Our Atlanta Acupuncture Clinic is located in Atlanta Georgia

Warren L. Cargal, M.A., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac., Clinic Director

Warren L. Cargal, M. A., L. Ac. is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist and also a diplomat with the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He has practiced Chinese medicine for over 10 years in the fields of obstetrics, gynecology and internal medicine and has helped hundreds of men and women with fertility issues. He maintains an active clinic practice in Atlanta Ga.

Cargal attended the Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine. He has a Master in Transpersonal Psychology from Westbrook University and he completed a four year training program in body-orientated psychotherapy at the Core Energetic Institute. He completed a two-year training program in Human Sexuality at the Institute of Human Abilities and taught for four years at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. He has spent hundreds of post-graduate hours in Chinese herbology, nutrition and endocrine education.

Cargal is a member of the American Association of Oriental Medicine and the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine alliance. He is a past Treasurer of the Georgia State Oriental Medicine Association and serves on the current Board of Directors.

Kimberly Ann Cahill, Chief Financial Officer

Kimberly is a former Certified Public Account with Ernst and Young. Her background is in the small business Entrepreneurial area and in business tax accounting. Kimberly brings to Acupuncture Atlanta a strong practical approach to financial management. This is coupled with the understanding that our finances, whether corporate or personal are not separate from the environment we live in and our spiritual, emotional and physical lives.

Kimberly has maintained a practice as a spiritual healer and workshop teacher for more than 17 years. Her practice includes supervising healers and therapists. She is a graduate of A Society of Souls, a four-year professional-level training in Integrated Kabbalistic Healing: a form of healing based on the Judaic path of the Tree of Life, object-relations and a non-dualistic perspective of human psychology.

Kimberly is also a graduate of The Barbara Brennan School of Healing, a four-year in-depth training in hands-on energy healing and personal transformation. Kimberly has been involved with the Pathwork teachings since 1994 and has studied with other spiritual teachers in North and South America, and in Europe. Kimberly offers her own 2 year healing program The Souls Journey Immersion Program. For information about her healing practice please visit her at: www.soulsjourney.org.

Nicole Barnard, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac.

Nicole Barnard, L.Ac. is nationally board certified in acupuncture and Oriental medicine. She is a general practitioner of Oriental Medicine with a special interest in treating insomnia. Nicole holds a Masters of Science degree from the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Denver. The master’s program involves four years of training in acupuncture and herbs under various Chinese and Korean doctors, as well as nutrition, psychology, and western medicine. Prior to entering the field of holistic medicine she studied speech pathology and audiology. She received her Bachelors degree from the University of North Carolina.

Appointments are available with Nicole on weekdays and Saturdays.

Mariah Van Horn, L. Ac., Dipl. Ac.

Mariah joined Acupuncture Atlanta in the Fall of 2010. She is nationally board certified in both Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine through the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). Mariah received her four-year Master’s Degree in Science and Traditional Oriental Medicine from one of the most respected colleges in the United States, The Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in Chicago and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kansas. After completing her degree, she was excited to return to Atlanta to start her practice.

Acupuncture is successful at treating a wide variety of disorders and Mariah enjoys using the medicine to address her patients varying concerns. Her particular fields of interest include applying Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture to the treatment of women’s health and fertility, stress, anxiety, sleep disorders, digestive issues, asthma, allergies and pain. She believes that natural therapies provide the least invasive route of treatment for many conditions and that these modalities should be tried first before turning to more invasive procedures.

Ofelia Sierra LMT, CNMT

Ofelia Sierra is a botanist and licensed massage therapist who joined the Acupuncture Atlanta team in 2008 as both a therapist and customer service representative. She received a BS in botany from the University of Georgia in 2003 and graduated from Rising Spirit Institute of Natural Health in 2005. Recently, she has become certified as a Qigong instructor. Ofelia’s massage specialty is in neuromuscular therapy (NMT) which is based on key points on the body known as trigger points. Pre-natal massage is also available for expecting mothers. Her massages incorporate reflexology, deep tissue, and myofascial release. The outcome is a massage experience that is both therapeutic as well as a relaxing getaway from a stressful world.

Alison Brooks, ND, RRT

Alison Brooks: ND, RRT, Alison is a Doctor of Naturopathy with a special focus on bringing autistic children back to health. She is the author of the book “How We Can Stop Promoting Autism in our Children”. www.natopt.com/autism.

Prior to her Naturopathy training Allison was a licensed Intensive Care Respiratory Therapist. She worked 18 years in the profession…several of those years at the teaching hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami as a staff therapist specializing in Medical Intensive Care (respiratory management of severely compromised cardio/respiratory patients).

While working in the conventional medical setting, she became interested in alternative practices and pursued licenses and certifications in many complementary modalities that she now uses as aides to discover the ‘root cause’ of chronic issues.

Alison has two office locations Psychological Sciences Institute (PSI) in Suwanee, and Acupuncture Atlanta in Buckhead.

Maureen H. Vellia, DC

Maureen H. Vellia, DC is a Chiropractor and has been in practice for 10 years. She is a graduate of Life College. Dr Vellia has studied under Dr John Bandy and is certified in Applied, Clinical and Educational Kinesiology. She is in her second year of training in Acupuncture and Chinese herbology. Her training also includes functional endocrinology and auricular therapy. Her approach is to treat the physical symptoms with consideration of the emotional and nutritional needs of her patients.