Mitchell Family Acupuncture in Berkeley is honored to be a full-service integrative health center, providing acupuncture, herbal medicine, health education, cupping and comprehensive natural family medicine for all. Our team of doctors, acupuncturists and massage therapists work together to bring you a personalized approach to medicine to allow your deep health to emerge.
Dr. Hana Lurie, L.Ac., DAOM
Dr. Hana is a Doctor of Eastern Medicine and acupuncturist. She is a graduate of Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College (https://www.aimc.edu) in Berkeley, California, and has a Masters of Science in Eastern Medicine with an emphasis on Japanese Acupuncture and Herbalism, in addition to a Doctoral degree from the Pacific College of Health and Science.(https://www.pacificcollege.edu)
Dr. Hana has always had an interest in how our internal experiences relate to our external bodies. After pursuing a B.S. in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, she spent several years working as a residential mental health counselor for youth diagnosed with schizophrenia. Here, through creating nutrition and exercise workshops, she observed a huge improvement in the resident's wellness and clarity. During this same period, neck pain from a car accident led her to experience East Asian Medicine, where she discovered the immense healing potential of acupuncture. She's inspired by the medicine's poetic alignment with the natural world.
Clinically, Dr. Hana focuses on regulating systems in the body that have become imbalanced over time. This includes rhythms of hormones, mood, digestion and sleep, with an emphasis on women's health. Her review of acupuncture's effect on reproductive hormones and the uterus has been published in the Journal of Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine. (https://jaimonline.org/category/jaim-winter-2018/) She practices with a gentle Japanese needling style
When she's not in the clinic, Dr. Hana loves spending time in nature and with friends, rock climbing and cooking.
Specialty
Women's Health
Hormonal Balancing
Nervous System Reset
Healthy and Comfortable Menstrual Cycles
Stress Reduction
Labor Induction
Pregnancy and Postpartum Care
Sleep
Favorites
The smell of coffee brewing and its bitter taste on the tongue
Quality time with an old friend
Reaching the summit of a peak
Reading a resonant poem or book
The sensation on the skin after a salty dip in the sea
The sound of a live instrument
Climbing rocks
Ramen
A hot bath after a long day
The voice of Etta James
Lauren Kaneko-Jones, M.S., L.Ac.
Lauren Kaneko-Jones M.S. L.Ac. is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Clinical herbalist certified by the state board of California and the National Certification Commision.
Her love of Chinese medicine began long ago when she lived in New York City. Chinese medicine and acupuncture provided insight and support.
Lauren is a family practitioner. She can support you, your kids, your parents, your friends all to feel better. She prioritizes honoring the seasons of the year along with your personal season of life. This allows her to treat you specifically to the moment you are in and healing from.
She is an herb and food lover. She integrates simple ways for you to be healthy through herbal and nutrition tips. The more accessible to you, the better the medicine.
When she's not at Mitchell Family Acupuncture she is teaching seasonal wellness, herbal workshops and providing corporate wellness experiences through her brand Well in the West.
Lauren was born and raised in the Bay Area and absolutely loves being a part of the Mitchell Family Acupuncture team. She is attuned to highly sensitive creatures like her beloved formosan mountain dog, Callie. She lives in Berkeley with her husband, sons and dog.
Specialty
Women's Health
Healthy Pregnancy
Supported Postpartum
Emotional & Spiritual health through the hard seasons: dealing with the grief of a loved one, entering a new phase of life – career, motherhood. Recovering from or healing through physical health. Career transition.
Children & Family Health
Artists health
Healer health
Favorites
Cooking old favorites
Learning new recipes
Writing
Teaching
Learning
Tea with loved ones
The perfect chocolate chip cookie
Hiking with her dog
Adventuring with her husband
The sun setting on an amazing day being outside
Dr. Alison Winters, M.S., L.Ac., DAOM
Dr. Alison’s mission is to treat the whole person, not just the discomfort or the illness, using Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Nutritional Counseling and Reiki. She provides an open, safe, gentle & nurturing environment for each patient to relax and let the body, mind and spirit heal.
Dr. Alison Winters earned her Master’s Degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, San Francisco in December 2008. She is licensed by the California Board of Registration in Medicine to practice acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine and holds a Diplomate in Oriental Medicine from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).
