Trusted Primary Care Doctor in Seattle
Looking for a primary care doctor in Seattle who treats the root cause, not just the symptoms? Iris Center for Healing is your trusted choice for holistic primary care.
Meet Dr. Cara Hartz – A Holistic Primary Care Doctor in Seattle, WA
"I pay special attention to the patient's mind-set, simply because the mind plays a fundamental role in the self-healing process."
Dr. Cara Hartz leads Iris Center for Healing, a holistic primary care naturopathic clinic in Seattle, WA. Dr. Cara is a primary care doctor in Seattle and a licensed naturopathic doctor (ND). She offers holistic primary care integrated with conventional family medicine to patients of all ages and diagnoses. She guides her patients to lead happy and healthy lives by promoting lifestyle changes.
Her root-cause approach and holistic treatment procedures treat her patients from the inside out. This does not want to improve nutrition with herbal medication supplements and natural therapies. She utilises her knowledge and experience to revitalize the body's self-healing process, thereby hastening recovery with lasting results.
A lifestyle, a philosophy and a way to practice medicine
As a naturopathic primary care doctor in Seattle, WA, Dr. Hartz treats all family members, providing them with specific solutions according to their personal needs.
Her childhood dream of becoming a physician, coupled with her love of plants and her own health crisis, paved the way for Dr. Cara to discover Naturopathic medicine. She graduated from Bastyr University in 2012, then completed a one-year residency with a focus in Pediatrics and Women's Health. She then completed a 2 year residency in Primary Care received an additional 2-year residency in Primary Care residency with a focus in Lyme and related vector-borne infections.
For the past decade, Dr. Cara has built her own practice, expanded her specialties and grown to know and care for her patients even more. She firmly believes in and practices in her life what she offers patients. As a mother of 3, Dr. Cara understands the joys and stress of having a family. Her life experiences, clinical experiences, research and continuing medical education constitutes a solid professional opinion for you and your loved ones to achieve a healthier life.
Dr. Cara enjoys organic gardening, making herbal medicines, creating new whole foods recipes for her cookbook, hiking, camping, paddle boarding, coaching soccer, and participating in her kids athletic events.
What We Treat at ByHartz Primary Care
Iris Center for Healing is an integrative primary care naturopathic clinic in Seattle, WA, led by Dr. Cara. She treats patients of all ages and stages, from newborns to seniors, each personalized primary care and naturopathic support for all aspects of health, as well as mental and emotional well-being. You get both in-person and telemedicine primary care visits at Iris Center for Healing.
Here is the range of primary care naturopathic services covered at ByHartz to health:
All Family Medicine to prevent and care for general health issues, pediatric, and adolescent concerns.
Integrated healthcare for sports physicals, acute to chronic diseases, including autoimmune disorders, PANS/PANDAS, Lyme disease, and co-infections.
Treatment for acute and chronic COVID illness.
Treatment for prolonged and acute digestive issues.
Prevention and care for environmental illness, including MCAS, allergies, asthma, mold, mycotoxins, and more.
Care and guide for women's health related to wellness, hormonal imbalances, pre and post pregnancy care.
Additional Therapies & Services
Dr. Cara also provides IV therapy, naturopathic counseling, and injection therapy at her clinic Iris Center for Healing. She integrates custom herbal medications, supplements, and natural therapies with the primary care treatment plan if she finds it necessary for the patient's overall wellness and fastest recovery.
Integrative care for the whole family
Dr. Cara Hartz is a primary care naturopath in Seattle. At Iris Center for Healing, she offers integrated healthcare services for all family members with chronic diseases, utilizing naturopathic medicines and therapies in conjunction with conventional family medications.
She spends more time understanding her patients: their health history, lifestyle, philosophy of life, the environment in which they live or work, and nutrition to identify the root causes of disease, not just the symptoms. As a primary care naturopathic specialist, she focuses on identifying triggers, advising lifestyle changes, and ensuring long-term wellness for her patients by guiding them through their healing journey.
Start Your Healing JourneyHealth History & Root Cause
Deep investigation into each patient's health history, lifestyle, philosophy of life, and environment to find what's truly driving illness.
Conventional + Natural Integration
Naturopathic medicines and therapies in conjunction with conventional family medications for comprehensive care.
Trigger Identification & Lifestyle
Focused on identifying triggers, advising lifestyle changes, and ensuring long-term wellness through a guided healing journey.
All Ages, All Stages
Integrated healthcare services for every family member — from newborns and children to adults and seniors.
What Makes Holistic Primary Care Different?
A root-cause approach that heals from the inside out.
Healing that goes beyond symptoms
Holistic primary care employs a root-cause approach. Healing patients from the inside out. It goes beyond treating the symptoms and focuses on the whole person.
At Iris Center for Healing, Dr. Cara, a holistic primary care doctor in Seattle, considers the physical health of her patients, nutrition, lifestyle, philosophy of life, the environment, stress, lifestyle, and availability to identify the root cause of disease, and blends natural therapies with evidence-based family medicine to ensure lasting results.
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Voices of healing
Real words from the patients whose lives have changed through naturopathic care.
She provided me emergency care during one of my travels. I was in her treatment and she had me back on my feet and moving forward with my trip and recovery without missing a beat!
After years of being told nothing was wrong, Dr. Hartz finally found the root cause. For the first time in a decade, I feel like myself again. This care is unlike anything I've ever experienced.
I brought my daughter in for chronic digestive issues. Not only did she heal — Dr. Hartz educated our whole family on how to eat and live in a way that truly supports our bodies. Life-changing.
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Whole-person naturopathic medicine in Seattle, WA. Small steps today for a better quality of life tomorrow.