​Courtney grew up in Connecticut and Massachusetts and has spent most of her adult life in New York City. She increasingly found while living in the city that she wished she were upstate instead, and she is so happy to bring her passion for patient care in the form of acupuncture  to this vibrant, walkable and woodsy community.  

 

For over a decade Courtney has enjoyed a career teaching both public and private yoga and meditation classes for neighborhood yoga studios and corporate spaces like Pinterest and Etsy. She is particularly passionate about private sessions because the one-on-one therapeutic relationship with students allows her to tailor sessions to the vast inner tapestry of an individual’s life, and how this history manifests in challenges with pain, mobility, and stability. 

 

Courtney’s first experience as an acupuncture patient was for treatment of severe and unrelenting pain. which more than five medical professionals had examined without conclusive diagnosis or treatments to stop the pain. At her first acupuncture appointment, she felt so cared for and listened to by her acupuncturist, and was surprised by the extensive medical history and questions that assessed not only her pain’s location but her emotional status, sleep schedule, and nutritional intake. 

 

As her treatments continued and swiftly stopped her pain (which has not returned!), Courtney was also drawn to the philosophy of Chinese Medicine; in particular, the comfort in the inevitability of seasons and phases in life, as well as the notion of “balance” not being a still point that one eventually reaches, but a lifelong practice of shifting in reaction to what is true in the moment. 

 

Courtney earned her Doctorate and Masters in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine at Pacific College of Health and Science in Chicago. Throughout her clinical internships she especially enjoyed working with cancer patients at Rush University Medical Center’s Integrative Oncology unit, as well as veterans at the Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 

 

Courtney’s particular passions using the tools of Chinese Medicine are in treating pain and psycho-emotional health, but far greater than these passions is her interest in treating anyone, for anything. She is thrilled to be a part of the Eastgate team and looks forward to meeting and treating you!