Meet the Healers of True Nature Wellness

Choosing a provider that fits your needs is a pivotal aspect of your healing plan. Take some time to learn about us in our diverse capacities. A range of modalities and spectrum of specialties is offered here, and we want to make sure you find the right fit. We know how important this has been to us in our own healing.

Chase Desso, LAc

​Licensed Acupuncturist
​Founder, True Nature Wellness

Dr. Shanna Butler

Licensed Psychologist
Co-Founder, True Nature Wellness

Mo Washburn, CMT

Intuitive Bodyworker

Sage Staggs, LAc

Licensed Acupuncturist
Chase's specialties include:
  • Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs
  • Chronic & Acute Pain, Orthopedics
  • Stress, Trauma & Addictions
  • Anxiety & Depression
  • CranioSacral Therapy & Medical Qigong​
  • Nutrition Consultation
  • Cupping & Gua Sha
Chase Desso, MS, Licensed Acupuncturist
​Founder, True Nature Wellness
Grounded presence and medical scholarship are my north stars. I center the union of soma (body) and psyche (emotions, inner life, soul) in my healing practice. My work is informed by my experience in Vipassana Insight Meditation, Jungian and Depth psychology, Reclaiming Traditions, Qigong, Taoism, self-development, and social justice ideologies. I practice from a standpoint of valuing and celebrating the multicultural identities of my patients and specifically enjoy and specialize in supporting the LGBTQ communities. My method is an inclusive therapeutics with the intention to invite all of you into the room to heal. I am gentle and caring, offering the nourishing environment you need to to allow your body to heal itself. I would like to help inspire you to craft a healthy lifestyle that works for you, while also becoming more aware of your body and its needs. I perceive each individual uniquely and take great care in aiming to treat you accordingly. By embracing a hands-on, compassionate approach to healing, I address the root of an injury or illness to help you achieve health and wellness for the long-term, creating an environment for deep levels of healing to occur.
We seek not rest but transformation. We are dancing through each other as doorways.
~Marge Piercy
Dr. Shanna Butler, Licensed Psychologist
Co-founder, True Nature Wellness
I believe in the wisdom of the heart that makes healing possible. Our path towards greater ease and understanding may look messy, it might not ascribe to the timelines we desire, but relief from suffering exists. I know this from an active engagement in my own healing journey and from witnessing and accompanying many others on their personal healing path. 
My philosophy as a psychologist is informed from many streams. My academic training included rigorous study of depth psychology and social justice traditions  For me the two are inseparable, our personal liberation is deeply intertwined with liberation for all beings which means our healing work must include the dismantling of oppressive structures both internal and external as well as the untangling of trauma and internalized distress. How this takes shape is deeply personal and grounded in the unique ingredients that comprise each of our existences.
My practice as a psychologist is also informed by my lived experiences which include the ongoing investigations of my social identities as a queer and genderqueer person and as an anti-racist ally. I value and am informed by countless wisdom traditions including Buddhism, earth based spiritualities, Taoism, energy medicine, and intuition. 
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Sage Staggs, Licensed Acupuncturist
I believe that we can all better fulfill our life’s purpose when our bodies, minds, and spirits are tended to.  It is my passion to bring healing to people so that they can enjoy a fuller life and follow their own passions. 
I have been interested in herbs, nutrition, spirituality, and physiology for as long as I can remember.  I started formally studying western herbalism, nutrition, and bodywork in my early twenties and I haven’t looked back since.
​My specialty is in women's and LGBTQ health.  I offer support for menstrual regulation, fertility, conception, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause.  I have expertise in supporting families and individuals who are trying to conceive with a partner and/or via assisted reproductive therapy.  I also treat acute and chronic pain, anxiety, allergies, digestive disorders, fatigue, depression, insomnia, and more.
In 2014, after 4,000 hours of training, I received my Masters in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine at ACTCM and passed the National and State licensure exams.  I now regularly attend continuing education courses in Classical Chinese medicine, contemporary pulse diagnosis, and fertility enhancement.
Mo Washburn, CMP
in my late twenties, while working at a corporate job, i had an epiphany where i realized that the way my life looked wasn’t actually in alignment with the connection my heart yearned for. at this time, i left the city where i had resided my whole life and leapt out into the unknown, cultivating connection to my intuition and gut, stepping into trust. in 2009, this led me to enroll in the ayurveda clinical program at the dhyana center in sebastopol, california. this program encouraged awareness, self-care, and brought me more physically and emotionally into alignment with my own health. it also gave me tools to begin a life of service. after this initial program, i wove in studies of swedish esalen bodywork, acupressure, interchange counseling, arvigo techniques of mayan abdominal therapies, and jaw/pelvic release work.