Shauna K. Young, PhD, CTN, CBS, OSJ
Dr. Shauna K. Young is the owner & operator of the Assertive Wellness Center of Durango, Colorado, which first opened its doors in 2001. Since its humble beginnings, her center has now had the distinct pleasure of seeing thousand clients who have had the confidence to travel from every U.S. State and even from several foreign countries, based almost exclusively on referrals from other healthcare practitioners and clients who have been pleased with the consultation, products and help.
Shauna completed her initial education and obtained her degree as a Naturopath under a regimented correspondence curriculum through the Herbal Healer Academy, a school duly certified by the American Naturopathic Medical Association. Since 2001, she has been practicing as a Traditional Naturopath within the disciplines of her continuing certification with the American Naturopathic Certification Board, and as a Certified Biofeedback Specialist (CBS) with the Natural Therapies Certification Board.
In 2005, after four years of clinical observations and experience, Shauna began specific research regarding her theorized negative effects of excess and stored manganese on the human neurological and sensory input systems and its possible symptomatic connections to Autism and other neurological, learning and behavioral disorders in both children and adults. The unique success of this clinical research, originally referred to as “The Popeye Protocol” and currently as the “Spectrum Balance® Protocol”, led to her receiving speaking engagements and Distinguished Awards of Excellence in both 2006 and 2007 from the internationally-recognized Global Foundation of Integrative Medicine.
Shauna holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Sciences and based on the merits of her research, theories and doctoral thesis on Manganism at it relates to Autism, was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Natural Sciences from the University of Natural Medicine in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In February of 2008 she was also knighted into the international Sovereign Medical Order of the Knights Hospitaller in recognition of the unique impact of her work with Autism and in positively advancing the field of natural medicine in general. The mission of the Knights Hospitaller is to promote higher levels of international health and to establish, equip, staff and maintain humanitarian and medical treatment centers worldwide.
She has also been appointed to the faculty of the University of Natural Medicine in Santa Fe, NM and serves as the Chief Medical Advisor for the NoHarm Foundation (www.noharmfoundation.org), a Colorado not-for-profit organization with the primary missions of protecting health freedom and ushering in a new paradigm in research that will provide real and afforable help for countless children and adults suffering with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Shauna also maintains membership with the American Association of Nutritional Consultants, is an Advisory Board Member for the Colorado Chapter of the Coalition for Natural Health and serves as Chairperson of the Legislative & Legal Fund of the Colorado Naturopathic Medical Association. For the last several years she has been an international lecturer on many topics of natural medicine, the Spectrum Balance® Protocol, Autism Spectrum Disorders and many other health-related subjects. She authored her first book "If Naturopaths are Quacks, Then I Guess I'm a Duck", a both informative and humorous look into the life of a Naturopath practicing in the United States today, and she is currently working on her second book that will specifically highlight and chronicle her research and uniquely successful work with Autism Spectrum Disorders.