This September 2025, Persephone Healing Arts Center marks 24 years of continuous service in integrative, holistic, and anthroposophic medicine. Founded in 2001 by Dr. A. Schaeffer-Pautz, MD, the Center has been dedicated to providing individualized, compassionate healthcare that bridges modern medical science with the wisdom of integrative, spiritual, and natural healing traditions.
Over the past two decades, Persephone Healing Arts Center has served as a unique medical and educational hub in Florida—offering comprehensive integrative care for adults and children, wellness programs, therapeutic arts, therapeutic eurythmy, hygienic eurythmy classes, cooking classes, lectures on anthroposophy, monthly open houses, community education, and seasonal potlucks. The Center’s foundation rests on the understanding that true healing embraces the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of the human being and of life itself—including our relationship with the Earth, its seasons, and its wellbeing.
Highlights of Persephone Healing Arts Center’s 24 years include:
- Providing board-certified, physician-led anthroposophic medical care in Florida—serving patients locally and from across the U.S.
- Board certification in both Internal Medicine and Integrative Medicine.
- Certification as a Walsh Practitioner for over two and a half years, helping children and adults with biochemical interventions that create a sound foundation for other modalities such as homeopathy and herbal medicine.
- Integrating conventional diagnostics and evidence-based treatments with artistic and holistic therapies.
- Hosting lectures, study groups, and community events promoting health literacy and holistic awareness.
- Offering continuity of care through prevention-focused, relationship-centered medicine.
- Supporting educational partnerships and outreach within the broader integrative and Waldorf communities.
Persephone Healing Arts Center continues to stand as a quiet, steadfast presence for those seeking a comprehensive, human-centered, and anthroposophic approach to healing—one that honors the individuality of each person while recognizing the living healing forces inherent in life itself.
Director of the Persephone Healing Arts Center, P.A.
