Yes, she does have a love for olives but naturopath Felicia Carpino sees a deeper meaning in naming her new business The Olive Grove Wellness Center, signifying love and nourishment in community.
Carpino is building a team of practitioners to join her in her new Stayner location, where the treatment rooms are painted in olive green and warm natural tones, creating a very relaxing atmosphere.
Carpino and her partner – who is also a naturopath working in Collingwood and Midland – moved to Wasaga Beach three years ago to see if they could make a go of it and are now putting down roots.
Carpino saw opportunity in Stayner because she knows of no other naturopath practicing there, and it is close to home.
Her practice focusses on women’s health and fertility, mostly hormonal health.
“That really covers a wide variety of things – anything to do with menstrual cycles, fertility, menopause, even stress,” said Carpino, adding that treatment can also cross into digestion and mental health.
The foundational treatment is diet and lifestyle counselling, combined with supplements, herbal and botanical medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture, depending on the preference of the client.
“No two treatment plans are the same, that’s the beauty of the profession,” said Carpino.
Carpino is also a doula, supporting people through the pre-natal period, the birth and postpartum care.
She says she also draws on past experience as a personal trainer and tutor to be an effective educator when it comes to healthy lifestyle and exercise, if that is something her clients are looking for.
Carpino’s vision for the clinic is to offer registered massage therapy and has confirmed that psychotherapist Sierra Hanham and medical aesthetician Ashely Tuersley will be offering services.
The goal, said Carpino, is to offer complementary body treatments like skin care including facials, micro needling, lymphatic drainage and reflexology.
She noted that practitioners have additional qualifications to practice the different modalities of treatment.
The Olive Grove Wellness Center, located at 238 Huron St., offers direct billing to most insurance companies and will have a dispensary for the products recommended by staff.
For more information about services or to book an appointment visit theolivegrovewellness.com or call 705- 358-3347. Carpino offers free 15-minute consultations.
Photo: Naturopathic doctor Felicia Carpino is surrounded by loved ones at the grand opening of The Olive Grove Wellness Center in Stayner on Feb. 8, when she is presented a certificate of congratulations by Deputy Mayor Paul Van Staveren and Councillor Marty Beelen. Carpino is joined by psychotherapist Sierra Hanham (in plaid jacket) and medical aesthetician Ashely Tuersley (far right).
