APPOINTMENTS
Sessions are by appointment in advance and are available Monday through Friday starting at 8 a.m., with some evening hours. Please schedule your appointment carefully, at a time convenient for you. I encourage patients not to schedule so tightly that they become stressed about time during the appointment.
The initial visit includes a comprehensive health history intake and a treatment; please allow one hour and thirty minutes for this appointment. Follow-up visits are typically one hour. It is most ideal to arrive neither very hungry nor overly full and to avoid scheduling a strenuous activity immediately after a treatment. I request that your cell phone be turned off during each session.
Because of scheduling constraints, if you are late for an appointment, this time will be considered part of your session, so you will have less time for the actual treatment.
MEDICAL HISTORY INTAKE FORM
Download form here.
Please download the form, complete it legibly and bring it with you to your first appointment. Don’t forget to include a list of all current medications and nutritional supplements. If you are coming for treatment of infertility, please also download and fill out the separate Fertility Intake Form before your first appointment (download this form here).
These forms are .pdf files that require reader software to open.
If you are not able to print out the form, please come to your appointment 20 minutes early and you can fill one out in the waiting area.
CANCELLATIONS
Your appointment time is reserved especially for you. If you find it necessary to change or cancel an appointment, 24 hours notice is requested or you will be charged the full amount for a missed session. Failure to show up for an appointment incurs a charge for the full fee.
CONFIDENTIALITY
I hold in the strictest confidence all information that you provide. Your comfort, sense of trust, and assurance of privacy are paramount. I acknowledge that for some, receiving acupuncture can be very personal and sometimes intimidating as a first-time experience. My objective is to offer a professional, soothing, safe environment. The session is considered your time to receive the best possible care, and my approach will always be to honor you as an individual and serve you as a professional, caring practitioner.
ILLNESS
I prefer that you do not come for a session if you are ill with a fever or excessive coughing or sneezing due to a cold or flu. Under these circumstances the benefits of acupuncture are limited and in fact can stress an already-taxed body. Please call me to discuss your health status if you question your ability to receive treatment.
If you have questions or concerns, please feel at ease in discussing these with me. My office number is (360) 752-0457. Please leave a message and I’ll call you back just as soon as I’m able.