Our Team
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Kristin Kolesar Fabris
Dr. Kristin Kolesar Fabris has practiced an individualized and holistic approach to patient care in Rhode Island since 2007. She believes true health should not be measured by merely the absence of disease but rather the quality of living. She is passionate about contributing to the growth of integrative healthcare in our community, which promotes determining true causation of a health concern and combining the best therapies for individual needs both for short term relief as well as long term wellbeing. She believes in teaching patients the ability to go inward to
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receive their care, to go inward to know their own bodies, and to become their own conscious healer for within themselves. She believes this care should be available to everyone, regardless of income or insurance coverage.
Dr. K earned her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from National University of Health Sciences in Chicago in 2007. She received her undergraduate B.S. degree in Psychology and Biology at Loyola University Maryland in 2004. She has extensive training in diagnosis, x-ray evaluation, physical medicine, and nutrition. She has had further extensive training in women’s health and nutrition, and is certified in Webster Technique for pregnant women. She currently serves as Past President on the board of the Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island.
When not practicing the art of adjusting, she is likely goofing around with her daughter Isla and spending time with family. Her passions are music and dancing, poetry, plant medicine, yoga and meditation, and writing guided meditations for all to enjoy!
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Kathryn McCarthy
Kathryn McCarthy received her Masters in Occupational Therapy from Tufts University and has specialized in pediatrics for 22 years. She has worked in clinic, early intervention and school based settings, as well as having offered her clinical expertise internationally in facilities in Romania and Mexico. Kathryn is also highly trained and certified in evaluating and treating Sensory Processing Disorders in both children and adults.
Kathryn began her training in CranioSacral Therapy in 2000 and currently sees clients privately in Providence, RI where she provides services for infants, children and adults. She also provides services at My Pediatric OT Services in Foxboro, MA, specializing in Sensory Processing Disorders and CranioSacral Therapy. Additionally, Kathryn previously taught a “Manual Therapy For Pediatrics” course nationally in a variety of hospital and clinical settings.
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Kathryn has a Masters in Dance Performance from George Washington University, having performed and taught professionally prior to pursuing her career in Occupational Therapy. Kathryn loves working with pregnant mothers, infants, children and adults that present with a wide range of issues and concerns, supporting healthy function throughout the developmental continuum.
Katy Wilson
Born outside Providence, Katy has returned to her roots after getting her massage license on Maui in 2014. Nationally certified and licensed in three states, she specializes in Hawaiian LomiLomi and myofascial mobilization massage techniques. From 2011-2019, she worked for a Taoist Water method instruction company called Energy Arts. Under Master Bruce Frantzis’ tutelage for nearly a decade, she is now certified to teach Dragon & Tiger Medical Qigong, Tai Chi Circling Hands Qigong, Marriage of Heaven & Earth qigong and Energy Gates Qigong. Katy is honored to be joining the Be Well Team as an administrator and practitioner.
Dr. Eleanor L. Stump received her Doctorate of Chiropractic cum laude from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa in 1976. She recently relocated from Delaware to Rhode Island in 2019. Throughout her career on the eastern shore of Delaware, Dr. Stump was elected Chiropractor of the Year in 1985 and was the first woman to be appointed to the Delaware Board of Examiners. She also was the recipient of the Palmer College Mabel Palmer Award “Woman Doctor of the Year” in 2016.
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In order to more holistically serve her patients, she received her acupuncture accreditation from Parker College of Chiropractic. She was the first American woman to receive a Blackbelt in Shorinji Kempo and uses these eastern philosophies in guiding her patients to a more integrative health approach. She is also a certified yoga instructor and has been teaching Hatha yoga for over 40 years. She has given many lectures to the community and professionally on wellness, women’s health, pain management and complementary therapies.
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Kris O’Connell
Kris O'Connell has been heavily invested in martial arts (Okinawan Karate, Kickboxing, Krav Maga, BJJ) since he finished college. in 2008. While studying, training, and competing across the world, he had a few extraordinary experiences that introduced him to the significant power of the healing arts, specifically Medical Qigong. Medical Qigong is a holistic health care system that identifies the root causes of disease and uses energy as a conduit to facilitate healing. Kris is a fully certified Practitioner under Dr. Tony D'Angelo, DMQ (China) out of Tranquil Cloud Temple. He continues to practice and study daily while pursuing his Doctorate in Medical Qigong.
Danielle Cleary
Danielle received a B.A. in French and Spanish from Harvard in 1998, and then spent much of her free time over the next two decades studying holistic nutrition, the energy of intention, and natural remedies for healing the body. In 2016, Danielle earned her Integrative Nutrition Health Coaching certification.
Over the next few years, Danielle’s skills were tested as she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in June 2017, just a month after her son was diagnosed with an autoimmune illness called PANDAS that causes brain inflammation and triggers mental health conditions. Danielle and her family weathered the storms and are thriving. Her experience inspired her to dive more deeply into energy medicine and sound healing. She is certified in reiki I and II, and is constantly expanding her knowledge in these areas.
Danielle joined the Be Well team in early 2020. In addition to her role as office manager, Danielle offers private energy healing sessions and group workshops at the Be Well Alchemy space.