At Holistic Health Counseling and Education...
It is our goal to make sure you feel your best and stay that way. You can count on our many years of experience, our highly trained team of wellness professionals, and exquisite professional service with personalized care.
Dr. Alfred A. Costanza, Ph.D., CTN, C.P.T., CN
Education:
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
East/West Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine
American Health Science University
Polarity Realization Institute
NorthShore Community College
Accomplishments: Holistic Health Counseling and Education - Lifestyle Medicine consulting practice founded in Wakefield, MA. Est. in 1992 to present.
Dr. Alfred A. Costanza, Ph.D., CTN, C.P.T., CN
Education:
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
East/West Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine
American Health Science University
Polarity Realization Institute
NorthShore Community College
Accomplishments: Holistic Health Counseling and Education - Lifestyle Medicine consulting practice founded in Wakefield, MA. Est. in 1992 to present.
- Certified Naturopath with the American Naturopathic Medical Certification and Accreditation Board - 1997
- Founder and President of New England Integrative Medicine Collaborative - An educational networking organization for the promotion and recognition of alternative and complimentary healthcare clinicians. www.NEIMC.org
- Approved to testify as a "Medical Expert" in the federal district court for Massachusetts
- FirstLine Therapy Certified Healthcare Provider Patented therapeutic life-style program utilizing Therapeutic Life-style Changes (TLC) principles, a program developed at the National Institute of Health.
- Boston North Nutrition Round Table, an educational program for doctors. Created Keynote presentation; Doing It Right: How to properly interpret symptomatology through individualized evaluations for better patient outcome. Summer of 2008
- Northeast Health Systems, Inc. , Addison Gilbert, Beverly Hospital, Hunt Center Danvers - Dept. of Integrative Medicine, under the auspices of medical director Stephanie Stevens, M.D. , 1998-2000, Women's Health and Holistic Health Services, director Candace Waldron 1999 to 2001.
- Powerpoint and Keynote presentations for New England hospitals, colleges, public and private schools and institutions.
Julia Broding, B.A., M.S.
Office Manager, Herbalist, Reiki practitioner, and Assistant to Dr. Al
Julia graduated from UMass Amherst in 2015 with a BA in Pyschology and from Northeastern University in 2019 with a MS degree in Educational Psychology. Since her passion has always been for natural healing methods, she pursued an an online certification in clinical herbalism and received her Reiki Master and Reiki Master Teacher certifications in 2021. She also is the co-owner of an online store Gaia's Gifts Online that sells healing crystals charged with Reiki, essential oil blends, and other products intended help people on their personal healing journeys. She is currently booking new Reiki clients and offering initial sessions at an extremely discounted rate, so please contact the office if interested in booking an appointment!
Office Manager, Herbalist, Reiki practitioner, and Assistant to Dr. Al
Julia graduated from UMass Amherst in 2015 with a BA in Pyschology and from Northeastern University in 2019 with a MS degree in Educational Psychology. Since her passion has always been for natural healing methods, she pursued an an online certification in clinical herbalism and received her Reiki Master and Reiki Master Teacher certifications in 2021. She also is the co-owner of an online store Gaia's Gifts Online that sells healing crystals charged with Reiki, essential oil blends, and other products intended help people on their personal healing journeys. She is currently booking new Reiki clients and offering initial sessions at an extremely discounted rate, so please contact the office if interested in booking an appointment!
Stephanieleigh Tedesco
Stephanieleigh is the latest addition to our team and works closely with Julia and myself in training. She has a strong belief and passion for holistic modalities. She also went to School for massage therapy and has worked for a Biomedicine company. Stephanieleigh, for many years has had an interest in holistic medicine and due to personal experiences she understands the power, importance and value of living a lifestyle in accordance with nature. One of her main goals is to become more informed and educated in order to help other and to lead by example.
Stephanieleigh is the latest addition to our team and works closely with Julia and myself in training. She has a strong belief and passion for holistic modalities. She also went to School for massage therapy and has worked for a Biomedicine company. Stephanieleigh, for many years has had an interest in holistic medicine and due to personal experiences she understands the power, importance and value of living a lifestyle in accordance with nature. One of her main goals is to become more informed and educated in order to help other and to lead by example.
Janice Williams
Janice Williams is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana with a B.S. in Psychology. She worked in the mental health field, in private group homes with emotionally disturbed adolescents as a Direct Support Professional. In 2015 she received certification as a Nutritional Therapy Consultant from the Nutritional Therapy Association in Olympia, WA.
Marie DeTomasi
Marie DeTomasi, RN for the past 16 years, assistant Dr. Al and is a Reiki Master and recently got her teaching certificate and is currently studying at Functional Medicine University. Marie is a graduate of Bunker Hill and Curry College.
Julia Broding was former assistant to Dr. Al. Presently a Ph.D. candidate with a passion for herbology. Julia, is now focusing on multimedia marketing in promoting Dr. Al's custom formulas.