Acupuncture · Seattle, WA

Your body hasn't found its footing yet. That's exactly who I work with.

Acupuncture for people navigating complex conditions, post-treatment recovery, and situations that haven't fully responded to conventional care.

What brings people here

You're not imagining it.

You've had the appointments. You've tracked the patterns, tried the supplements, followed the advice. Some things helped a little. Nothing resolved it.

And somewhere along the way, you started wondering if this is just how it is now. If the fatigue, the pain, the sleep that never quite restores you — if these are simply facts of your life that you're supposed to adapt around.

You're not complaining. You're functioning. But the gap between how you're living and how you want to be living is real.

Living with complex conditions

Fatigue that doesn't resolve with rest. Pain that moves or changes. A nervous system that stays activated. A body that can't quite settle back into itself.

During and after cancer treatment

Whether you're mid-treatment or on the other side, you're noticing what this asks of your body — and you want to do something about it.

What keeps these patterns in place.

Most of the care you've received has focused on the symptom in front of you. The pain that moves. The neuropathy that came with treatment. The sleep that labs don't fully explain. Each appointment addresses something real — but the underlying pattern never quite shifts.

That's usually because these patterns aren't isolated. They involve how your body regulates itself: sleep, hormones, digestion, stress response, immune function. These systems are interconnected, and when one is off, others follow. Something more systemic is at play. Not dangerous. Not mysterious. But it won't respond to one thing at a time.

This is precisely where acupuncture, practiced with this lens, is most useful. Not as an alternative to the care you've already received, but as something that works at a different level — with the whole pattern.

If you're coming through cancer treatment

The care you're receiving is real, and you're showing up for it.

And you're noticing what that asks of your body. The fatigue. The neuropathy. The sleep that's harder to come by, the digestion that's off, the joint pain that arrived with treatment and hasn't left. Whether you're mid-treatment, approaching the end, or navigating ongoing chemotherapy for the long term — your body deserves support right now.

This is where I can be genuinely useful to you. My background is in oncology nursing. I've worked directly with patients through chemotherapy, radiation, and stem cell transplants. When you describe what you're experiencing, I know what you mean. And I know how to work with a body that has been through what yours has.

What this work actually involves.

Acupuncture has been used for over two thousand years to support the body's own regulatory capacity. The evidence base is substantial — particularly for chronic pain, fatigue, nausea, neuropathy, sleep disruption, hormonal imbalance, and nervous system dysregulation. It is safe, gentle, and well-suited to people who have already been through a great deal.

As a nurse acupuncturist, I bring both a clinical and a relational orientation to this work. Sessions are not rushed. I'm interested in the full picture: what's happening in your body now, what's happened over time, what you've already tried, and what you actually want to feel like.

Most people notice meaningful change within four to six sessions — not just in their primary complaint, but in sleep quality, energy, and the sense that their system is moving in a different direction.

Google Reviews

"Karin has been treating me pre and post mastectomy. The best part for me has been learning that my body has not failed me, according to Chinese medicine, but continues to protect me. She has been a physical and emotional guiding light."

B.W. · Breast cancer, pre- and post-mastectomy

"She skillfully reversed my chronic neck and shoulder pain. She takes the time to listen carefully and openly, to identify potential systemic causes before and during treatment."

R.W. · Chronic pain

"She listens very carefully, taking the time to understand me within the larger context of my life. I feel that the treatment she provides reflects this insight."

B.H. · Whole-person care

"At the end of each session, I have felt educated, more grounded, light, and focused on how best to take care of myself."

L. & J.C. · Long-term patients

"If you are new to or skeptical of acupuncture, you have found the right practitioner. Karin can and will explain what she is doing in a way that you will understand."

M.J. · Patient since 2019

This is not about managing better.

You already know how to manage. You've been doing it.

What this work is oriented toward is something different: a return to a body that you're not constantly monitoring and negotiating with. More energy, without the afternoon crashes. Sleep that actually restores. A nervous system that can settle. Pain that recedes rather than requiring constant maintenance.

And underneath all of that: the quiet relief of feeling genuinely tended to — by someone who is not in a hurry, who is paying attention to all of you, and who is as interested in where you're going as in what brought you in today.

You might be the right fit if…

You're someone who has done a lot of your own research. You're thoughtful about your health decisions. You're not looking for a quick fix — you've learned to be skeptical of those. What you're looking for is a practitioner who will take the complexity of your history seriously and work with you over time.

Or perhaps you've had good acupuncture before and you're curious about what a classical approach, practiced at depth, actually feels like.

You don't need to arrive with a clear diagnosis or a tidy summary. You just need to be willing to show up honestly, and to give this process enough time to work.

About Karin

RN, L.Ac.
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Oncology nursing, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Tai Sophia Institute
Classical Medicine Academy

Before I trained in acupuncture, I spent years working in oncology nursing — with patients going through chemotherapy, radiation, and stem cell transplants. That work gave me a close, unglamorous, deeply human education in what illness does to a body, and what people need when they are in the middle of something hard.

What you bring into the room matters — all of it. The symptoms, and everything underneath them.

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