Emotional Health

Maybe you’ve been working for years to create balance in your mind, body and spirit. Or maybe you’re just starting to work with a therapist and want additional support. Acupuncture offers a variety of paths to create balance, provide emotional relief and reduce symptoms that come along with stress, opens in a new windowanxiety and depression

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If any of the following apply to you, you’re in the right place: 

 

  • Your antidepressant, anti-anxiety or sleep medication is working to some extent but you want more relief and to feel even better.
  • You’re struggling with depression, anxiety or insomnia and taking a pharmaceutical doesn’t feel like the right option for you.
  • You have a stressful, high intensity job (and life!) and want to do what it takes to function effectively and dynamically at work (and home!).
  • You’re overwhelmed, burnt out, tired, uninspired and ready to make a big shift. 
  • You crave the courage to be authentic, to honor your boundaries and to take care of yourself in all of your relationships. 
  • You want to feel more grounded, calm and clear-headed in your life.
  • You struggle with cyclical emotionality and want to feel more balanced at certain times of your menstrual cycle. 
  • You suspect that a traumatic life event, small or large, is somehow contributing to physical or emotional complaints. 
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Acupuncture helps to balance and calm the nervous system so your body operates more efficiently and effectively. As the body becomes more balanced, the emotional experience and physical symptoms associated with depression, anxiety, PMS or difficulty opens in a new windowmenopause become less severe. 

Acupuncture also helps to clear stuck and outdated energy. Your body can store old information, traumatic situations, outdated beliefs and certain acupuncture treatments go into the deep places where these are stored to transform them and remove these blocks to growth and healing. 

Acupuncture helps to align us with how life wants to unfold FOR us so that life feels easeful, joyful and abundant. 

Marie incorporates herbal formulas and supplementation, lifestyle and nutrition therapy, individualized qigong prescriptions when treating emotional health.

Marie also weaves five element philosophy and personality typing into her consultations with patients and offers virtual, deep dive Five Element Consultation sessions. 

When applicable, Marie works collaboratively with other professionals, including therapists, psychiatrists, physical therapists, orthopedic doctors, pharmacists, chiropractors and naturopathic doctors to coordinate care and make sure you are fully supported in managing your health. 

The following complaints can be effectively treated with acupuncture: