Dr. Carmen Carpenter is a Doctor of Chinese Medicine that graduated Valedictorian from Pacific Rim College in Victoria BC. She became interested in alternative health while studying anthropology at the University of Calgary and is now registered as a DTCM with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of BC.
Carmen has always had an interest in medicine from a young age, and has found a way to make it a part of her life. Through a family friend she discovered Chinese Medicine and its power to work with the individual through a holistic and integrative framework for a multitude of complex issues. She brings this mindset into every client treatment, meeting the client where they are in life. Using modalities such as acupuncture, gua sha, cupping, and diet therapy, she creates customized treatments for ailments such as anxiety, menstrual irregularities, digestion, and pain management (just to name a few).
When not in the clinic, you can often find Carmen either exploring the island or at a beach with one of the many dogs in her life! We direct bill insurers for Carmen’s Acupuncture treatments.
What an initial visit might look like - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uPl4nah5Ck&list=PLD2j2IGFxsZcDJ9XX0RIrSzXrmPHSfL5p&index=2