Mary Anne Rodriguez's Online Review Report Card

Very good very helpful

Nice doc

Lower your standards before entering this disgusting unkept "home office". Cat hair & clutter lead me to believe Dr. Marie may need some therapy of her own. Aloof sums up her bedside manner and If I could get beyond the fur balls and undisturbed dust piles covering everything perhaps I could've relaxed enough to recieve some positive energy. Unfortunately, all I left with was a case of the itchies and bad vibes. The worst part is I get the impression that she thinks everything about her hoarders den is ok. If the way she keeps her home office is any indication of her pratice HARD PASS. Save your self a trip to the allergist and avoid this quack!

It's challenging to find the right holistic practitioner. I'm so grateful to have found Dr. Marie. She has an office in Palo Alto, CA, but also comes to the DC area to receive patients at The Viva Center in Dupont and at Ladan Holistic Spa in Falls Church, VA. She is a very compassionate and intuitive naturopathic physician and energy healer. Every experience I've had with Dr. Marie has changed me in such positive ways. She is a great listener and offers helpful insights to allow me to continue to process the healing work I receive from her. I trust Dr. Marie completely, and I'm so grateful that she is a part of our community. Highly recommend!

Wow, Marie is amazing and helped me considerably! At first, I was a little weary of seeing her since she was described to me as a shaman. I wasn't quite sure what that meant, what to expect, and whether she would actually be able to help me. It turned out to be one of the main things (the other thing was Dr. Bryan at Cypress Natural Health in Palo Alto who recommended Marie to me) that helped cure my mysterious disease which I had been battling for a couple of years. I had seen a bunch of conventional doctors and specialists. I had blood work, stool tests, and biopsies done on a mysterious and disgusting whole body, pussing rash that would get set off by insect bites. The first couple of times I took prednisone which shut down my immune system down and made me feel terrible, but no one could tell me what the issue was or how I could prevent it from happening again. Dr. Bryan helped me figure out that the underlying issue was parasites and I took a few rounds of antiparasitic medication but it never completely eradicated the parasites. Out of desperation and no idea what else to do, I went to see Marie. She had me lay down face up and clothed on a massage table. I didn't have to do anything while she worked her magic. I just laid there and did some intermittent guided visualizations. It was quite relaxing. What was amazing and sounds totally crazy is that while I was laying there, all of a sudden, I saw a huge tornado of black eggs swirl out of control and out of me. I have no idea what that was since it was so surreal - maybe it was me almost falling asleep or something otherworldly. It doesn't really matter but the experience completely blew me away. Regardless, after our treatment, I felt relaxed and went home. I got tested again for parasites and was finally cleared! It's been about six months since I first saw Marie. I've gotten bitten by insects (fleas and mosquitos) since then but have not had any more skin issues. Marie totally saved me!What has been equally amazing was that after my boyfriend noticed the miraculous skin healing after years of intermittent issues, he also went to see Marie. He had been suffering from occasional depression, anxiety, and feeling "stuck"/non-motivated. He would get easily frustrated, snap, and shut down. After two or three sessions with Marie, my boyfriend transformed to an improved version of himself. He is now much more easy-going, much more communicative and conversational, and a bit happier. He also doesn't get as easily frustrated and doesn't snap suddenly and unnecessarily.I would highly recommend that everyone go to see Marie. Worst comes to worse nothing happens, but the possibilities are life changing!

Awful bedside, not thorough in giving instructions and information when asked. I had a surprise prescription called in that she never even mentioned.

Dr. Marie is someone who has more to offer than most natural doctors. She is a gifted practitioner who is knowledgeable and intuitive about what I've needed for my sessions with her. I highly recommend working with her to overcome your health challenges!

