I help clients resolve physical and emotional health issues using Chinese medicine, acupuncture, western naturopathy, connection, attention and deep compassion. My interest in Chinese medicine and naturopathy was born of a pull to explore the complexity and subtlety of the human experience. Now, that same pull guides me as a practitioner. The body is a site of profound intelligence and its innate capacity for healing is a wonder - it repairs constantly, mostly without being told to. My work simply supports it. Heartfelt, nuanced communication underpins my practice; Chinese medicine is a science of listening with all of the senses.
While my original training included Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), five element and classical approaches to treatment, these days my passion is mainly in classical Chinese medicine. TCM was standardised in twentieth century China - a systematisation that made it teachable and exportable, but which simplified and lost older, more complex layers of the medicine. Classical Chinese medicine draws on the ancient source texts directly, working with a fuller map of the body's energetic landscape - not just the twelve primary channels most people associate with acupuncture, but a wider system of channel relationships, directional energetics, and constitutional patterns. The aim is always to find and treat the root rather than the symptom - what my teacher called avoiding "points as pills." It is a more demanding and more rewarding way to practise, and one that continues to open up the vastness and precision of Chinese medical theory for me.
In my naturopathic practice I use functional medicine testing where necessary - for hormones, gut health, nutrient deficiencies, inflammatory markers etc. - alongside intelligently sequenced and high quality supplements, herbal medicine, nutrition and lifestyle support. The integration of naturopathy with Chinese medicine diagnosis is a powerful combination; the two systems inform and deepen each other in ways that produce more complete and lasting results.