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Abstract Specifications 1) Contact Information Name: Dr. Louisa L. Williams Degrees: MS, DC, ND Name as it should appear published: Dr. Louisa L. Willliams Company: Marin Naturopathic Medicine AANP Membership: Yes Office Address: Marin Naturopathic Medicine 2144 Fourth Street, Suite B San Rafael, CA 94901 Day Time Phone: (home is best) (415) 785-4014 Fax Number: (415) 785-7964 Email Address: [email protected] 2) This abstract is being submitted for an Oral Presentation. I would like 90 minutes but would certainly appreciate 60 minutes if the schedule only allows for that time period. 3) Considered for the Clinical Practice Track 4) Title: Are You Missing the “Dominant Focus” in Your Patients’ Health Care? 5) Abstract: By definition, naturopathic physicians endeavor to treat the cause of disease – not the symptoms. However, despite our well-intentioned efforts, many of us are inadvertently guilty of rendering a more non-curative symptom-relief form of therapy when we are unaware of the presence of “dominant foci” in our patients. A dominant focus is an area of chronic disturbance that frequently goes undiagnosed because it typically causes no obvious localized symptoms. The most common dominant foci are the teeth, tonsils and scars. What makes foci so particularly insidious and difficult to detect is that although they are usually asymptomatic locally, they can cause pain and dysfunction in other seemingly unrelated areas of the body – often quite distal from the focal site. In this session, ND’s will learn how to detect potential foci from their patients’ history (the significance of “onset” and the “ipsilateral rule”), and appropriate laboratory and x-ray findings. They will further be introduced to effective treatments including “neural therapy without needles” utilizing isopathic and plant stem cell remedy drops and laser, as well as how and when to refer out to a biological dentist when extraction and cavitation of an intractable dental focus becomes clinically apparent. After attending this session, naturopathic physicians and students will be more knowledgeable about this little-known field of holistic medicine, and be able to recognize the signs and symptoms that indicate a potential focus. Further, they will be introduced to effective therapies and additionally learn how to communicate with and refer out to biological dentists when it is appropriate.

6) Biographical Sketch Louisa Williams initially studied psychology at the University of Texas in her hometown of Austin, as well as at Stephens College where she made the Dean's List. After graduating with a Bachelor's from UT, and later with a Master's degree from Purdue University, she worked for West Oaks psychiatric hospital and the World of Work in Houston, helping learning disabled young adults socially and vocationally. She also worked in private practice counseling clients. It was at Purdue that Dr. Williams first became interested in the field of holistic medicine while receiving treatment by a chiropractic physician specializing in Applied Kinesiology (AK). After working with other kinesiologists, she enrolled at Texas Chiropractic College where she graduated cum laude in 1984. She then moved to the Northwest where she established the Seattle Health Clinic, specializing in environmental medicine and detoxification. A few years later, after consistently recognizing the value of constitutional homeopathy, Dr. Williams attended Bastyr University and graduated in 1990 as a naturopathic physician. Throughout her years in practice, Dr. Williams has extensively researched and practiced numerous diagnostic and therapeutic testing methods, including Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT), Directional Non-Force Technique (DNFT), Toftness, Auriculomedicine, Applied Kinesiology (AK) and Clinical Kinesiology (CK). In 1993, she and Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD, co-developed a new muscle testing technique known as Neural Kinesiology (NK). Klinghardt and Williams taught that kinesiology directly measures the state of health of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) through various diagnostic assessments including the blocked regulation test (Beardall/Klinghardt/Williams), the ischemic therapy localization test (Klinghardt/Goodheart) and the initial patient presentation of sympathicotonia or parasympathicotonia (Klinghardt/Williams). NK testing centers on diagnosing and treating the seven most common factors that block healthy regulation (normal functioning or homeostasis), including dominant foci (dental and tonsil focal infections and scar interference fields), toxic metals and chemicals (amalgam fillings, nickel-gold crowns, petroleum-laden shampoos and soaps, etc.), major food allergies (primarily wheat and dairy), and viscerosomatic psychological issues (chronic emotionally-based organ-structural contraction patterns). Doctors' Klinghardt and Williams also specialized in teaching neural therapy - the treatment of chronic focal infections and scars, their disturbed fields and neighboring autonomic nerve ganglia, with and without needles. Dr. Williams taught the NK method for many years in the US, as well as abroad in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. However, in 1998, after several years of clinical research, she introduced a new diagnostic testing termed Matrix Reflex Testing, or MRT. MRT measures the state of the connective tissue, or matrix tissue, in the body, and is an even more sensitive diagnostic tool than kinesiology for determining the most effective therapeutic interventions in patients. In addition to the aforementioned diagnostic assessments measured in NK, MRT also includes testing for the need for drainage remedies (from Belgium), auriculotherapy (from France) and constitutional homeopathy (from India). In regard to the latter, Dr. Williams first became aware of Dr. Rajan Sankaran's incredible method for determining a patient's deepest constitutional homeopathic remedy when it became a complete and viable system in 2003. She has been intensively studying this truly miraculous new "Sankaran System" in depth ever since, and now uses it extensively in her practice. Radical Medicine, published in 2007, is the first book that Dr. Williams has written, but not the first publication. In her career she has authored over twenty teaching manuals, as well as several research articles published in both English and German. She serves on the board of the International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine (IABDM), and is a member of the

International Academy of Applied Kinesiology (ICAK), and both the American and California Associations of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP, CAND). Currently she practices in Marin County, California.