Business Spotlight
ProNatural Physicians Group (formerly Kensington
Naturopathic Medical Center) Celebrates 10 Years Advertising with Natural Nutmeg
his business spotlight is our 2nd in a series recognizing local holistic practitioners and businesses that are celebrat- ing 10 years in 2017. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Ann Aresco, owner of ProNat- ural Physicians Group to discuss her inspiration and success.
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DH: Why did you want to start your own business vs. working for someone else?
AA: Naturopathic Doctors (ND) for the most part become
independent practitioners. Unlike medical doctors there are no positions in hospitals and big medical clinics for NDs to be employed. There are opportunities to work in some of the larger holistic practices but these are limited.
DH: What has been your biggest success and your biggest challenge in owning a business for 10 years?
AA: The biggest success and biggest challenge was creating a clinic like no other in Connecticut. As President of the Connecticut Naturopathic Physicians Association for a few years, I was in contact with many NDs practicing in CT. This gave me the opportunity to fi nd out the challenges and successes and learn from them. One of the big things I realized was that NDs working in the clinics with MDs didn’t seem to get the referrals you would expect. I believe
this was because, as with the general public, MDs are not familiar with Naturopathic Medicine and how we practice. They don’t recognize what we can do to help their patients have better health. We are a very underutilized specialty in the medical model.
DH: What plans do you have for the future?
AA: My plan is to keep adding practitioners to our integrated setting so that people can see practitioners who treat many modalities of medicine in one place.
DH: What are you most proud of that you’ve accomplished in the last 10 years?
AA: Creating a solution to health care for many patients who seek our medical practices. Working with those who appreciate that there are many answers to each patient’s health care dilemma.
DH: What advice would you have for practitioners/business owners about how to be successful in their industry?
AA: Educate the public. Write articles, do speaking engagements, network, network, network. Using a magazine like Natural Nutmeg is a good place to start. People reading the articles are interested in taking control of their own healthcare. This is the Naturopathic doctors demographic. I believe that Naturopathic Medicine is the profession that will integrate medicine. We know better than any single practice specialty how to integrate patients’ treatment protocols with other types of medicine.
Interview by Dr. Diane Hayden. Naturopathic physician, Dr. Ann Aresco, founded ProNatural Physicians Group, LLC in 2011 to ad- dress obstacles within the current alternative medicine environment. It is a practice of Naturopathic Doctors (N.D.’s) who work in coordi- nation with other medical practitioners including counselors, social workers, chiropractors, massage therapists, Nurse Practitioners, MD’s, DO’s who are likeminded with preventative medicine.
The practice is located in Berlin, CT, at 120 Webster Square Rd. For more information go to
www.ProNaturalPhysicians.com or call 860-829-0707. See ad on page 7.
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