Who is Paula Dean?

Paula Dean is a graduate of the Total Therapy Training college. Here she studied for four years to gain her Licentiate in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine becoming a Practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine.   Paula continues to study as a lifelong learner and most recently updated her skills with an Electro Acupuncture and Chakra Acupuncture course, she had already studied this as part of her degree, but as skills change and courses improve she decided to undertake an update. She is registered with the British Acupuncture Federation, and is an associated member of Total Therapy Association and the Acupuncture Association.

Her Practice

In her practice, Paula’s areas of focus lie in chronic Illness, medical disorders, pain management, fertility, stress and anxiety, fibromyalgia (Paula having a diagnosis of this herself) and more recently long covid. However, the approach of Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture means that every problem or health issue has the potential to be addressed which means that her practice is not limited to these aspects alone.

She has successfully treated many health issues including Long Covid, Sports injury, runners knee, anxiety, IBS, Sciatica, tendon issues and the list goes on.  Paula Has also assisted patients with preparation for IVF and support for fertility issues and natural conception and is proud and honoured to have played a part of many babies being concieved and born following her treatment.

Paula has recently begun to teach for the acupuncture school she trained with and has also become an examiner for them too. She says “I am very proud to have been asked to take this step up in my career and to help to develop future TCM practitioners”.

What to Expect

When you come for a treatment with Paula you can expect a calm atmosphere of healing, she listens carefully to her patients and has an informative and gentle approach to providing care for her patients. Paula will lead you through the treatment step by step with no surprises. She is passionate about helping people to be the best they can be. Often Paula will discuss lifestyle changes that you can make to improve your health focusing on Chinese medicine principles.

In her down time Paula loves to be with her family and especially her two grandsons.  She likes to go walking in nature and she appreciates good food.  She also treats her husband and family with acupuncture and herself to control he fibromyalgia symptoms. Paula practices what she preaches! Well most of the time!