Francesca McCartney founded the Academy of Intuition Medicine in Mill Valley, California USA in 1984.

Since 1976, Dr. McCartney has worked in the field of intuition as a medical intuitive in an integrative health clinic, founder of the Academy of Intuition Medicine & Energy Medicine University, author and educator. Francesca synthesizes her thirty years of study in Eastern and Western spiritual and healing arts into a multi-modality approach which grounds her in respectfulness for the uniqueness of the individual. From her pastoral counseling and medical intuitive work with thousands of clients Francesca developed the Intuition Medicine curriculum. Dr. McCartney is the inaugural recipient of a PhD in Intuition Medicine and also holds a PhD in Energy Medicine.