Cate Alber
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Cate is a clinical and community herbalist in the 9th ward of New Orleans, LA. Their goals as an herbalist are to find creative ways to make herbalism accessible, to offer quality herbal education to clients and community members, and to provide one-on-one professional herbal care to their community.
Cate has worked with herbs for 16 years through formal training and self study, and has practiced clinically for 6 years. In 2013 they studied aromatherapy with Cheryl Hoard in St. Louis. Three years later, Cate completed a holistic herbalism program at the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine in Asheville. In 2018 they graduated from the clinical herbalism program at the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism.
About Clinical Herbalism
We lose agency over our health we’re not given the chance to have in-depth conversations with our practitioners. You are the expert on what happens in your body. Through thoughtful listening and questioning, an herbalist is better able to understand and address the client’s heath goals and matchmake them with appropriate, well-backed, and personalized herbal recommendations.
I don’t have all the answers and will let you know if something is beyond my scope. I don’t believe in magic bullets or one-size-fits-all remedies, and I don’t think herbalism should stand alone. Herbalism is stronger within a wider care framework (of your choosing) which could include conventional medicine, community care, joyful eating, massage, energy work, medication, mental health care, and so on.
You’re in charge. I’m here to help open the way.
