About Us
November 27, 2019 2025-05-31 19:51About Us
About Us
Life brings a full range of gifts and challenges. Each one of us seeks to navigate in ways that best help us to relieve pain and to cultivate wholeness and happiness. My work is rooted in my own lifelong journey on the path of healing. In my clinical healing practice I use Breathwork, Japanese Meridian-Style Acupuncture, Trigger Point Release Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, and Mindbody Healing.
I also work with Acupuncture Point Injection Therapy (APIT) using homeopathic, herbal and nutritional medicines, as well as LED and laser light therapy. Adjunct therapies include Cupping, Moxibustion, Gua Sha, and Myofascial Release Therapy, incorporated into your treatment as needed.
I first discovered Acupuncture when I sought treatment for a severe and chronic case of sinusitis and bronchitis that was resisting all medical treatments. The virtual overnight healing I experienced was so remarkable that I began to turn my scientific mind in the direction of studying Chinese medicine. I saw that it treated the whole person and not just a symptom – and so effectively! As I began my studies, I continued working in molecular biology research at the University of California, studying genes in fruit flies that might eventually give us clues to controlling cancer.
My studies were through Five Branches Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Santa Cruz, California and San Francisco College of Acupuncture, as part of a 4000-hour state-approved clinical apprenticeship leading to licensure in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine.
My Credentials
Nationally Board Certified in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (Dipl. Ac., Dipl. C.H, NCCAOM)
Licensed (LAc) in California, New York, and Florida, with a Master’s Degree in Acupuncture from Tri-State College of Acupuncture.
Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Marlboro College in Vermont. I went on to pursue doctoral study in Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University before beginning my studies in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.
Advanced Myofascial Release Therapy Certification with John Barnes, PT.
Certified in multiple energy-healing modalities, which I incorporate into sessions as needed.
Continuing Education Provider for Acupuncturists.
