Kate received her Master's of Acupuncture in 1996 and her Chinese Herbal Medicine Certification in 1997 from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (NIAOM) in Seattle, Washington. In addition, Kate received her Massage Therapy certification from Brenneke School of Massage in Seattle, Washington in 1996. She is licensed by the state of Washington and is board certified as a Diplomat of Acupuncture by the NCCAOM. She is currently a member of the American Association of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine and the American Massage Therapy Association.
 
Kate Townsend, L.Ac., LMP, began her studies of Chinese medicine, movement awareness and the healing arts in the 1980's. Over the course of the last twenty-five years she has had the opportunity to study and work with a number of extraordinary healers and practitioners both in China and the U.S. In 1995, Kate moved to Seattle where she received a Master's in Acupuncture from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NIAOM) in 1996, and completed her graduate studies in Chinese Herbal Medicine from NIAOM’s Chinese Herbal Certification Program in 1997. Kate also completed an internship at the Chengdu College of Traditional Medicine (Sichuan, China) during which she deepened her studies of Chinese medicine with a number of highly respected experts in her field.
 
In addition to maintaining a general practice in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, Kate specializes in women's health, fertility concerns, attunement to seasonal energetics and Qigong (a Chinese energetic movement practice that promotes self-healing). She also skillfully combines the therapeutic aspects of massage and energetic bodywork with acupuncture to help address acute and chronic pain patterns. Kate has direct experience with the transformational & innate healing power of nature and the body. She enjoys assisting her patients' with their personal discovery and recovery of vibrant health and spiritual well-being by fostering energetic alignment and deep relaxation through acupuncture, herbs, bodywork & movement practices.