We treat the why of your Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, helping you feel better — naturally — for the long term.
We work with you exactly where you are — welcoming an integrative approach with Western medicine, or supporting your mental and emotional health with 100% natural, proven techniques.
The goal is to help you feel calmer, clearer, more grounded, and more like yourself again — without constantly feeling overwhelmed, on edge, shut down, exhausted, or stuck in survival mode. In many cases, as your nervous system becomes more regulated, you may be able to rely less on symptom-management strategies — including medications over time — and feel more grounded and resilient in daily life.
WE HELP PEOPLE WITH STRESS, ANXIETY, & DEPRESSION RELATED TO:
Chronic Stress & Burnout Anxiety & Overwhelm
Nervous System Dysregulation Depression & Low Mood
Trauma & Prolonged Stress Work Life Transitions
Sleep Deprivation Hormonal Changes
Post-Illness or Long Covid Caregiver Fatigue
AND WE HELP WITH SYMPTOMS OF STRESS, ANXIETY, & DEPRESSION:
Racing Thoughts Worry Overwhelm
On Edge Panic Tight Chest
Heart Palpitations Difficulty Sleeping Restlessness
Emotional Reactivity Irritability Crying
Emotional Heaviness Low Mood Ruminating
Fatigue Exhaustion Low Sex Drive
Brain Fog Memory Problems Poor Focus
Feeling Numb Disconnected Shut Down
Muscle Tension Headaches TMJ
Digestive Upset Frequently Sick
Other Symptoms You Think Are Triggered By Stress
Make an Appointment
Ready to start feeling better?
Schedule your appointment online
or give us a call at 707-527-0868
and we will answer your questions.
*Individual results may vary. There is no guarantee of specific results, warranted or implied, and individual results depend on several factors. Full disclaimer below.
WHY OUR NATURAL APPROACH TO STRESS, ANXIETY, & DEPRESSION WORKS SO WELL:
WE KEEP IT SIMPLE
Complicated doesn’t always mean more effective. Sometimes it’s the simple approach that gets the biggest result. We work to identify the clearest treatment for your specific struggles to help your nervous system reset and recover. These treatments may include acupuncture, herbal medicine, and simple, doable lifestyle tweaks to support calm, balance, and emotional resilience without overwhelming you.
WE USE A PROVEN SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTING MENTAL & EMOTIONAL HELATH FOR CENTURIES
You may have been told that stress, anxiety, or depression are normal and you’ll just have to manage it. We do things differently. We work on getting you symptom relief, but we also work to support your body’s natural ability to regulate stress hormones, calm the nervous system, improve sleep, and restore emotional balance — not just mask the symptoms.
WE REMIND YOUR BODY HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT CONSTANT STRESS
Bodies are wise — they want to be efficient. Chronic stress, anxiety, and depression are signs that the nervous system is jammed up and stuck in a pattern of overdrive or shutdown. By gently breaking up the traffic jam and interrupting the stuck pattern, we help your body find a new, easier way — one that doesn’t rely on constant tension, worry, or exhaustion. Over time, the nervous system remembers how to shift into calm, clarity, and balance — and those states begin to feel more familiar and accessible again. It doesn’t happen overnight, but over time, the body remembers that it used to live without being gripped or checked out. We wake up the body’s natural healing mechanism to get back to this state of well-being, feeling ease, flow, and more energy.
WE FOCUS ON HOW YOU FEEL, NOT JUST THE CHECKLISTS OR QUESTIONNAIRES
Screening tools and diagnoses can be helpful, but they are not the final word. The final word is how you feel in your daily life. Are you sleeping better? Do you feel calmer and more present? Do you feel more emotionally resilient and less reactive? Are you having more good days? Are you reconnecting to your motivation and creativity? That’s our marker for helping get you well again.
Make an Appointment
Ready to start feeling better?
Schedule your appointment online
or give us a call at 707-527-0868
and we will answer your questions.
*Individual results may vary. There is no guarantee of specific results, warranted or implied, and individual results depend on several factors. Full disclaimer below.
JUST AS WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS, STRESS, ANXIETY, & DEPRESSION SHOW UP DIFFERENTLY FOR EVERYONE.
Some people feel anxious and wired.
Others feel exhausted and numb.
Some feel both — at different times.
Our holistic methods look at how the physical, emotional, and mental symptoms are connected.
The goal is always relief, but part of the long-term strategy so that healing can last is getting to the bottom of why your nervous system is stuck.
Our bodies want to be efficient.
It actually takes a lot more work to live in a pattern of chronic stress than it does to live in flow.
