Dr. Alexander Haskell, ND
Haskell holds an active medical license as a Naturopathic Physician, issued by the state of Utah Department of Commerce.
After completing pre-med at San Francisco State University, he completed the four year graduate medical program at The National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon.
After graduating 40 years ago, he has seen approximately 12,000 new clients, both at his previous practice in Montreal, Quebec, and here in Salt Lake City.
As a youth, he was raised on a cattle ranch in Northern California, enjoying the great outdoors with his father.
Moving to Southern California, he completed his studies at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara with a double major in Film and Illustrative Photography.
After much internal searching, he found medicine to be his passion.
Over the years he has attended multiple medical conferences in the US, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Germany, and Switzerland.
Besides his family, his practice and research, his other interests include sailing, surfing, golf, fly fishing and SCUBA.
Haskell has written seven books.
- ‘Heal Thyself’ with a free copy given to each new client.
- ‘The Safe Uses of Natural Bioidentical Hormones’
- ‘Hope for Hypothyroidism’
- ‘Fibromyalgia: An Integrated Holistic Approach’
- ‘Hope for Hashimoto’s’
- ‘Natural Remedies for Children: A Parent’s Guide’
- ‘Lily’s Journey to Find Her Magic’ is a children’s story.
Haskell approaches each new client with an open mind to investigate the underlying causes of their physical and mental symptoms, while employing the various therapies included on our site.
Attributes of a Physician
A naturopath, or any physician for that matter, must be more than a factual medical encyclopedia.
He or she must believe in the miraculous, the vital force which animates every single cell of the human body.
This linear perspective is especially true of specialists who place their focus on one system or organ. Sometimes this is important but not for the general practitioner.
The clinician must witness their client’s present symptoms against the backdrop of chronology, of how their condition developed with regards to various causes for their ill-health.
The practice of medicine is an art, requiring the physician to listen deeply, to observe subtle messages such as body language, intonations, and inflections, and attempt to understand what the body’s wisdom is trying to communicate.
Rational thought or reason has a place in medicine, to make sense of things through logic and established facts.
But the rational mind may never grasp or understand the miraculous, that invisible life force which permeates all of nature, which ignites the ‘glow’ within every cell of the human body.
Intuition senses the divine, and this insightful capacity can clarify what is in opposition to health and wellness.
Intuition matures from life’s experiences and is interconnected with those realms beyond our senses.
The trellis which supports the growth of these two vines, intuition and rational thought, is supported by empathy and kindness.