Susan Franck is a Registered Aromatherapist and Reflexologist. She received a Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management from Virginia Tech in 1990, had a career in sales and management in the hotel/restaurant industry for 15 years and is a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA). An interest in alternative healthcare developed after a terminal illness was diagnosed in her family. Several years were spent learning how to balance allopathic medicine with a holistic approach to pain management, nausea and skin issues arising from complications and side effects with prostate and bone cancer treatments. She is a Registered Aromatherapist graduating from the West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy, a Reflexologist, Reiki Master and is currently a candidate for certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner, Nutritional Consultant and Master Herbalist with the Global College of Natural Medicine to be completed in 2010.
She is a member of National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA), Alliance of International Aromatherapists (AIA) and Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP).
Susan's reseach paper titled Aromatherapy and Cancer was published in the 2008 Spring newsletter for the British Columbia Association for Practicing Aromatherapists (BCAPA). More recently Susan has been published in Natural Awakenings Magazine Richmond edition writing for the Herbal Sage column.
Franck's Apothecary will be publishing a quarterly newsletter beginning in 2010. Please use our contact page to sign up for newsletters, specials and free samples during the year.