Services and Fees
HICAPs available in clinic for health fund rebates (not available for NET)
15% discount for concession and health card holders.
General Acupuncture
If you’ve been managing your symptoms for years and you’re tired of just managing them, this is where we start looking at why they’re there in the first place. I’m based in Blackwood and work with women across the Adelaide foothills, combining traditional Chinese Medicine with an evidence-informed approach. The goal isn’t just fewer symptoms. It’s feeling like yourself again.
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This is where we go deeper: for complex or multi-layered concerns, or when perimenopause, menopause or hormonal health is part of the picture.
What’s Included
The Conversation: We take in the full picture: your symptoms, your cycle or hormonal history, your health history, your stress load, everything relevant to what’s going on for you. I’ll also take some Traditional Chinese Medicine readings, like your pulse and tongue.
Your Plan: I’ll explain the patterns I’m seeing and how they connect, then we build a plan that reflects the complexity of what’s going on. Nothing generic, no guesswork.
The Treatment: Tailored to you, with the time to work through more than one layer in the same session. Needles usually stay in for 30 to 45 minutes while you rest.
Aftercare: You’ll leave with a clear plan and simple aftercare tips, so you know what’s next.
What to Bring: Any relevant pathology or scan results.
Trying to conceive or pregnant? See the Fertility & Pre-conception and Pregnancy appointments below.
HICAPS available in clinic to claim your health fund rebate, subject to your fund and level of cover.
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For a first visit where what’s brought you in is more contained: think neck or shoulder tension, back pain, sciatica, a sports strain, or sleep that’s been off for a while.
What’s Included
The Conversation: We talk properly about your main concern, your health history and your lifestyle. I’ll also take some Traditional Chinese Medicine readings, like your pulse and tongue.
Your Plan: I’ll explain the pattern I’m seeing and how it connects to what you’re feeling, then we work out where to go from here.
The Treatment: Acupuncture tailored to you, with cupping, gua sha, heat or acupressure added if it makes sense for what’s going on.
Aftercare: You’ll leave knowing what to expect next, with simple aftercare tips and room to ask questions.
What to Bring: Any relevant pathology or scan results.
HICAPS available in clinic to claim your health fund rebate, subject to your fund and level of cover.
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This is where the momentum builds. We build on the work from your initial appointment and keep adjusting your care as your body responds and your life keeps moving.
What’s Included
Check-In: We talk about how you’ve actually been since last time: what’s changed, what hasn’t, anything new. I might check your pulse and tongue again to guide the session.
Treatment: Adjusted to where you’re at today. Acupuncture stays the foundation, working on the tension and the patterns behind your symptoms.
Extras, If They’re Useful: Cupping, gua sha, moxibustion, heat or acupressure, added when it makes sense for what’s going on.
Guidance: A few realistic suggestions, maybe some movement, breathing or small lifestyle tweaks, to help you hold onto the benefits until next time.
You’ll need to have had an initial acupuncture appointment before booking this one.
HICAPS available in clinic to claim your health fund rebate, subject to your fund and level of cover.
Fertility & Pre-Conception Acupuncture
Trying to conceive can take over everything: your calendar, your conversations, the way you see your own body. Whether you’re preparing to try, currently trying, or navigating IUI or IVF alongside your fertility specialist, this is a space to be properly heard. My care works alongside your medical team, not instead of it.
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This is your first appointment and the space to be properly heard before anything else happens.
What’s Included
The Conversation: Your health history, your cycle, your fertility journey so far, and any treatment you’ve had or have coming up. I’ll also take some Traditional Chinese Medicine readings, like your pulse and tongue. Nothing is rushed and nothing is assumed.
Your Plan: I’ll explain what I’m seeing and how it connects, then we build a clear plan with realistic expectations and practical steps.
The Treatment: A personalised acupuncture treatment, tailored to where you are in your cycle or your IVF journey.
Aftercare: You’ll leave feeling informed and supported, not just treated, and knowing exactly what comes next.
What to Bring: Please also forward via email in advance, any relevant Basal Body Temperature (BBT) tracking, blood work, sperm analysis tests, or other investigation reports, including any IVF treatment schedules you have set.
Completing this beforehand allows me to really understand your health picture so we can spend more of your appointment discussing the missing pieces and treatment approach, time on the treatment table, relaxing and letting the acupuncture do its work.
HICAPS available in clinic to claim your health fund rebate, subject to your fund and level of cover.
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For returning patients continuing their fertility or pre-conception care.
What’s Included
Check-In: How you’ve been since last time: your cycle, your symptoms, your energy, and anything that’s shifted physically or emotionally, including where you’re at with any medical treatment.
Treatment: Adapted appointment to appointment, so your care reflects where you’re actually at, not a fixed template.
