Dr. Martha Mathews Libster, PhD, MSN, APRN-PMHCNS, APHN-BC, FAAN, loves healing, science, people and plants. She is an international expert in salutogenic healthcare and nursing science specifically focused on precision self-care, nurse-herbalism, peace through health culture diplomacy, integrative holistic behavioral health nursing, and solution-focused healthcare reforms. She has designed and taught four practice models on five continents, that draw upon her award-winning historical research,

including the Elements of Care Precision Self-care, Health Culture Diplomacy, Healing Relationships (Integrative Nursing) and Nurse-Herbalist.  Dr. Libster has held leadership positions as Chair and Professor of Nursing, Director of Education and Academic-Practice Partnership Design for universities and health systems. She leads conversations about salutogenesis-oriented-solutions (SOS), health patterns, and health promotion, as a foundation for reform and innovation of community-based healthcare services and systems.

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Clinically, Dr. Libster is a Board Certified Holistic Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist with subspecialties in practice and teaching Infant Mental Health and Consultation-Liaison services. She offers those who serve humanity tirelessly in nursing and other health-care fields sustainable work-life balance and personal growth services, including individual and group therapy, health coaching, and clinical supervision.

Dr. Libster has practiced and taught classical traditional Chinese herbal medicine for 30 years. She learned herbal medicine first from her Celtic Cornish-American grandfather and mother who showed her how to live a life of partnership with plants. Her practice continues to explore ways to create "meaningful climate change within and without" through the integration of new technologies with traditional healing practices, such as nurse-herbalism and traditional medicine.

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She is the author of 11 books, numerous journal and E-publications and editorials and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Integrative Nursing. Her writing is reviewed as “groundbreaking” and “enlightening.”