UPSTATE HOLISTIC WELLNESS
Whole-person Wellness for Deep and Lasting Healing
Functional Medicine, Attachment-Based Trauma Therapy, & Couples Therapy | Upstate Holistic Wellness
ROOT CAUSE FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE and TRAUMA INFORMED THERAPY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING AND STILL DO NOT FEEL WELL.
At Upstate Holistic Wellness, we offer integrative care for the body, mind, nervous system, and relationships. Based in Upstate South Carolina and serving clients locally and virtually, our practice brings together functional medicine, psychotherapy, attachment-focused care, and nervous system support for people who are tired of fragmented answers and ready for a more thoughtful way forward. You may be carrying chronic fatigue, gut issues, hormone imbalance, inflammation, anxiety, trauma, brain fog, relational pain, or a body that no longer feels like home. We help you slow down, look at the whole picture, and begin understanding what your symptoms, stress, and story have been trying to tell you.
YOU HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING AND YOU STILL DO NOT FEEL
LIKE YOURSELF.
You may have changed your diet, taken the supplements, gone to therapy, had the labs drawn, tried the medications, adjusted your routines, prayed for answers, and pushed through for years. You may have been told that your labs look normal, your symptoms are manageable, or your stress is just part of life, while you still know that something in your body or your life is not well.
At Upstate Holistic Wellness, we believe those places deserve deeper care. Your symptoms are not separate from your stress. Your nervous system is not separate from your story. Your relationships are not separate from the life your body has had to carry. We look at the whole person so healing can become more clear, connected, and lasting.
DOES ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
Many of the people who find us are not looking for another quick fix. They are looking for someone who can help them understand why their body, mind, relationships, or nervous system still feel stuck after everything they have already tried. If you see yourself in more than one of these places, that is not a coincidence. The body and the story are often speaking at the same time, and healing becomes more possible when both are finally held together with care.
CHRONIC FATIGUE
Always tired, even after rest.GUT ISSUES
Bloating, constipation, reflux, IBS symptoms, or food sensitivities.HORMONE IMBALANCE
Unpredictable cycles, PMS, weight changes, postpartum depletion, perimenopause symptoms, or thyroid concerns.ANXIETY OR BRAIN FOG
A mind that will not quiet, a body that stays braced, or a nervous system that never feels fully settled.CHRONIC PAIN OR INFLAMMATION
Stiffness, soreness, headaches, body aches, or symptoms that flare under stress.FEELING DISMISSED
Told everything looks fine, while you are still living in a body that does not feel well.RELATIONSHIP PATTERNS THAT KEEP REPEATING
You may keep finding yourself in the same arguments, distance, defensiveness, shutdown, resentment, or attachment wounds, even when you can clearly see the pattern and want it to change.A BODY THAT NO LONGER FEELS LIKE HOME
You may feel disconnected from yourself, stuck in survival mode, emotionally numb, easily overwhelmed, or afraid that this is simply who you are now.
WHOLE-PERSON CARE
FOR DEEP and LASTING HEALING
Healing is more supported when the body, mind, nervous system, relationships, and story are finally held together with care. Our approach is built around three essential pillars.
Functional Medicine
Root-cause medicine that looks at gut health, hormones, nutrient status, inflammation, labs, lifestyle, and the systems underneath the symptoms.
Therapy
Individual and couples attachment-based, trauma therapy and nervous system support for trauma, anxiety, relational pain, and emotional healing.
Holistic Wellness
Whole-person approach that honors nutrition, sleeр, stress, movement, relationships, story, faith, and the daily rhythms that support long-term healing.
Your body was never meant to be treated in fragments. Lasting healing begins when we stop chasing symptoms in isolation and start listening to the whole body, the whole story, and the whole person.
WHY YOU MAY STILL FEEL UNWELL AFTER TRYING EVERYTHING.
Most care holds only one part of the picture. A doctor may look at symptoms, labs, and prescriptions while the stress, trauma, and nervous system patterns are left outside the room. A therapist may help you understand the story, attachment wounds, and survival responses while the body's inflammation, hormones, gut health, and nutrient status remain unaddressed. At Upstate Holistic Wellness, we believe healing often requires both languages. The biological root asks what is happening in the body. The story root asks what the nervous system has learned to carry. When both are finally considered, care becomes more thoughtful, personal, and complete.
