At the end of college, however, I developed a crippling anxiety disorder. Intense anxiety attacks began, and they worsened after graduation. They got so bad that I was constantly living in fear of an attack, and began to withdraw from my friends. I didn’t want to be medicated because I didn’t want the anxiety masked — I wanted it gone!

There had to be a way out: a way back to the time when anxiety wasn’t ruling my life. I wanted to fall asleep in minutes instead of hours, and I didn’t want to have to try to “act normal” in front of friends. I wanted to return to a time when I wasn’t constantly either in an anxiety attack or fearing the next one. There had to be another way.

And I was right. A colleague told me to call her acupuncturist. That phone call changed my life.

Within several months, not only did I no longer have anxiety attacks, but my decade-long issue of daily headaches and monthly migraines ended. I could sleep, I was excited about life again, and I no longer had to carry around Excedrin.

I use a variety of methods to treat patients. In addition to being state and nationally licensed/certified in acupuncture, I am nationally certified in Chinese herbal medicine. I have spent 5 years training in functional nutrition, and am certified to teach 1000 Hands Buddha Qigong. All of my treatments are individualized to meet your health needs.

In my free time, I enjoy spending time with friends, my husband and our two rambunctious sons. I love cooking and sharing meals, blogging, hiking, reading, and watching football and playing soccer with my family. My family and I have lived in SE Portland since 2001.