Ellie Barrett is a dedicated professional specializing in all aspects of women’s healthcare. With a background as a former midwife for over two decades, Ellie brings a wealth of experience and compassion to her practice. Her journey began with a Bachelor’s degree in humanities, specializing in Midwifery from the New College of California.

Throughout her career, Ellie has navigated the intricate phases of women’s health, from preconception care, including pre and post IUI, egg retrieval, and IVF, to the beautiful and transformative journey of pregnancy. Her passion lies in offering comprehensive support for the mental, physical, and emotional preparation for labor and birth. Ellie takes pride in assisting mothers and babies during the postpartum period, creating a nurturing environment for their well-being.

Ellie’s expertise extends beyond midwifery and acupuncture, as she is trained in Craniosacral Therapy to aid babies with latch and nursing issues. Her commitment to holistic care is evident in her focus on treating hormonal, endocrine, and pain issues throughout a woman’s life, including perimenopause and menopause.

In addition to all aspects of women’s health, Ellie has special interests in working and treating people with diabetes (particularly Type 1) as well as people in the LGBTQA community.

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Erica Chu, LAc, MAcOM is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist since 2013, graduating with her Masters of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MAcOM) from AOMA School of Integrative Medicine in Austin, TX. She specializes in pain management, mental health & wellness and internal medicine. In addition, she has received advanced training in herbal dermatology and is a fellow of the International TCM Dermatology Association.

She was born and raised in Texas and earned her Bachelor’s degrees from The University of Texas at Austin. She started her acupuncture career at South Austin Community Acupuncture then opened a private practice in San Antonio, TX where she also served as the onsite acupuncturist at the cloud-based computing services tech company, Rackspace.

As a first generation Chinese-American, her first encounter with TCM was through her cultural upbringing where the spirit of Traditional Chinese Medicine defined her understanding of health, healing, and wellbeing. She incorporates practical and powerful methods in her technique to achieve rapid, lasting results with a gentle, reassuring bedside manner. She believes the body and human spirit are capable of incredible things and is passionate to help her patients find ways to tap into that power.

In her free time she enjoys staying active with yoga, hiking, and dancing, practicing Pranic Healing and meditation, and finding delicious restaurants around town with her husband.

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Originally from New York, Patrick earned his B.S. in Biology at Villanova University and M.S. in Health and Human Performance at McNeese State University in Louisiana. He came to the Pacific NW to study at one of the best Traditional Chinese Medicine schools in the country, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine where he received his MAcOM, and became certified as an instructor of Qi Gong in 1000 Hands Buddha technique

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Ellen first encountered Chinese medicine when she was young. The grown-ups talked about how to eat and live accordingly and took her along to herb shops. Then she had her first acupuncture treatment from her allopathic family doctor, who used one needle to relieve her sore throat instantly. She sees medicine as a philosophy and a way of living, and with allopathic medicine, they can work together like a beautiful duet.

Ellen studied engineering and worked in the high tech industry for several years. She liked solving problems at work but found it unfulfilling. With luck and opportunities, she came back to the medicine she had a glimpse of as a child and found the missing human connection she was searching for. She now enjoys working with patients to solve their health issues.

Examples of the areas of care Ellen provides:

Women’s health, fertility, GI issues, sleep issues, and pain management.

Outside of work, Ellen enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, and having new experiences.

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Joyce has been practicing in the Portland area for 34 years as a licensed massage therapist and graduated from the Oregon School of Massage in 1990. She continues to learn, heal and grow in the art of Body Centered and Holistic practices to better understand the connection to mind, body and spiritual healing.

Joyce was introduced to CranioSacral Therapy while working for a dentist in Portland treating temporal mandibular joint syndrome and fell in love with the practice because of her own pain, TMJ syndrome and headaches from a head trauma she experienced when she was three. She also was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr, and it was natural and holistic practices, Shamanic Breathwork, and lifestyle changes that helped her to feel less pain with more vitality, wholeness, and authenticity.

She enjoys walks in nature, hanging out with family and friends, art, sewing, using herbs, foods and mindfulness practices to heal self and others.

When there is a will to heal, to manifest, to change and grow there is always a way.

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Amber Reding was born and raised around the Portland Metropolitan area, highly influencing her desire to give back to the community that raised her. In 2011 Amber Commissioned into the US Army where she served as a Human Resources Officer.

As a female combat veteran Amber is particularly sensitive to the many different ways that events can create traumas in our lives. She strives to create a safe, trauma-informed treatment space where she hopes all people feel comfortable and SAFE! At the most basic level, healing begins with a safe place and a kind touch.

Due to Amber’s military background she has a passion for treating physical pain through the body, the mind and the spirit. She has witnessed first hand that mental, emotional and physical pain cannot be separated and in order to promote balanced, and lasting healing people must be treated on all three levels.

After attaining her acupuncture license in 2017 Amber began to realize the immense healing potential of treatment through focusing on the face. As humans we interface with the world through our expressions. Treatment of the face is treating human emotion and experiences. The human face is unique in that it is the only place where muscles attach directly to skin. To ensure patient safety and best clinical effects Amber took an additional one year certification on Facial Acupuncture which includes cosmetic, neuromuscular conditions and microneedling.

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Dr. Yuhsi Wang, born and raised in Taiwan, is a dedicated practitioner holding a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Her educational foundation was laid at the prestigious Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, a leading institution in China. It was here that Yuhsi had the honor of studying under Professor Tan Yong, a respected authority in TCM gynecology and direct disciple of Master Xia Gui-Cheng.

Yuhsi’s professional development was profoundly shaped by a year-long, comprehensive internship at Jiangsu Province Hospital of TCM. Throughout this immersive experience, she rotated through various medical departments. Working closely with Dr. Chiu, the Chief of the Acupuncture Department and son of the esteemed Master Acupuncturist Chiu Mao-Liang, she honed her expertise in orthopedic acupuncture and pain management. This rigorous program not only refined her skills across a wide spectrum of medical disciplines but also solidified her ability to integrate TCM principles with modern healthcare approaches.

In her practice, Yuhsi addresses a wide spectrum of health concerns, extending beyond her specialization in orthopedics and gynecology. She skillfully manages chronic and acute pain, enhances fertility through IVF acupuncture—a field where she has conducted research—and effectively treats emotional disorders, sleep disturbances, digestive issues, and Bell’s palsy.

When not wielding acupuncture needles in a human body, Yuhsi builds her resilience through CrossFit while listening to Fort Minor’s “Remember The Name” on repeat and occasionally indulges in true crime documentaries—because who says you can’t mix a heavy lift with a heavy plot twist?

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