppression Approach
CANDJ Article by Dr. Cyndi Gilbert, ND, and Dr. Arlie Millyard, ND
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Working with Underserved Communities
The Pulse Feature Article by Dr. Cyndi Gilbert, ND