Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a powerful Medicine. It can be effective with persistent and/or unique symptoms and sensations. It is excellent for maintaining health in older age. It can also be very helpful in complex conditions.
The roots of persistent and sometimes mysterious symptoms is sometimes underlying trauma. My approach in acupuncture is trauma-informed. The acupuncture I offer has an integrated understanding of trauma, ‘Heartshock’ “a systemic instability resulting from life insults or injuries”(Rosen).
Whether you’re aware of trauma or not, acupuncture can relieve the impact its had on your system. In these more complex cases, we work together gently over time, on persistent symptoms and their underlying psychological disharmonies.
The acupuncture I offer is informed by several different lineages. My approach is also very intuitive. My patients benefit from the more shamanic aspects of acupuncture, sometimes in huge ways.
The ‘side effects’ of acupuncture are good too. Almost everyone feels more energy and ease from the first session onwards. They sleep better and feel more relaxed and happier.
So I am intuitive and trauma informed in my approach. I am also working from my recognition of your core radiance, the part of you that always knows wellness.
The Deep Work
Common areas of support include:
-Anxiety
-Chronic fatigue
-Depression
-Nervous system regulation
-Chronic digestive issues
-Heartbreak
-Neurodiversity support
-Creative blocks
-Unique or unexplained symptoms and sensations
-Raynauds
-Chronic skin complaints
’De-stress and Replenish treatments’
These half hour treatments focus on undoing the ‘wired and tired’ feeling.
Sometimes in life we are just so busy. It can be great, and also at the same time we feel ‘tired and wired’. It can be hard to find the time or headspace to do much about it. This is why I’m offering these short, focussed sessions.They are likely to give you:
- improved quality and length of sleep
- more ability to get back to sleep when you’ve woken up
- improved focus
- reduced anxiety
- increased clarity
- increased energy
- a feeling of greater relaxedness and ease
- a feeling of inner support or resilience
The focus in these sessions is on physical and energetic vitality, a ‘pick me up’.
There is not time in these brief, focussed treatments, to address particular health concerns or share deeply. For these, people are welcome to book in for full sessions, The Deep Work, in which I give emotional support and do comprehensive diagnosis.
FAQs
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Clients usually feel an improvement after one session. To achieve lasting change, regular attendance to sessions for a time is recommended. This might be weekly for the first 6 weeks, perhaps reducing over time to fortnightly and then perhaps monthly. It varies from case to case. In longterm and complex conditions, it is possible to be working together for some years.
Each session can take between 40mins and 1.5 hours
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Some people wonder if acupuncture will hurt. The answer is occasionally, a little bit. It passes quickly. I often say acupuncture is the medicine of warriors, because it takes a little bit of courage to receive it. And typically it feels great afterwards.
Cost
The Deep Work:
First session: £50 - £60 (sliding scale) Subsequent sessions : £40 - £50 (sliding scale)
Appointments last up to 1.5 hours
'De-stress and Replenish' treatment:
£25 for 30 mins