Extras, If They’re Useful: Moxibustion, heat or acupressure, added when it suits your plan.
Guidance: Practical, realistic steps to support yourself between appointments.
You’ll need to have had the Initial Appointment (Fertility & IVF) before booking this one.
HICAPS available in clinic to claim your health fund rebate, subject to your fund and level of cover.
Neuro Emotional Technique
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If your stress seems to be showing up in your body and nobody’s been able to explain why, start here.
What’s Included
The Conversation: We talk about what’s going on for you right now and start looking at where your body might be holding onto stress.
How NET Works: I’ll explain the technique and how emotional stress can affect your nervous system and your body, so you know what to expect before we begin.
The Session: Using muscle testing, some specific questions and gentle mind-body techniques, we work through the stress patterns connected to what you’re dealing with. It’s non-invasive, and you don’t have to relive anything you don’t want to talk about. We go at whatever pace feels right for you.
Aftercare: You’ll leave with some simple guidance to take with you, and room to ask questions.
NET isn’t claimable through private health funds.
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Follow-up sessions build on the work from your initial NET appointment, reinforcing the changes your nervous system is starting to make.
What’s Included
Check-In: We talk about what’s shifted since last time, in your symptoms, your emotions, your stress levels, or how you’ve been responding to things.
Session: Guided by how you’re doing today, continuing to work through whatever’s connected to what you’re feeling.
Guidance: A few simple things to help you feel grounded once you leave.
You’ll need to have had an initial NET appointment (or the Acupuncture + NET initial) before booking this one.
NET isn’t claimable through private health funds.
The tension in your body usually has a story behind it. NET is a gentle mind-body technique that helps identify and address stress patterns your body has been holding onto, even when they’ve been there so long you’ve stopped noticing them.
Acupuncture + NET
For patients who want to bring both together, because physical symptoms and emotional patterns are rarely separate things.
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The follow-up version, continuing to work with both the emotional and physical side of things in one appointment.
We start with a short check-in, then about 25 minutes of NET continuing to work through whatever’s connected to how you’re presenting, followed by about 25 minutes resting with the needles in to help the NET work settle.
Please note: you’ll need to have had the Acupuncture + NET initial, or both an initial acupuncture and an initial NET appointment, before booking this one.
Duration: 60 minutes
Health fund rebates may apply to the acupuncture portion only, subject to your fund and level of cover. NET isn’t claimable through private health funds.
Cupping or Gua Sha
Short on time but carrying tension in your neck, shoulders or back? This stand-alone session is built for fast, focused relief, or to help you through the acute stage of a cold or flu, without booking a full acupuncture appointment.
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A stand-alone session for when you’re short on time but carrying tension in your neck, shoulders or back, or need some support through the early stage of a cold or flu.
What’s Included
Check-In: A short chat about where you’re holding tightness or discomfort, so we can focus the session on you.
Treatment: Focused on one area, usually the neck, shoulders, upper back or lower back. Depending on what suits you, this might include:
Fire cupping: traditional flame-created suction to warm and loosen tight tissue
Sliding cupping: if appropriate
Gua sha: a smooth tool used along the skin to release tension held in the muscle
Extras, If They’re Useful: Some added heat to help soften the muscles.
HICAPS available in clinic to claim your health fund rebate, subject to your fund and level of cover.
Pregnancy Acupuncture
Pregnancy asks a lot of your body, and the hard parts don’t always get much airtime. Whether you’re in your first trimester or your last, dealing with a specific complaint or wanting steady support as things progress, care is adapted to your stage of pregnancy and works alongside your midwife, GP or obstetrician.
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This is your first pregnancy appointment and the space to be properly heard, whatever stage you’re at.
What’s Included
The Conversation: Your pregnancy so far, your health history, and how you’ve been feeling, physically and emotionally. I’ll also take some Traditional Chinese Medicine readings, like your pulse and tongue. Nothing is rushed and nothing is assumed.
Your Plan: A clear plan with realistic expectations and practical steps, built around your stage of pregnancy and what you need right now.
The Treatment: A personalised acupuncture treatment, appropriate for your stage of pregnancy.
Aftercare: You’ll leave feeling informed and supported, not just treated, and knowing what comes next.
What to Bring: Any recent pregnancy scan or pathology results.
HICAPS available in clinic to claim your health fund rebate, subject to your fund and level of cover.
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For returning patients continuing their pregnancy care.
What’s Included
Check-In: How you’ve been since last time: your symptoms, your energy, and how things are progressing as your pregnancy moves forward.
Treatment: Adjusted to your stage of pregnancy and where you’re at today.
Guidance: Practical, realistic suggestions to help you feel more comfortable between appointments.
You’ll need to have had the Initial Appointment (Pregnancy) before booking this one.
HICAPS available in clinic to claim your health fund rebate, subject to your fund and level of cover.