Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbalist

Brookvale Acupuncturist: Katika Funnell.

Your local Brookvale Acupuncturist

Katika Funnell is a dedicated, experienced acupuncturist in Brookvale.

Spring Fertility is her Women's health acupuncture and TCM clinic on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Katika offers her 20 years of clinical experience in fertility support, IVF, pregnancy, and women’s health. She aims to work alongside any existing health care plan of yours.

Chinese Medicine and its potential to help people recover, faster, is always interesting and motivating to her.

Doctor of Chinese Medicine

Katika is a degree-qualified, doctor of Chinese medicine with over 20 (+4) years of clinical experience. She holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine and has completed clinical internship training in China within a hospital.

Her clinical focus includes Women’s health, fertility support, IVF care, pregnancy. Treatment is always tailored to your needs at the time of your consult.

Looking for an Acupuncturist in Brookvale? Katika can help you with:

  • Symptoms associated with Women's health, Period and Menopause
  • Fertility support & Pregnancy Acupuncture
  • Symptomatic relief for headaches and migraines
  • Pain relief for the back, neck and sciatica

She consults from her Dale St practice in Brookvale. Located opposite Warringah Medical and Dental and a short walk from Westfields Warringah Mall.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor of Health Science in TCM (UTS)
  • Registered Acupuncturist (AHPRA)
  • 22 years clinical experience
  • Clinical internship in China

Katika's approach to care

Painless Acupuncture has been a cornerstone of her treatments for over 20 years. Communication with her clients is also important and helps to demystify the Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine experience, so they get the maximum benefit from a session. Katika enjoys treating patients who haven’t had Acupuncture before or are anxious about the process, because “To see the pleased look on clients faces about how painless it is, along with the improvement and relief the client experiences, makes a real difference to them.”

More about Katika's Experience

After UTS, Katika worked with a mentor for 5 years during her studies and early stages of developing her practice. Her experience was broadened further in 2002 when she completed a 6 week internship in China and for that, earned a Certificate of TCM from Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital in Zhejiang Province. She began her private practice in 2003.

She’s currently registered with AHPRA for Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and a member of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society.

To make an appointment with an acupuncturist in Brookvale, call today on 0414 459 659.

You can also book online here.

She services clients from suburbs such as Freshwater, Curl Curl, Manly and Dee Why from her Brookvale clinic.

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