I write this review with full awareness that Dr. Marie's current reviews are positively glowing. I read them all before we agreed to work together, and I deeply hoped to have the same kind of healing experience as her other clients. For context: I'm a 32-year-old cisgender woman, and I've had severe endometriosis for years, a condition which has regularly become debilitating--and is why I sought Dr. Marie's support. I've worked with a spectrum of other healers, including another naturopath, acupuncturists, massage and cranio-sacral therapists, herbalists, and others in addition to traditional Western medicine. My partner is a shaman. Several close members of my community are skilled in energy work. I say all this for no other reason than to establish that I come from a place of knowing what skill in these disciplines looks and feels like. I really wanted Dr. Marie to be the skilled energy worker she claims to be--and am deeply disheartened to learn that she is not. The depth of her knowledge is superficial at best--a far cry from what she represents online, and professes to offer to her clients. Please believe: I don't doubt she has been helpful to the people who have left these beautiful reviews. I can only surmise that these people were newer to this work. I can see how her offerings may seem like a blessing if you've never had a nutritional consult or experienced energy work before. But if you are seeking a skilled energy worker, someone with authentic shamanic experience, or a depth of nutritional insight that transcends basic diet maintenance, I cannot recommend her services. I feel moved to document my experience not to dissuade potential clients from working with Dr. Marie, but to offer this perspective as others navigate the challenging and often daunting process of finding the right healer. I wish myself I had known all this before.-During a 90-min consultation, I shared a detailed and heartfelt history of my health, sexual history, trauma, diet, and healing in exchange for what I understood would be a comprehensive treatment plan. What I received was a few disjointed paragraphs in the body of an email, a couple of hyperlinks, and a prescription for some herbal supplements. No nuance or insight. Short of the prescription, the advice was nothing I couldn't have found myself online--or in any of the widely available holistic nutrition and feminine care books I've already read. -Diet: as a long-time vegan, I'd hoped to have a conversation about nutrition and potential deficiencies in my diet that could influence my healing. I was dismayed when the conversation landed (and ended) on iron and protein--the most rudimentary and obvious elements. I thought she was kidding when she recommended a handful of morning nuts to "feel full" and said my body "was probably used to being vegan" until I realized that was really the depth of insight she was willing to offer.-Energy work: At the end of the consultation, we did a short "energy work" session, during which she called on "female guides," which illustrates that Dr. Marie was not especially connected to my psyche or energy or aura but rather relying on a script of some kind, something most skilled energy workers depart from. It's one thing to invoke members of my maternal line, specific deities, or even spirit guides that appear in feminine form, but a general request for assistance by "female guides" ignores the substantive support these guides may offer--whether clearing an ancestral issue or relying on specific wisdom or power of certain guides. This is fundamental, and a clear indication of the limits of her abilities. She ended by offering a couple very obvious reflections I'd already made myself (heart open, root chakra stagnant).-Cost: Dr. Marie charges $350 for a 90-min phone consult and "treatment plan." I gave her my credit card info during our call, requesting she use that card instead of the one I'd used to reserve our appointment. She followed up later to say she'd misplaced the cc info I shared on the call. After receiving her meager email "plan," I was heartbroken and disappointed. I responded in a private email with the honest reflection I've offered here, to open the possibility of engaging with her, and also offered to give her my preferred cc info again, adding that she would have my permission to charge my card for a sum she felt reflected the value of insight she offered. Before responding to my email, she charged the card I *twice* requested she not use. For the full $350. I can't say whether this was malicious--I really hope not. But at best, it reflects an utter lack of care and awareness. Only after that did she respond to my email--briefly, dismissively, and without openness or willingness to engage.Dr. Marie clearly believes her services worth this emotional and financial investment. I couldn't disagree more. I am saddened, disappointed, and truly exhausted as I write this, and hope I can spare you the same.

Dr. Marie has been treating me for over 10 years. Her wide-ranging skills and diverse modalities have healed and empowered so many areas of my life. Everyone who I have recommended over the years have become loyal, long-term clients. Dr. Marie has become a core part of our family's healing system. From treating fertility issues, severe pain, trauma therapy, and more. I highly recommend her incredible healing gift, thoughtful, holistic approach and contagious positive energy!

Love Dr Marie. I didn't know if I could believe in natural medicine, nor in energy healing in particular. Trust me: this stuff works. It has given me a better physical sense of well being, and Dr Marie's attention to all other aspects of my health has been welcome and effective - I feel much better as a result of seeing her. Even though she's moved to California, she comes back every couple of weeks/months, so recommend seeing her if you are interested in exploring alternative medicines and solutions.