Acupuncture for Anxiety & Stress Relief

Serving River Forest • Oak Park • Chicago

Acupuncture is one of the most effective natural therapies for calming the nervous system, easing anxiety, reducing stress, and supporting emotional wellness. Whether your symptoms stem from chronic stress, panic, trauma, burnout, or hormonal imbalance, treatment helps bring your body back into a grounded, regulated state.

In Chinese Medicine, emotional health and physical health are inseparable. Stress, overthinking, trauma, and worry can disrupt the smooth flow of qi (vital energy), leading to anxiety, insomnia, digestive issues, fatigue, headaches, and tension in the body.

Acupuncture gently restores balance—helping you feel calmer, clearer, and more emotionally resilient.

How Acupuncture Helps Anxiety, Stress & Emotional Overwhelm

Acupuncture regulates the autonomic nervous system, shifting you out of fight-or-flight and into a restorative parasympathetic state. Research shows it can:

• Reduce anxiety and panic
• Calm the racing mind
• Lower cortisol (stress hormone)
• Improve emotional regulation
• Relieve muscle tension and jaw clenching
• Support better sleep
• Reduce depression symptoms
• Help the body recover from chronic stress
• Release emotional holding patterns

Most patients describe treatments as deeply soothing—many fall asleep during sessions.

What to Expect During Treatment

Your session may include gentle techniques such as:

• Body acupuncture to calm the nervous system
• NADA ear acupuncture protocol for anxiety, trauma, addiction healing, and emotional regulation
• Acu-nervous system reset points
• Craniosacral therapy (if beneficial)
• Flower essences for emotional support
• Breathwork or guided grounding

Every treatment is tailored with compassion, safety, and gentleness.

Holistic Therapies That Complement Acupuncture

While not part of every session, these modalities can support emotional healing:

• Craniosacral therapy – unwinds the body’s stress patterns
• Reiki – supports energetic balance and calm
• Shamanic healing – gentle release of stored emotional energy
• Flower essences – support grounding, courage, grief healing, and emotional clarity

This is a safe, supportive, non-judgmental place to receive care and reconnect with your sense of inner peace.

Anxiety, Stress & Emotional Symptoms That Respond Well

• Generalized anxiety
• Panic attacks
• Racing thoughts
• Chronic stress
• Trauma & PTSD
• Overthinking / worry
• Insomnia
• Emotional shutdown or overwhelm
• Burnout and fatigue
• Nervous system dysregulation
• Feeling “stuck,” tense, or unsettled

If symptoms are linked to hormonal imbalance, cycle irregularities, or menopause, consider visiting the Women’s Hormone Health page.

How Many Treatments Do You Need?

Every person is different, but most clients feel calmer after just 1–3 sessions. A series of 6–10 treatments supports deeper emotional regulation, improved sleep, and long-term resilience.