Cheryl Cuozzo, MSN, APRN, ANP-C, FNP-C, FAIHM, is a double master’s prepared, dual board-certified adult and family nurse practitioner, and distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (FAIHM). The first nurse practitioner in Connecticut to earn FAIHM credentials, Cuozzo has launched an integrative health and medicine practice with a special interest in chronic multi-symptom illnesses and undiagnosable conditions. 

“My personal healing journey led me to seek advanced education in the specialty of integrative medicine. I learned how to help people embrace the ‘healing crisis’ that our bodies experience; it is there that the power to heal oneself is returned back to us,” says Cuozzo. “There is a definitive place for conventional treatment protocols, but alone it can often be unbalanced. As my late mentor, the respected Jim Sensenig, ND, used to say, ‘The minute you reduce medicine to protocols, you remove the patient from the equation.’ Personalized integrative care removes protocols by focusing on the individual, restoring balance and allowing healing to take place.”

Passionate about working with current and former military service members, Cuozzo is especially interested in those with service-related conditions, such as Gulf War-related illness. “There is a gap in care for this special population suffering from unique conditions specific to their service experiences and exposures. My approach is to treat the system, not the symptom! An individualized care plan provides the body with everything it needs to support its natural healing capacity, while removing barriers contributing to dis-ease.”