Dr. Christine White Deeble

New Patients 

Dr. White is not able to personally see and individually treat and follow up with all the new patients who seek her care. She does, however, have immense faith in the physicians she practices with. Thus, we have shifted to a practice model that allows her to collaborate and mentor other doctors within the practice.  This allows Dr. White to share her nearly 25 years of clinical practice while teaching others and helping patients to reach their own personal optimal level of healing and personal wellness.  

Biography

Dr. White has practiced in Montana since 2002, when she returned home upon completion of her education and residency in family medicine at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She owned and operated Black Bear Naturopathic Clinic as a small practice until convening a new team of naturopathic doctors, health industry experts, and business leaders to found Natura Health and Wellness Clinic.

Her focus is complex cases that weave together all elements of human health and all systems of the body – over the years, her specialties have evolved to include chronic infections, gastrointestinal disorders, hormone assessment and balancing, and postpartum mood disorders. Since 2020, she has developed a particular specialty in treating COVID, Long-COVID, and COVID vaccine injuries.   

Dr. White was born in Cut Bank, Montana, and spent her first few years in Browning where her family’s roots go back several generations. She was raised all around the Pacific Northwest in California, Oregon, and Washington – and then on to Vermont and back, always returning to Montana for rest and restoration. Big Sky Country is where she always felt “home.”

Her path to naturopathic medicine came out of a search for solutions to her personal health issues, watching her late father’s health journey with Type I diabetes, and working in the substance abuse field where there was too little focus on diet and nutrition. With a long-time interest in herbal medicine, naturopathic medicine was a perfect fit.

She has worked for several years to develop both a collaborative clinical practice and a successful and sustainable business model for naturopathic doctors and is thrilled to be a part of Natura Health and Wellness with an amazing group of providers and staff. When not at the office, she enjoys traveling with her husband internationally and on long road trips, getting her hands dirty in the garden, cooking with new recipes and interesting spices, hunting in the wide-open sage lands of Montana, spending time with family, and reading (she usually has three or four books going at any one time). 

Dr. White started her professional career as a substance abuse counselor in residential adult care and then worked with homeless youth in community-based programs. From there, she helped develop a gang youth employment program in Portland, Oregon, a collaborative effort with community-based non-profit organizations. 

Areas of Interest, Clinical Specialities, and Therapeutic Modalities

  • Fatigue, including adrenal exhaustion and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
  • Hormone assessment and balancing
  • Behavioral/Mental Health utilizing neurotransmitter assessment and balancing
  • Functional nutritional status testing
  • Functional gastroenterology, including IBS and SIBO.
  • Chronic illness and infections, including bacterial, viral and fungal infections, as well as Long-COVID. 
  • Environmental medicine
  • Postpartum Depression or Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
  • Intravenous (IV) Micro-nutrient Therapy

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Washington State University, 1984
  • Master of Education, University of Vermont, 1991
  • Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine, National University of Natural Medicine, 2002

Memberships

  • American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
  • Montana Association of Naturopathic Physicians (past President)
  • Montana Alternative Health Care Board, Member (Gov. appointed)