Welcome!

This website describes my clinical practice in Park Slope, Brooklyn in:

•    Acupuncture
•    Chinese Herbs
•    Bodywork - Bowen Therapy
•    Dietary therapy

Chinese medicine sees each person as a unique individual.  I combine this perspective with my experience treating and studying the human body for more than 20 years.  I began developing my assessment skills through many years of  dance training, exploration with Continuum movement, and practicing shiatsu.  In treating patients, I balance a hands-on approach to healing with the intellectual orientation of Chinese and Western medicine resources.   

The health issues which I focus on include:

       •    Chronic conditions
       •    Women’s health
             o    PMS
             o    Fertility
             o    Pregnancy
             o    Childbirth
             o    Menopause

One of my goals is to help patients feel comfortable with a process that is quite different from visiting a conventional doctor. This involves taking time to listen to each person’s story and asking a series of questions to discern the nature of the condition. Questions concern constitutional issues of hot and cold, thirst, sweat, energy levels, sleep, digestion, pain, etc. I combine this information with pulse and tongue examination to determine a pattern of imbalance and develop a corresponding treatment.

During the course of treatment, I help to guide each patient toward a lifestyle that supports optimal health. Making use of research derived from conventional and alternative medicine, I develop a plan in synch with the demands of the patient’s work, family and healthcare needs.