Intensive Program

Defy Your Diagnosis and Create an Abundance of Health.

Get Answers.

Reduce Your Symptoms

Live with More Freedom.

The weight of chronic illness can break you. The symptoms are bad enough, but the unanswered questions only add to your burden. Why are you sick? What will it take to get the root of the issue once and for all? But when you ask these questions, your doctor just refers you to yet another specialist, who tells you nothing more can be done.

So you’re stuck trying to manage your illness, along with everything else that comes with it –

1. Doctor’s appointments
2. Insurance
3. Medical bills
4. Stress and isolation
5. Inability to do the things you love
6. Avoiding your family and friends

But the fact is, chronic illness doesn’t define you. You are more than your diagnosis.

At Sanctuary Functional Medicine, we understand how chronic illness affects every aspect of your life. Our Intensive Program is designed to get to the bottom of your symptoms so that you can restore the health and vitality you deserve.

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The Intensive Program Is for You If…

1. You’ve been diagnosed with a chronic illness and seek treatment options beyond those offered by conventional medicine.
2. You want a committed, dedicated support team whose goal is to empower you and improve your quality of life.
3. You’re experiencing complex, confusing symptoms that other healthcare professionals dismiss or are unable to help you manage.
4. You seek a partnership with a team of caring, experienced professionals who can change the trajectory of your condition and prevent other illnesses.
5. Your child suffers from a chronic illness, and you desire a healthcare approach that asks deeper questions for long-term healing.
6. You want healthcare that recognizes the importance of environmental, lifestyle, emotional, and spiritual impacts on your health.

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Conditions We Treat With Our Functional Medicine Approach

The Intensive Program Difference

A “one-size-fits-all” approach almost never works, especially when it comes to your health. The Sanctuary way is different.

We Listen to Your Story

We Evaluate More Deeply

We Treat You Holistically

Integral to the functional medicine approach is you. The more we learn about your life, your family, and your medical history – the more we know about what makes you, you.

Get a complete picture of what’s going on inside your body. Through comprehensive testing, we uncover issues that are often missed by other practitioners.

Your treatment should be as unique as you are. We treat you as a whole person using the best of both natural and conventional medicine. Our goal is to help you create an abundance of health.

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About Dr. Potter, Functional Medicine Specialist

Dr. Eric Potter, M.D. is a Vanderbilt-trained medical doctor with more than 22 years of experience treating patients with complex symptoms.

He holds board certifications in both internal medicine and pediatrics, making him uniquely suited to care for your entire family.

Sanctuary Functional Medicine is proud to offer both in-person visits and distance visits via secure Zoom.

Our Comprehensive Evaluation Strategy

Functional medicine is science-based medicine. As a certified functional medicine practitioner, Dr. Potter uses the latest scientific research to treat patients, without the confines of conventional medicine.

To truly understand the root causes of your health condition, we need as complete a picture of you as possible. Our comprehensive evaluation is designed to do just that.

We use conventional lab testing to determine your blood cell counts, metabolic profile, cholesterol status, and autoimmune markers. We also use a variety of functional medicine tests,  including, but not limited to:

Organic Acid Testing (OAT)

Hormone Panels

Mold Toxicity Testing

Organic acids are chemicals produced by your body as a part of important cellular functions. The OAT can tell us whether one of these cellular processes is compromised. (OAT)

Your hormones are the chemical messengers of your body. When your hormone levels are out of balance, your cells can’t communicate properly. We use a variety of methods to re-balance your hormones.

Toxic mold can wreak havoc on your body. The problem is, mold is the last thing most people think of when it comes to potential causes of their symptoms. We perform thorough testing to rule out the possibility of mold toxicity.

Lyme & Co-Infection Testing

Heavy Metal Testing

Vitamin & Mineral Testing

With tick populations exploding in many areas of the country, so have Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Standard tests for these diseases can leave you misdiagnosed or undiagnosed for years. We partner with specialty labs to get you accurate results.

Most symptoms of heavy metal toxicity appear disguised as other issues. It’s not uncommon for seemingly unrelated issues to be caused by a toxic accumulation of heavy metals. We identify if they’re causing a problem for you and remove them from your body safely and gently.

Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are responsible for hundreds of medical conditions. We’ll perform thorough testing to identify which ones you may be lacking. In many cases, you may only need simple dietary changes to correct your deficiencies.

Mitochondrial Testing

Genetic Testing & Interpretation

Allergy & Food Sensitivity Testing

Mitochondria are the powerhouses of your cells. If they’re not functioning properly, every process in your body can be affected, including your energy, thinking, digestion, and recovery from illness. Once identified, mitochondrial support can be life-changing.

Errors in methylation can impair your body’s ability to repair DNA, eliminate toxins, produce energy, and balance brain chemistry. We use specialized genetic testing to uncover mutations that might be negatively affecting your health.

Your food and environment should nourish you. But allergies and sensitivities make it difficult to enjoy life. We use functional testing to uncover what foods and substances your body may be reacting to, and develop a plan to normalize your response.

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We approach every patient regardless of presenting symptoms with the same care and functional root cause approach, seeking to connect with them and help restore the whole person with the best of natural and conventional medicine. Because of these habits of excellence, we see people return to the healthier, more abundant life that God offers them.

— Dr. Eric Potter
Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) Certified MD

How The Intensive Program Works

The Intensive Program is individualized to each patient, but our overall strategy is the same.

Get to know you and your health

Perform in-depth evaluations.

Report findings & create a plan.

Provide implementation support.

Your Intensive Program starts with a 90-minute visit. Dr. Potter and our staff listen and evaluate your medical and family history, as well as your lifestyle, genetics, nutrition, emotions, spirit, and healthcare preferences. We believe everything is connected, so we need to understand your whole story.

Now it’s time to level up your care. We’ll work with you to come up with a testing strategy. The results from your tests help us uncover the root cause(s) of your symptoms. Lab tests can also identify “silent dysfunctions” in your body. Early detection allows us to intervene before symptoms arise.

Once the evaluations are complete, Dr. Potter walks you through the findings in two separate case review visits. We use all the information we’ve gathered from you to create your personalized health restoration plan. You’ll walk away knowing exactly what you need to do to start changing your health.

Your health restoration plan may involve changes to your routine, lifestyle, and environment. Your nurse practitioner meets with you to answer any questions you have and to review your detailed supplement protocol.

Eating for health.

Follow up.

Tweak as you go.

Build a long-term relationship.

Food is the foundation of health. No health restoration plan would be complete without dietary changes. Our nutritionist meets with you twice via telemedicine to recommend an optimal diet for your health condition. She is also available to answer your questions along the way.

We follow up with you over two extended appointments to evaluate your progress and adjust your protocol if needed. Dr. Potter may order additional lab tests to confirm you’re on the right track. As an Intensive Program member, you also have access to two flexible, 30-minute visits to address any surprises or immediate needs.

We understand your treatment plan may need tweaks that don’t require a full visit. Communicate directly with your Sanctuary care team if you have any questions or concerns that arise between your follow-up visits.

Given the complexity of chronic illnesses, some patients need a plan that extends beyond our 9- to 11-month program. Should you feel longer-term treatment is right for you, Dr. Potter will discuss your transition to our Bridge Program. Once you complete active treatment, you graduate to our ongoing Empowered Life Program.

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The Intensive Program

The Intensive Program is an intensive, deep dive into understanding why you’re sick and how we can restore your health. Your team of Sanctuary clinicians and staff work with you, think about you, and support you every step of the way.