Our techniques remind the body that calm, clarity, and emotional health require less effort — and feel better!
WE WORK WITH YOU TO FIND THE BEST COMBINATION FOR YOUR UNIQUE NEEDS.
Here’s how our specialized combination of four powerful, time tested, 100% natural therapies work to support mental and emotional health.
GENTLE ACUPUNCTURE
Our speciality is gentle acupuncture that works. Most patients feel calmer as soon as the treatment starts. Acupuncture has been treating stress, anxiety, and depression for centuries, by awakening and stimulating your own body’s innate healing process. It regulates the nervous system, reduces stress hormones, promotes relaxation, quiets the mind, lifts mood, reduces inflammation, and improves sleep so you experience emotional resilience.
HERBAL MEDICINE
Herbal medicine both relieves stress and strengthens the body. Herbal medicine can calm anxiety, lift mood, improve sleep, reduce mental fatigue and brain fog, relieve tension, and treat the other symptoms that pop up with stress. We have an extensive herbal pharmacy and can prescribe and mix up a custom formula for you that will treat your stress, anxiety, or depression, as well as increase circulation, decrease inflammation, regulate digestion, and calm the nervous system. This makes herbal medicine particularly well-suited to addressing all kinds of stress and the resulting symptoms.
FUNCTIONAL NUTRITIONAL THERAPY
When your brain and nervous system have the nutrients they need, they naturally function at a very high level. Targeted nutritional support can improve focus, energy, mood, stability, and stress tolerance — creating a stronger foundation for healing. Emotional regulation becomes much easier so that there’s far less opportunity for stress to settle in.
RELAXATION & STRESS REDUCTION
When your body is in a state of relaxation, it is able to do repair at the deepest level. In this state your nerves and body become more synchronized and calm — creating the perfect environment in your body for health and healing. By helping your system shift out of fight-or-flight and into rest-and-repair, we create the internal environment needed for emotional balance, less inflammation, better circulation, deeper sleep, clearer thinking, a better mood, and sustained energy. That’s why when we are able to treat stress as well as your unique symptoms that are triggered by stress.
Make an Appointment
Ready to start feeling better?
Schedule your appointment online
or give us a call at 707-527-0868
and we will answer your questions.
*Individual results may vary. There is no guarantee of specific results, warranted or implied, and individual results depend on several factors. Full disclaimer below.
THE PROCESS IS SIMPLE:
1) SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT
Click here to schedule an appointment through our online booking system and we will send you everything you need to be ready for you first visit.
If you have any questions, if you’re unsure if acupuncture and/or herbal medicine are right for you, or if you want help booking an appointment, give us a call. We are happy to answer questions about conditions we frequently treat and appointments at our office. We can also help you schedule a free 15 minute consult with the acupuncturist so you can talk with them about your specific condition and how we can help you.
2) DETAILED ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT PLAN
At your first appointment the acupuncturist will do a thorough assessment of your stress patterns, medical history, other factors, and most importantly discuss your goals with you to identify the root cause of your stress, anxiety, or depression and devise the right treatment approach for you.
After this assessment, you will receive your first acupuncture treatment — most people get so relaxed they lose track of time or fall asleep — and you will be given a treatment plan with simple, easy-to-follow instructions. Your treatment plan may include herbal medicine, dietary, and lifestyle adjustments to address the root of your stress, anxiety, or depression.
3) START FEELING BETTER
You’ll start with regular visits, usually twice a week, to ensure close support as you begin to feel your nervous system and body establishing a new pattern. We want to make sure your treatment plan is providing you with:
- Calmer and less reactive feelings
- Improved sleep
- Better focus and mental clarity
- Improved mood and emotional resilience
- Relief for your other symptoms triggered by stress
- More “good days” — energy, mood, stamina
In most cases patients feel more grounded and clear after 1-3 treatments. You’ll start to feel your relief lasting longer and enjoy more time doing the things you love. Once we see improvements maintaining over time, we will start spacing visits out to once a week. This usually occurs after 6 visits with some individual variability.
As your nervous system is rebalancing to return to its original pattern of health, you’ll notice a new level of wellbeing and resiliency. This usually occurs after 8-12 visits. We’ll continue to spread the treatments apart to every other week, every 3 weeks, and once a month, then on an as-needed basis for “tuneups”.
We are here for you, in case you have other healthcare issues you want to address, or feel like you are prone to more stress during a particular time or activity. Of course, many of our patients want to continue with regular maintenance, and we are always happy to work with you on that level, if that is your wish.
Make an Appointment
Ready to start feeling better?
Schedule your appointment online
or give us a call at 707-527-0868
and we will answer your questions.
