About Dr. Rebecca Principe
Dr. Rebecca Principe is a naturopathic physician with a special focus on hormone health, metabolic medicine, thyroid disorders, and integrative mental health. She works with women navigating perimenopause and menopause, men seeking support for testosterone and hormone health, and patients seeking personalized care for hypothyroidism, prediabetes, high cholesterol, anxiety, depression, and weight management.
Dr. Principe believes that truly good medicine must address the whole person. She combines nutrition, lifestyle interventions, nutritional supplements, herbs, homeopathy, hormones, and medications to develop individualized treatment plans that meet patients wherever they are in their health journey.
Her background in psychology and her years in practice have reinforced something she considers absolutely essential to good medicine: listening carefully to each patient’s story. She works to create a space where patients feel heard, understood, and empowered, while looking beyond individual symptoms to the larger patterns that may be contributing to their health concerns.
Dr. Rebecca Principe grew up in Rhode Island and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford in June of 2000 with a BS in psychology. On her first trip out west, she fell in love with Oregon and has called it her home ever since. Before discovering her calling to naturopathic medicine, Dr. Principe worked in social services and consumer/environmental advocacy, while making lots of time for international travel.
These days, when not seeing patients, she spends her time rock climbing, hiking, gardening, traveling and enjoying life with her husband, daughter, and two large, cuddly pit bulls. Dr. Principe is also a passionate advocate for the naturopathic profession and has spent the last 15 years serving in leadership roles with the Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physicians.
A true educator and activist at heart, Dr. Principe believes that naturopathic medicine is the vehicle for change through which we can restore balance to our individual lives and our communities at large.
Praise for Dr. Rebecca
“I would highly recommend Dr. Rebecca to anyone seeking information and relief from digestive disorders.””
“I have had chronic digestive issues since childhood, and have been on many restrictive diets. I have at times had to limit my activities due to fatigue and illnesss, because I wasn’t absorbing the nutrients from my meals. Since working with Dr. Rebecca, I now have healthy and normal digestion leading to a much improved quality of life.””
