Acupuncture in Burlington and Shelburne Vermont

Emotional Health & Wellbeing

My intent is to create a space of safety, with my patient’s resilience as the fundamental treatment anchor. I create nuanced and individualized treatments meant to deepen my patient’s sense of feeling truly seen and heard.

Our bodies hold memory and experience, like buried energetic burrs stuck in the layers of our tissue. In my twenty plus years of practice, I have come to see how traumatic stress can be related to so many elusive, intangible, and difficult-to-nail-down symptoms, such as fatigue, chronic pain, obesity, insomnia, autoimmune conditions and hormonal imbalances, just to name a few.

But the amazing truth is that our human bodies, minds, and souls are fundamentally malleable and hardy, and we are evolutionarily equipped to transform and heal traumatic experiences. 

I commonly offer care to people who have experiences of:

Anxiety ・Addiction・Depression・Insomnia・Panic attacks・Adrenal fatigue, caregiver fatigue, or feeling burnt out・HSP (Highly Sensitive People)・Sensory processing disorder・ADD or ADHD・Histories of abuse or neglect・Histories of experiential or developmental trauma・Self-worth and self-trust challenges・Experiences of loss or grief・Experiences of transition, major change, or groundlessness

Women's Health

Empowering and supporting women through every phase and stage of their lives is one of my greatest loves. According to the philosophies of East Asian Medicine, a woman's overall health is reflected in her hormonal and menstrual health. The balance of our reproductive hormones impacts everything in our lives, influencing our stress hormones, blood sugars, moods, energy, and libido. Understanding and working with the cycles of your body as an expression of the rhythms of nature can be a source of power, creativity, awareness, and self-healing. 

I commonly offer care to people who have experiences of:

Gynecological imbalances・Painful, irregular, or no cycles・Premenstrual syndrome・Painful breasts, fibrocystic breast disease・Fibroids or endometriosis・Difficulty conceiving ・Supportive care during pregnancy and the postpartum period・Perimenopausal / Menopausal transition・Hotflashes, nightsweats, ・Fatigue・Brain fog, and loss of libido・Hormone imbalances

Pain and Injury Recovery

At its nature-based roots, acupuncture began as an agrarian people’s medicine, and was originally used to treat the ailments of farmers and animals working in the fields. Three thousand years later, acupuncture is extremely effective in alleviating a variety of pain conditions.   

In its most simplified expression, pain is your body’s voice telling you that something is just not moving right through your body. Something is stuck, blocked, injured, or locked down and your body wants to be tended to. My advanced training in bodywork, guasha, and cupping couples perfectly with acupuncture to get everything flowing again. 

I commonly offer care to people who have experiences of:

Arthritis or other kinds of chronic pain・Recovery from surgery or injury・Joint pain・Neck and shoulder pain・Headaches・Jaw pain・Sports related pain・General aches or somatic suffering, especially in instances when you’ve “tried everything else already.”