About Kate

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Acupuncturist & Founder

I began my journey towards alternative therapies from a young age, as I experienced a number of health issues in my childhood. Being passed from doctor to doctor, sent home feeling unheard, and seeing my health decline rather than improve, eventually led me to take control of my health and seek complimentary medicine.

After trying many branches of complimentary therapy, I stumbled upon Acupuncture. I was amazed by Chinese Medicine’s approach to treating the entire body and it’s unique understanding of how disease develops, rather than treating individual symptoms and conditions.

While my path led me to undertake 3 years of training to become an Acupuncturist, my background in trying many complementary therapies has shown me the importance of integrated medicine. I believe a clinic that embraces a variety of therapies working together can have a greater impact on a patient’s health than a single discipline working alone.  Even more so, the patient can be exposed to alternative options they may not have considered, and eventually this will lead them to a therapy that is right for them.

Before I studied Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), I gained a degree in Psychology (BSc Hons) and was an Assistant Psychologist at UCL Hospital. The desire to help people, understanding how emotions affect the body physically, and exploring the complexities that make up a person, are all elements that drew me to the study of Psychology. Happily, this study and passion is massively important within the TCM approach to treating individuals and physical disease.

While I am fascinated by all areas of health and will treat any and every condition that comes through my door, it may be of little surprise that my area of special interest is complex mental emotional cases and disease stemming from trauma. If you would like to read more about this, I have written a separate blog on the topic - click here. Whatever the condition, I hope Acupuncture is the right path for you and I look forward to being a part of your health journey.

I am a registered member of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC), an organisation that demands the highest standards of professional practice of Acupuncture in the UK. For more information, their website is www.acupuncture.org.uk.

Additionally, I volunteer as part of the Ukrainian Support Project providing trauma relief through ear acupuncture to refugees in the UK. I also have a Level 3 qualification in British Sign Language and feel passionately about making acupuncture more accessible to the Deaf and Hearing Impaired community. For more information, please feel free to contact me.