Dr. Tara Brooke, N.D. Naturopathic Physician

Dr. Tara Brooke is Naturopathic Physician who graduated with her ND from the prestigious Naturopathic Medical Program at Bastyr University. As one of the top ND graduates she was awarded with a competitive residency position at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health that she enthusiastically completed. Currently Dr. Brooke (previously know as Dr. Tara Brooke Nelson & Dr. Tara Wilcox) sees patients privately primarily at The Healing Arts Partnership and she continues to be Adjunct Faculty at the Bastyr Center for Natural Health. Dr. Brooke practices primary care medicine with an emphasis on comprehensive multidisciplinary holistic care and as such sees patients for a variety of reasons and conditions. Her areas of expertise which she developed as a student clinician, as a resident and now during her time in private practice include: Chronic health conditions in general; Lyme disease and other tick and vector borne illnesses, Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, environmental illnesses and HIV/AIDS. She also works extensively with patients in the areas of pre- and post-operative support care, physical medicine, and women’s health. Dr. Tara Brooke has extensive and ongoing continuing training beyond the ND curriculum in tick borne illnesses, HIV/AIDS, Avian Flu and emergency response, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Energy and Physical Medicine, homeopathic medicines, botanical medicines, Autonomic Response Testing, antibiotic therapies, IV nutritional therapies and Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She is also fluent in working with these conditions and applying these modalities along with any other modalities within the ND scope of practice to optimize health. When a client is in need of support outside of Dr. Brooke’s scope of practice or her own expertise she refers and networks with other providers in the area to assure that her clients receive the best care possible. She also expects that her clients will take responsibility in their health and lives and be a part of the team, or partnership, in their wellness.

Dr. Tara Brooke has been interviewed and has lectured on the topic of Lyme Disease & Tick Borne Illnesses for both publications as well as for TV programming. She has also written articles on Lyme disease and Tick Borne Illnesses. Links are included in this website to the various articles and interviews with Dr. Brooke.

While earning her ND from Bastyr, Dr. Tara Brooke often worked as a Teaching Assistant for various classes and she also worked as a research assistant in the writing of the "Balneotherapy" chapter in the Textbook of Natural Medicine. She received numerous scholarships while in the ND program at Bastyr. As an undergraduate, after earning her Bachelor of Science with Major in Biology and minors in Spanish, Art and Sociology from the University of Nebraska, she served in the Peace Corps in Guinea-Bissau West Africa.

Dr. Tara Brooke is a member of the Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians (WANP), the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP), the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS), and the California Lyme Disease Association (CALDA). Spanish and Portuguese Criolu' are her second languages.