While at ACTCM, Dr. Alison interned at both its Community Clinic and Auricular Clinic and also at California Pacific Medical Center’s Stroke Project and Physical Therapy Center, at Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic and Dr. Lifang Liang’s Fertility Clinic. She was also a Teaching Assistant for Yefim Gamgoneishvili, L.Ac Sports’ Medicine class, specializing in pain management.
In China Dr. Alison studied with Dr. Wang Ju-Yi, one of modern China’s most respected scholars, teachers and practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine. Here she learned his theory of channel palpation using mainly distal points, giving her a deeper understanding of the interrelationship between organ and channel theory and leading to more precise diagnoses and more tangible clinical results.
Dr. Alison holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and Psychology from Northeastern University in Boston, graduating Magna Cum Laude. She is a Reiki Master of the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition and has traveled throughout Peru studying Incan Medicine.
Dr. Alison has had extensive experience working in Community Acupuncture, having worked at the Cambridge Community Clinic, Acupuncture Together in Cambridge, MA for three years treating acute and chronic pain, digestive issues, allergies, infertility, women’s issues, pregnancy, stress, anxiety, fatigue and depression. In 2013 Dr. Alison opened a new Community Clinic in Salem MA where she treated patients with similar issues.
Dr. Alison is currently training to be a doula, having begun her studies at the non-profit, village-based organization Bumi Sehat Foundation in Bali where she assisted in live births and performed acupuncture on the newborns.
Specialty
Fertility
Pregnancy
Women's Health
Digestive and Auto Immune Disorders
Orthopedics and Pain Management
Psycho-emotional Health
Favorites
Traveling the world
Music (weekly concerts when she can)
Reading a lot
Being in the woods
Good comedy
Making natural skin care products
Playing piano
Yoga
The Red Sox
Amy Sierra Bolton Taylor Mitchell, M.S., L.Ac.
Amy Sierra Bolton Taylor Mitchell, M.S., L.Ac., the founder and clinical director of Mitchell Family Acupuncture, is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Clinical Herbalist with her Masters of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She practices medicine with joy that is rooted in her own experience of acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and is informed by her over twenty years of study and practice in the world of natural medicine.
Amy was first introduced to Chinese Medicine while in University in northern Italy, while studying Tai Chi. Her discovery and study of Eastern practices and philosophy facilitated both a profound inner opening and a coming home. When she first began studying Chinese Medicine, everything made sense.
Her Northern California roots gave her a strong connection to and trust of nature, place and land. Chinese Medicine is all about a deeper understanding of the cycles of nature and this continues to broaden as she practices this medicine she loves.
She is a strong advocate for integrative medicine and was instrumental in the formation of the premier integrative medical clinic in Northern California, The Integrative Medical Clinic of Santa Rosa. She has also studied yoga and meditation in India and Nepal, assisted in delivering babies and has studied and practiced with two of the foremost fertility specialists in the country, Carol Fong, L.Ac., and Dr. LiFang Liang, L.Ac., and pregnancy and obstetrics from the seminal Raven Lang, L.Ac., who founded the first birth center in North America.
Amy believes deeply in the power of education and has taught and lectured regularly on acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine at Stanford, UC Berkeley and St. Mary’s College, among others. She has also taught for The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine one of the oldest acupuncture Masters programs in the country, her alma mater and in the community.
Amy lives in the Gold Country surrounded by big trees & green leaves with her husband, their two daughters and their kitties, Hat Cat & Golden.
Specialty
Women’s Health & Menopause
Healthy Pregnancy
Postpartum Health
Fertility M
Favorites
Family
The clinic
Her girls
Homeschooling
Kundalini yoga
Hiking
Matcha in the morning
Flower foraging
Handmade earthen ware
Sailing
Languid mornings snuggling
The sun on her face
Dr. Britt Alexandra Peterson, L.Ac., DAIM
Dr. Britt Alexandra Peterson is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and practitioner of East Asian medicine. She taught yoga, Pilates, and other forms of movement for almost 10 years, and is deeply interested in the way the physical body so beautifully connects with our mental and emotional state. Dr. Britt uses her background, training, and caring nature to help her patients return to and enhance a state of balance and holistic well-being.
