Vital Source Natural Medicine

Dr. Van Dusen has helped me tremendously with annoying skin, hormone, sleep, and stress/​anxiety issues. I travel 40 minutes to Dr. Van Dusen, but would travel more as she is a professional health care provider while being compassionate and considerate. I feel comfortable and safe during my visits as well as calling/​emailing Dr. Van Dusen after hours. Dr. Van Dusen is an excellent listener and takes great notes. Dr. Van Dusen often calls or emails after hours to check in with me or give additional information. I have and will continue to refer Dr. Van Dusen to my friends and clients.

I sought medical advice from Dr. Jessica Van Dusen three years ago for help in dealing with multiple sclerosis. The standard MS drugs were no longer an option for me, having caused serious and frightening side effects. Over the years, Dr. Van Dusen has prescribed a variety of homeopathic and naturopathic protocols, and I have seen steady progress towards greater overall health. From my first visit, I have found her to be a kind and compassionate individual, dedicated to her patients, and thoughtful in her choice of prescribed treatment plans. Her passion for naturopathy is reflected in the wealth of knowledge she possesses about her trade. All in all, I feel that I am in good hands with Dr. Van Dusen as my primary care physician and have recommended her to several friends.

I’m so glad I met Dr. Jessica. She literally saved me in a sense. I had visited several doctors in the area, conventional doctors, trying to figure out what was wrong with me I was not feeling well, I had physical symptoms (hair falling out, nails breaking easily, couldn’t sleep, stressed out, gaining weight to name a few). First doctor ran some tests after I insisted that this was not normal for me. He ran a few and told me I was fine and that I could probably use some anti depressants, what?! Anyhow, found Dr. Jessica, I walked in and was greeted by Jennifer at the front desk and she is the nicest and most gentle person ever. I actually spent over an hour talking to Dr. Van Dusen, explaining everything that I had been going through for the last 2 years. Death of my brother, moving to Bellingham, new jobs, my son unhappy in Bellingham and school and all my symptoms and knowing there was something wrong and my body was trying to tell me something.
Dr. Van Dusen ran additional tests to the ones the other doctor did. She actually ordered a complete set. And yes, several things showed up in my results. I was right! there was something wrong. Dr. Van Dusen prescribed natural meds for me, within 2 – 3 weeks I could see the difference, I could feel it. I went to her for over 2 years (the whole time we were in Bellingham), I have recommended her to everyone I know. She got me back to normal. I took my 11 year old son who has severed allergies and terrible inflammation issues. Always in pain, we had gone to Children’s Hospital in Seattle even and they couldn’t find anything wrong. Well, Dr. Van Dusen did. She ordered lab work for him and he is extremely allergic to Gluten. So simple! and allergic to a couple of other things. Dr. Van Dusen talked to my son directly every time I brought him in. She took the time to explain everything to him, why, how, etc. His issues went away. He is not in pain anymore and we know what we have to do.
I moved to Virginia and I still use Dr. Jessica for my son and me. We do consults on the phone to make sure we are on track. This is how good and amazing she is.
She will listen to you. Every time. She will spend time with you. She keep track of everything she suggest to try. I miss her, I wish I could see her. She is gentle and nice and so very knowledgable.
I highly recommend Dr. Jessica Van Dusen and Vital Source Natural Medicine.

I’ve been seeing Dr. Jess for a couple of years now. I had never really had severe issues, but in general didn’t feel healthy — was tired all the time, wasn’t sleeping well, had cystic acne, weight gain, digestive issues, trouble healing from simple daily activity, trouble working (I’m a massage therapist), and feeling decades older than my actual age (30). She did a wonderful job helping me track down my issues (low thyroid, heavy metals, SIBO). We have been able to address everything and I feel like a completely new person!
Beyond being incredibly thorough in her intake, she is completely willing to explain how things work in the body and why she does specific things in her practice. I had spent many years going to conventional doctors who thought I was lazy, hypochondriac, or having metal issues. It was so refreshing to see someone who actually listened to my story.
She also, is perfectly honest if she doesn’t have an answer to your question, she’ll research it. And if it’s outside of what she does in her practice, she’ll refer you in the right direction.
Her part-​time front desk help is awesome and always friendly. I’ve never had issues with her taking my insurance (Premera).
Last thing, I’ve never really like going to doctors because the waiting rooms and exam rooms always felt too impersonal. Her office is not. The view is lovely and incredibly relaxing. Everything is well organized, simple, and calming. It’s less like going to the doctors and more like waiting for a massage!
As a side note. My husband has seen her as well and he was able to get some further help in dealing with his autoimmune disease (ulcerative colitis). She helped us figure out what foods were a problem, how to set up a better lifestyle to allow his body to heal.
If you have health issues, whether severe or just low-​grade nagging problems, go see Dr. Jess. She’s amazing!

Just went in for my first appointment with Dr. Jessica Van Dusen at Vital Source Natural medicine and had a very disappointing interaction. I’ve seen quite a few doctors both conventional and otherwise on my health journey and hadn’t yet encountered someone with such an unfortunate bedside manner. We recently moved here and with some significant chronic health issues going on I was looking forward to my appointment. I have mold allergies and it seems with the climate in the area many of the buildings are moldy and musty so I made a point to check with the receptionist when booking. She replied it wouldn’t be a problem. We’ve been having issues with getting our printer going so she told me I could come early to fill out the paperwork instead of bringing it in. I got my records together and headed over.
I was surprised to walk into the building and realize it was indeed very moldy. I spent some time downstairs to make sure it couldn’t be worked with and felt a bit light headed and my lungs were irritated so I decided to leave and give them a call to let them know unfortunately it wouldn’t work for me. On my way home I received a call back from Dr. Van Dusen insisting that I come back that she is sensitive to mold and that her actual office is fine. I felt it was worth a try so I returned and came upstairs. Her office door was open, there was no receptionist and she sat in the back of her office behind her desk with her arms crossed-​which was extremely awkward! I asked if I could come in and explained the issue and said it seemed a bit better up here but I was concerned because I get really bad headaches and brain fog from mold. She argued with me about it a bit, was really snappy and curt and she still hadn’t stood up or shook my hand (bad vibes alert! I took the opportunity to introduce myself and hoped a smile would diffuse her a bit. She asked for my paperwork and I explained that I was planning on filling it out when I got there etc. She replied that her time is extremely valuable and she had another patient coming later. At that point I let her know that I just didn’t feel this was a good match interpersonally and I was g to find another practitioner. She snottily retorted: «well good luck that THAT!» And I responded that she didn’t sound very genuine but thank you and left. Her office is in an old building on the bay that hadn’t been kept up very well so it’s really not surprising that it is moldy. She called on my way home to say sorry she was so defensive which I appreciated but again she was so aggressive and curt and didn’t allow me an opportunity to respond.
I stopped in at Bellingham Family Medicine on the way home and their office was clean with nice fresh air and they couldn’t have been nicer so I’m going to give that a try!