Acupuncture in Kingsbridge and Modbury, South Hams

Hi, I’m Jo—an Acupuncturist with practices in Kingsbridge and Modbury.

With over 16 years of experience, I use the wisdom of Chinese Medicine not just to manage your symptoms but to work on a deeper level that creates lasting healing and change.

With Acupuncture treatment rooms in Kingsbridge and Modbury, I treat people from all over the South Devon area, including Dartmouth, Plymouth, Totnes, and Salcombe.

If you’re struggling with a health concern — from chronic pain or digestive issues to fertility challenges, stress, or low energy — it may be that your body’s natural self-healing capacity simply needs some gentle support.

Acupuncture helps restore harmony to your body’s systems so you can experience more energy, less stress, and a deeper sense of peace and vitality.

At the root of Chinese Medicine is the idea that you already possess everything needed to be well.

Acupuncture reminds your body of what it innately knows—gently nudging it back into balance.

Initial Consultation & Treatment — 75 minutes

Your first session begins with a full consultation where we explore your health, lifestyle, and emotional landscape to understand how everything is connected.

In Chinese Medicine, symptoms are never seen in isolation - we look at the whole person to find what’s truly at the root.

You’ll then receive a personalised acupuncture treatment designed to rebalance your body’s energy systems and activate its natural healing mechanisms.

Most people leave feeling calmer, clearer, and more grounded — as though their whole system has gently reset.

Follow-Up Treatments — 45 minutes

Follow-up sessions build on the foundation of your initial treatment.

Each one begins with a brief check-in and a full acupuncture session tailored to where you are that week — supporting your body’s natural rhythm, hormonal cycle, and ongoing healing process.

As your system rebalances, symptoms often ease, energy improves, and emotional steadiness deepens.

Over time, acupuncture helps you move from managing symptoms to living in greater harmony with your body and life.

I usually recommend a course of treatments, around 4 to 6 weekly, depending on you and your health condition. Each treatment has a cumulative effect.

The goal of our treatments is not just to eliminate symptoms but to address the underlying patterns of disharmony that are causing your symptoms in the first place.

Going Deeper: Integrated Acupuncture & Coaching

For some, acupuncture alone brings the balance and clarity they’re seeking.

For others, healing calls for going a little deeper — exploring not just what’s happening in the body, but the patterns and stories that live beneath the surface.

This is where my Integrated Acupuncture & Coaching sessions come in — combining the wisdom of Chinese Medicine with the inner work of Maturation Coaching to support transformation on every level: body, mind, and being.

My passion lies in combining my years of experience as an Acupuncturist with my work as a Maturation Coach, supporting change that reaches far beyond the surface.

In a world that’s moving faster than ever, I offer a compassionate space to slow down and reconnect with yourself.

When you’re surrounded by endless information on how to ‘feel better’, I bring things back to what’s simple and true.

And if you’re used to always ‘doing’ for others, my deepest joy is creating space for you simply to be.

Maturation Coaching is a space to explore the deeper patterns that keep repeating in your life — the old stories and learned ways of being that may have begun in childhood and are still shaping how you experience yourself today.

As you begin to see and release these patterns, the parts of you that have been hidden or suppressed can re-emerge — bringing with them a renewed sense of peace, aliveness, and authenticity.

This 90-minute integrated session weaves together Maturation Coaching and Acupuncture.

We spend equal time in deep inquiry and reflection, followed by a full Chinese Medicine diagnosis and treatment — supporting the emotional and energetic shifts within your body so change can be felt on every level.

“Jo is an exceptional practitioner who possesses the rare combination of clinical excellence, intuition and humility. Never were these attributes more needed than now”

Emma Cannon

Fertility and Women’s Health Expert, best-selling author of five books, and TedX speaker.

What’s it like coming in for acupuncture treatment?

A favourite part of my job is listening to people’s stories. Being let into different aspects of their lives always feels like a privilege. My clinic spaces are beautifully calm, peaceful and private, and my aim is that you always feel deeply listened to, understood and safe to be completely yourself.

When you come in for your first visit, I will ask for details of your immediate problem, as well as a full case history of past illnesses, hereditary conditions, your emotional state, general energy levels, exercise, and so on.

I’ll also take your pulse on your wrist and look at the colour of your tongue - these diagnostic techniques help refine my treatment. Your treatment is individually tailored and will change each time you come in.

The location and number of needles will change depending on how you are that day, but generally, the needles (usually any number between 4 and 14) are placed in your feet, lower legs, hands, lower arms and tummy.

The needles stay in for around 20 minutes, and while they are gently working their magic, I try to keep talking to a minimum. I feel it's important you're given time to be still and quiet, time to check in and reconnect with your body.

Once the needles are removed, I often suggest small changes that could be made to your diet or lifestyle based on Chinese Medical principles. I know how busy life is already, so anything I suggest will be practical tweaks that don't require a huge amount of time or energy to implement.

How can acupuncture help you?

Although I love working with many different types of people and health conditions, over my years of practice, I have developed certain specialist areas:

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Acupuncture for Fertility and IVF ⭢

Treatments supporting women who are trying to conceive naturally or going through IVF.

Acupuncture for Pregnancy ⭢

Acupuncture is safe during pregnancy and offers drug-free relief from many problems, like morning sickness.

Acupuncture for Menoupause in South Hams

Acupuncture for Perimenopause and Menopause ⭢

Acupuncture can gently support your body and mind while it recalibrates, helping you journey safely and happily into the next stage of your life and navigate this life phase with more ease and comfort.

Acupuncture for Stress and Anxiety in South Hams

Acupuncture for Stress, Anxiety and Sleep ⭢

Whether you’re struggling with low mood, feelings of anxiety, stress, fear, IBS flare-ups, problems sleeping, stress headaches or any other manifestations that make day-to-day life difficult, acupuncture can help.