Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and depression can profoundly affect our quality of life, making it harder to feel connected to joy and ease. Acupuncture offers supportive care for mental and emotional well-being by stimulating the release of serotonin, dopamine, and endorphins — natural chemicals that lift mood and promote balance. It can also enhance energy levels and sharpen cognitive function, helping everyday tasks feel more manageable. By calming and regulating the nervous system, acupuncture creates a sense of inner spaciousness, opening the door to growth and change. Through this process, we can begin to experience our body and mind in a renewed and more harmonious way.
Trauma
Trauma is more than what happens to us, it is what happens within us.
Trauma can fracture our connection to the self. It can cause unyielding anxiety, hyper-vigilance, emotional dysregulation, physical constriction, insomnia, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts. Trauma lives in the body as much as it inhabits the mind. It’s reflected in the ways we hold our shoulders, the depth of our breathe, our digestive health, our capacity for sleep, and our level of alertness.
How can acupuncture help?
Acupuncture offers a physiological pathway for healing trauma. By helping the body return to homeostasis, the mind can begin to find stillness as well. Treatment supports nervous system regulation, restorative sleep, a deep feeling of calm, and the release of physical tension. Through addressing the body’s response to trauma, acupuncture fosters a sense of peace, resilience, and emotional balance.
Eating Disorders and Self-Harm
At times, living in a body can feel overwhelming. Painful emotions may settle in and gradually consume our inner landscape. For many, self-harm becomes an attempt to find relief or regulate emotional turbulence. While often misunderstood, these behaviors can provide a kind of physiological release.
Acupuncture offers a different pathway toward that discharge — one that supports the body without causing harm. By helping the nervous system unwind stress, acupuncture creates more space to navigate difficult emotions with gentleness. It also stimulates mood-lifting endorphins, eases anxiety and depression, and supports the digestive distress and fatigue that often accompany eating disorders.