Dr. Flanagan trained at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She focused on family practice and has especially spent time in practice with women and children, learning to care for their specific needs. As her practice has grown in Canby over the past many years, she is treating people of all ages and from all walks of life. She continues to practice as a midwife, helping welcome babies into their families, and providing pediatric care from birth on. Over the last few years she has begun to learn more about chronic diseases and infections disease diagnosis and treatment including Lyme disease and related infections, as well as mycotoxin illness. She does a lot of ongoing training in trauma informed care and works hard to create safe space for care in her clinic. The most common compliment from people leaving a visit with her is that they feel a sense of hope.