She hates being a naturopathic doctor. The only people who see naturopathic doctors are those who have pretty much tried everything they could with every doctor they could find and still not found relief. In other words, every patient she gets gives her a case of "two general practitioners and three specialists haven't been able to help me, what do you got?" Considering she graduated a mere two years ago, being arrayed opposite the whole of the medical establishment is intimidating. Yet she gets plenty of repeat clients because the simple act of giving people instructions on how to live their lives better, foods to eat and avoid, exercise to perform and stress-reduction to incorporate generally works wonders with patients like this because it empowers them. Above and beyond "curing" chronic ailments, patients with bizarro complaints often improve dramatically simply by gaining some initiative in their health. The interface between "mind" and "body" as it relates to "health" is a big, nasty can'o'worms that I've spent many an hour battling over. Suffice it to say that placebo effect or no, telling someone to "do something" for their health often has a greater impact than "doing something to them" does and often, the more that is required of the patient, the greater the impact.