Whitney at the Acupuncture Clinic of Napa 

I’m of the belief that you are your greatest healer. As you heal, you heal those around you, which in turn heals the collective whole. That’s been my perspective since childhood, where my time in nature taught me that we are as much an ecosystem as the world around us, not a machine with faulty parts. I learned firsthand that the emotional and spiritual body need healing as much as our physical ones, which steered me away from contemporary medicine. In 2003 while training as a massage therapist I was introduced to Chinese medicine and acupuncture. This profound system of medicine was fully in alignment with my beliefs, and had a few thousand years of evidence behind it. This revelation led to a decade of informal study, followed by my formal education at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine where I received both my master’s and doctorate. After earning state and national licensure in 2018, I began private practice in Marin, where I met my true teachers: my patients. Outside of private practice I’ve worked with Paradigm Treatment Centers, volunteered with the Integrative Healers Action Network and Acupuncture Without Borders, all of which utilize the power of group healing for emotional and spiritual well- being. I’m grateful to be back in the beautiful Napa Valley with my beloved and our fur family. I’m a bird-nerd, beginning cellist, novice gardener, and tenacious cook.