Dr. Chenelle A. Roberts is the founder and owner of Docere Center for Natural Medicine. She is currently practicing as one of the naturopathic physicians (ND) and the only licensed naturopathic midwife (LM) at Docere Center. She specializes in naturopathic family medicine as both a primary care and maternity care provider. Her special interests are in women's health, natural family planning, preconception and fertility, pregnancy care, midwifery and pediatrics.

Dr. Chenelle is a Seattle native and currently resides in the Loyal Heights neighborhood with her sweetie of thirteen years, Greg, and their beautiful boy, Jude. Jude was born at home, naturally, November 2006. She has personal experience with extended breastfeeding, child-led weaning, cloth diapering, early elimination communication (infant potty training) and positive potty training, homemade solid foods, baby sign language and co-sleeping. She is happy to share her natural parenting philosophy with those interested.

Education

Dr. Chenelle A. Roberts received her doctorate degree in naturopathic medicine and certificate in naturopathic midwifery from Bastyr University in 2005. She is board-certified and licensed as both a naturopathic physician (ND) and licensed midwife (LM) in Washington State. Dr. Roberts received a Bachelor of Science degree in premedical studies from The Evergreen State College in 1999. In her undergraduate studies, she focused on the natural health sciences with an emphasis in the ecology and ethnobotany of the Pacific Northwest.

Professional Associations

Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians (PedANP)
Midwifery Association of Washington State (MAWS)
MAWS Seattle Representative
Affiliate Clinical Faculty, Bastyr University

Dr. Cara Hartz is no longer practicing at Docere Center for Natural Medicine. 

Roan graduated with honors from Seattle Massage School and is a proud member of the American Massage Therapy Association. Roan has been a practicing deep tissue, treatment, and integrated deep tissue modalities massage therapist in the state of Washington since 1999. Roan is regularly expanding her offering of modalities with a stern commitment to continuing education. Her clients describe her work using words such as, restorative, invigorating, rejuvenating, freeing, intuitive, and highly focused. Modalities which influence her work include, yet are not limited to; deep tissue therapies such as Neuromuscular Therapy and Neuromuscular Reeducation, myofascial therapies, trigger point work, Russian Sports methods, Orthopedic Treatment work, Thai Massage, Yoga based massage, and many many more.

Seeking balance has been a theme in Roan’s life since a very young age. A “spirited child” she was enrolled into ballet classes and gymnastics at the age of four. That combined with monkey bar antics, love for skateboarding as a teen, and finally joining several ballet, opera, modern dance, and multi-media performance companies from her late teens until she retired in her early thirties, led Roan on a life long journey to understand her own physicality. Anatomy, Kinisiology, and Physiology were her books of choice, and when not in rehearsal, Roan spent hours reading to understand the very intricate inner workings of the human body. Wear and tear on her body as a dancer is what led her into the hands of her first experience with massage. It also lead her into the hands of the person who would inspire what was and is her second and most fulfilling career to date. “I loved to dance, but I feel honored to be a massage therapist”. Her final dance works happened in Seattle as did her training, certification, and licensing in massage therapy. In Roan’s opinion, each massage proves to be both, a learning and healing process for both she and her client.