BECAUSE YOUR BODY DESERVES
A BETTER WAY TO HEAL.
At Upstate Holistic Wellness, we do not believe in guessing, chasing symptoms, or handing you another generic protocol. We take a whole-body functional medicine approach that looks at your health history, labs, lifestyle, stress, sleep, gut health, hormones, thyroid function, inflammation, and immune patterns so your care can be built around what your body actually needs. No one-size-fits-all plans. No rushed appointments. No treating you like a collection of disconnected symptoms. Just a clear, holistic plan that makes sense for your actual body and real life.
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UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE PICTURE
We begin by listening carefully to what has been happening in your body and what you have already tried. Through a thorough health history, symptom review, and targeted functional labs when needed, We help you connect the dots between chronic fatigue, gut issues, hormone imbalance, thyroid concerns, autoimmune patterns, inflammation, brain fog, metabolic changes, and the deeper systems underneath your symptoms.
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SUPPORT WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION NOW
You do not have to wait months to begin feeling supported. While deeper patterns are being explored, We help you take practical, thoughtful steps to support the areas of your body that need care now. This may include nutrition, supplements, lifestyle shifts, lab-guided support, nervous system considerations, gut support, hormone support, thyroid support, or inflammation support based on your specific needs.
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BUILD LASTING CHANGE WITH ONGOING GUIDANCE
Healing takes time, but you should not have to figure it out alone. Through Phase 1 Intensive Membership, our online community, or therapy you receive education, support, protocols, lab insight, and guidance as your body responds over time. The goal is not to keep you dependent on care forever. The goal is to help you understand your body, feel more steady, and know how to support your health with clarity.
WHO WE ARE
Lillie Duncan, LPC-A
Jake Duncan, PA-C
THERAPIST AND A FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONER WORKING FROM THE SAME MAP.
We live and work in Upstate South Carolina, where we are raising our children on a small blueberry farm. We built this practice because, in our separate work, we kept meeting people who needed more than one kind of care. Their bodies were asking for support, their nervous systems were carrying stress, and their stories were still shaping how they lived and healed. Upstate Holistic Wellness was created to be one place where more of the whole person could be seen, understood, and supported.
OUR SERVICES
Work with us.
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Functional Medicine
For the body that still does not feel well. We offer root-cause functional medicine for chronic fatigue, gut issues, hormone imbalance, thyroid concerns, autoimmune patterns, inflammation, brain fog, and symptoms that have not fully resolved through conventional care.
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Trauma-informed Therapy
For the nervous system, relationships, and stories that need care. We offer trauma-informed therapy for individuals and couples navigating anxiety, grief, attachment wounds, emotional disconnection, conflict cycles, trauma, and nervous system overwhelm.
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Online Membership
For continued functional medicine support, education, and community. We offer online membership options with weekly group coaching, e-protocols, lab guidance, professional-grade supplement access, and whole-person health resources.
How to begin.
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Discover the Right Support.
Explore our care options and begin noticing what fits best for where you are. You may be looking for functional medicine, labs, individual therapy, couples therapy, or ongoing support through our online membership. If you are not sure where to begin, that is okay. We will help you find the right next step.
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Book a Free Call.
Schedule a complimentary call so we can hear what is going on, what you have already tried, and what kind of support you are looking for. We will ask a few thoughtful questions and help you determine whether functional medicine, therapy, membership, labs, or another starting place makes the most sense.
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Begin Your Healing.
Once we know what you need, we will help you begin with a plan that feels thoughtful, personal, and clear. Whether your care starts with a functional medicine, labs, an online membership, therapy, couples work, or online support, you will not have to keep guessing alone.
Download a FREE Guide:
Why Am I Still Not Feeling Well?
You have tried the labs, supplements, appointments, therapy, diets, and every version of pushing through, but your body or life still does not feel steady. This guide will help you begin connecting the dots between your symptoms, stress, nervous system, story, and daily life so you can take the next step with more clarity.