Jennifer Welder, L.Ac., MAOM
CREDENTIALS & CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Jennifer (she/her) has over a decade of experience in the field of alternative health care. She is nationally board certified by the NCCAOM and state licsenced by the NCALB. Her clinical experience includes co-creating and successfully establishing the first Chinese acupuncture and herbal medicine clinic in Madison county, administering acupuncture at an outpatient substance abuse program in Asheville, and establishing a private practice in downtown Asheville.
TRAINING & TREATMENT STYLES
Jennifer earned a four year Masters degree in Chinese medicine in Asheville at the renowned Classical Chinese medicine graduate school, Daoist Traditions. Her training included over 3,500 hours of classroom and clinical training, four years of academic and hands on training. Her practice also heavily incorporates the classics she learned from her teacher, Dr. Jeffrey Yuen, master of chinese medicine and 88th generation Daoist priest. Prior to Chinese medicine, Jennifer completed a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and afterwards did a year-long internship in Guatemala with an indigenous medicinal herb program that served Mayan communities.
She is currently expanding her fertility studies by completing an extensive 9 month fertility mentorship with Dr. Laura Erlich. She is passionate about using that knowledge and experience to support all people looking to conceive, especially LGBTQ+ couples.
Jennifer has also completed a 9-month training for facilitating ceremony and rites of passage through the Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute, Feng shui training and is certified by the Heart Math Institute. In addition, she completed a mentorship in Andean Healing Practices with the late Cynthia Greer.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND FIELDS OF INTEREST
Jennifer has experience treating a wide-range of conditions and is interested in treating all areas of health from a Chinese medicine perspective. She has extensive training in fertility, menstrual cycles, mental and emotional health, and all types of pain.
WHAT SHE WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW:
"Wherever you are on your healing journey, I would love to assist you on your path to greater health - physical, emotional and/or spiritual. I see amazing healing happen everyday and I'm grateful to have such reliable, consistent tools to help people. Just know, healing is possible, and acupuncture and herbal medicine have profound, ancient wisdom with results to stand on. I look forward to seeing you!"
Jennifer provides an inclusive space for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, races, and religions/spiritual traditions.
