About Karen
Karen E. Silberstein N.D, PhD, MsD (Doctor of Metaphysics) has a local practice in Hillsborough NC that draws clients internationally. She does naturopathic consultation based on a comprehensive blend of physiological, personality, behavioral, and energetic iridology, sclerology, physiognomy (the art of face reading), and her skilled ability to read energetic fields. She is Board Certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners, the International Sclerology Institute, and the International Iridology Practitioners Association (Comprehensive Iridology™).She studied at Cornell University, the University of Tennessee Knoxville, Clayton College of Natural Health, Westbrook University, and the University of Integrated Science California. She has been trained personally by David Wagner, the inventor of the Tachyonization™ process, in Tachyon Holistic Wellness and Verticality. She apprenticed in Empowerment Technologies with the late Rev. Jill Jackson, and worked with Darrell Martin, renowned herbal simpler, for four years. She has studied sclerology with both Dr. Jack Tips and Dr. Leonard Mehlmauer, two of the world’s most well known and proficient sclerologists. Karen is a faculty member of the University of Integrated Science California.
Karen continuously pursues her own research and study in the natural healing arts. At the same time, she maintains her own balance and effectiveness and nurtures her own sensitivity. She keeps a mostly raw, vegan diet, plays tablas and loves the traditional Indian songs of devotion. She enjoys hiking, swimming, and gardening, and cherishes quiet moments of reading, introspection, meditation, and prayer. Her own life experiences lend a deep maturity to the understanding of her clients’ needs and challenges.
Karen was born in 1954 in New York City. She became vegetarian in 1972, and has been teaching vegetarian food preparation, including raw, since 1975. She has catered large events in NYC and managed two vegetarian bakeries in that area. She loves to treat her friends and clients to home-prepared “goodies.” She also trained horses professionally and then expanded those skills to include training draft oxen. She spent many years living in the rural southern US, advocating for sustainable agriculture and showing by example how it could be implemented. She is the mother of two grown sons, and has three young grandchildren.