What to Expect & Fees (individuals)
During each treatment session as your Holistic Medicine practitioner, I will devote my attention to your individualized care and treatment needs. Together we will uncover the underlying conditions that have led to your current state of wellness and help increase your awareness and management of the signs and symptoms manifesting in you. Under my care, you will experience the elegance and effectiveness of a non-invasive and 2500+ year-old medicine, which can address most any issue on any level of body, mind, and spirit. You may also appreciate the unique way in which I integrate classical eastern philosophies and practices, medical approaches, laws of nature, and scientific research with careful consideration of our modern day stresses and lifestyles and thus our ever-evolving wellness needs. This integrated approach allows me to work with you on your wellness goals in a most effective manner while also providing you with therapeutic information that is immediately relatable, clear, comprehensible, and usable.
My overall goal is to see you progress through treatment to where we can eventually space out your visits to a few times a year to both maintain wellness and to ease seasonal and life transitions. Consequently, my style of practice may be considered a holistic approach to preventive and managed healthcare and one's overall wellness. I am extremely passionate about this medicine and look forward to sharing it with you.
TREATMENT MODALITIES USED:
Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine and have been used in East Asian countries for thousands of years to prevent and manage disease and maintain vibrancy for life. Acupuncture is based on an interconnected meridian system that is mapped throughout the entire body and contains specific points on each meridian where hair-thin needles may be inserted depending on the goal(s) of the individual treatment. Depending on the specific needs of each patient, the additional treatment methods I incorporate into my current Acupuncture practice include, but are not limited to: moxibustion (burning of the herb, mugwort, to promote blood flow and warmth), infrared heat (particularly when moxibustion smoke/odor not appropriate), cupping (use of suction via circular jars to promote blood flow), Gua Sha (similar to cupping but w/o suction and more like massage), Tuina (Chinese meridian & musculoskeletal massage), Kinesio-taping, Shoni-shin (a gentle Japanese style acupuncture technique requiring NO needle insertion--excellent for use on children as well as some adults), Qigong (moving and breathing exercises/meditation), Yoga (personalized exercise prescriptions), Chinese Herbal Medicine, Nutritional and Life-style Counseling (i.e., Wellness Coaching). These customized treatments can result in very powerful and unique healing experiences for each individual.
FIRST VISIT (Initial Intake Session):
Because sensory awareness is a key diagnostic tool for this style of medicine, please do not drink any caffeine or have any food/drink with strong colors or odors (e.g., coffee, blueberries, strawberries, garlic) within 3 hours before this initial visit. A light meal approximately 1 hour prior to and after the session is acceptable and encouraged, as is the drinking of water throughout the day.