Past Experience
Dr. Brammer has been in private practice since graduating from Bastyr University (then called Bastyr College) in 1992. She has been teaching since 1995 and has been faculty at Bastyr University and at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona. She was chair of the Department of Botanical Medicine at Southwest College and been a speaker at national conferences on botanical medicine.
Current Roles
Dr. Brammer is currently balancing her roles as a physician in private practice, clinical faculty and Associate Clinical Dean for the Naturopathic Medicine program.
Classes Taught
Clinical Formulation and Applications of Botanical Medicine; supervising clinical rotations/shifts
Interests
Dr. Brammer enjoys teaching patients how to make lifestyle changes that help them regain and enhance their health. She utilizes an eclectic combination of medicine, nutrition, herbs, homeopathy and physical medicine as tools in her work.
Philosophy
Dr. Brammer believes that healing and teaching share some commonalities. Both require that the practitioner is able to see the potential inside of a human being and to assist them in developing or accessing that potential. In medicine, the potential is wellness. Wellness is not the same as being symptom free, she notes. Rather, it is a state of being in balance physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually that allows us to experience a sense of aliveness. In teaching, that potential is the ability to assimilate knowledge and gain skills that allow us to practice naturopathic medicine safely and effectively. In her role as a clinical supervisor, she utilizes consistency, communication, demonstration, and integration to create an atmosphere whereby students may develop their clinical skills. Becoming a physician requires an extensive body of knowledge, as well as great emotional maturity.