Dr. Britt earned her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine (DAIM) from Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College (AIMC) in Berkeley, California. Her doctoral research was focused on introducing natural, preventative healthcare to teens and young adults. She is passionate about working with this population to find holistic solutions to anxiety, depression, and stress.
Dr. Britt discovered the profound effects of acupuncture and East Asian Medicine after a Vespa accident in her late twenties. She found that while the acupuncture treatments allowed for more ease and comfort in her body, the healing involved all aspects of herself. It soon became clear that her life’s purpose is to share this poetic, ancient medicine with others, and thus her journey began. Dr. Britt’s interest in the five pillars of East Asian Medicine and her desire to integrate these philosophies into her own life has only grown since then.
Dr. Britt is inspired by creating with others, sharing knowledge, and advocating for what she believes in. When not practicing, teaching, or learning, you can find Britt reading novels in a cozy nook somewhere, soaking in natural hot springs, practicing qi gong, or exploring her local and worldly surroundings.
Specialty
Family Wellness
Pregnancy & Perinatal Care
Teens and Young Adults
Stress Management & Burn Out
Psycho-Emotional Healing
Orthopedics & Body Mechanics
Favorites
Morning Routines
Watching Sunsets
Drinking Tea in Nature
Intuitive Movement
Being with Family, esp. my nephews
Rainy Sundays
Finishing a Good Book
Hot Springs
Traveling, Exploring Other Cultures
Kate Oliver, CMT
Kate Kaliska Oliver is a California Certified Massage Therapist and has been practicing over twenty years. Encouraged by her mother’s experience as a massage therapist, she acquired her training certificate from the Massage Therapy Institute of Colorado in 1999.
As a life long learner, Kate has studied techniques that range from the subtle and nurturing, to the penetrative and invigorating, including: Craniosacral Therapy, Swedish, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular Therapy, Myofascial Release, Structural Integration, Anma (Traditional Japanese massage – the source of modern Shiatsu), and others. Her current repertoire has expanded to include the Orthopedic Manual Therapy: Hendrickson Method, and the Arvigo® Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy. Her sessions are tailored to each individual and their unique needs in the moment, integrating the variety of methods with precision and heartfelt intent.
Over the years Kate has realized that performing bodywork is a profound channel of self-discovery and relationship development. The body offers feedback that can be accessed and harnessed to support our growth on all levels from the physical to the spiritual. She receives deep fulfillment supporting others in this way. This comes from co-creating a space to slow down and connect to oneself in order to heal and realign.
Specialty
Mobilizing Soft-Tissue
Therapeutic Relaxation and Stress Relief
Acute and Chronic Pain Management
Nervous System Re-education
Structural Alignment & Postural Awareness
Energetic Balance
Favorites
Family: Blood & Chosen
Tea & Company
Practicing Qi Gong & Tai Chi
Anusara & Iyengar Yoga
Experiencing New Cultures
Hiking
Nature and Animals
Spiritual Development
Movie Time While Snuggling the Hubby
Games & Play
In addition to our practitioner team, we provide a home in Berkeley for associate providers offering Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Nutrition and Somatic Psychotherapy. To book an appointment with one of our independent associates, please contact the practitioner directly.
Associate | Daniel Paige, M.S., L.Ac.
Daniel draws on his own background, bringing deep empathy to his work, along with his strong training, skill and experience of over 15 years, in order to give the best care to every individual. He discovered TCM as many people do: it helped him with his own health issues. After a few severe episodes of illness during his twenties, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a form of cancer.
He can happily share that he is healthy and cancer-free many years later. He credits Acupuncture and Chinese herbs for supporting him physically and emotionally through the chemotherapy and radiation cancer treatments, for helping to balance and build strength after his illness, and for helping him to thrive ever since.
He holds a Masters of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine from The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco, CA. He also studied extensively with Beverly Burns M.S., L.Ac., a well-known leader in the field of TCM, who is currently a staff member at UCSF’s Osher Center for Complementary Medicine in San Francisco.
He is also a practicing artist and musician and grew up in Philadelphia, PA, and currently lives in Albany CA with his wife and daughter.
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