Our team
7 of us, and 40 years between us.
We do not all work the same way. Some read a cycle, one reads bloods, one works with what you eat, one holds the emotional side. What none of us will do is call something normal just because it is common.
Kate, The Cheshire Acupuncturist
Founder & clinic director · acupuncture & Chinese medicine
Kate, also known as ‘The Cheshire Acupuncturist’, is the founder and clinic director here at Juniper Clinic. Trained in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, she specialises in women’s health and female fertility, and has 1 of the highest success rates in the UK for fertility, which, alongside her teaching and speaking, has made her a leading UK expert in acupuncture and gynaecology. Kate works from both a Western medical and Chinese medicine framework, combining acupuncture, dietary therapy and lifestyle advice to treat a wide range of gynaecological and other common disorders. She believes in educating patients through their journey so good health can be understood and maintained.
Fun fact Spa and bath addict. If there is hot water involved, she is in it.
Andrea Unal
Acupuncturist · tuina practitioner · reiki
Andrea specialises in women’s health and fertility, and is really passionate about acupuncture, having treated patients for over a decade, which means very little walks through the door that she has not seen and worked with before. Alongside that she has a keen interest in treating a wide range of conditions, from migraines and headaches to skin and pain related conditions, and she is as comfortable with a long standing problem as she is with something new. Andrea is also trained in Chinese massage, reiki and reflexology, so she can draw on more than one approach within a course of treatment rather than working to a single fixed method. Patients tend to stay with her a long time, which is usually the best thing anyone can say about a practitioner.
Fun fact Has been known to talk about tongues at the dinner table.
Lisa Bowers
Acupuncturist · reiki, massage, meditation teacher & acupressure practitioner
Lisa is an acupuncturist specialising in women’s health and fertility, working with cycles, hormones and the whole picture underneath rather than 1 symptom at a time. Alongside acupuncture she offers a range of complementary therapies (massage, Indian head massage, Hopi ear candles and reiki) so treatment can be built around how you actually feel on the day rather than a fixed protocol. Lisa is also a vinyasa flow and yin yoga teacher and has completed additional trauma training for yoga teachers, which shapes how gently and carefully she works with anyone carrying stress, anxiety or a long history behind them. She also offers facial acupuncture, a natural alternative to Botox.
Fun fact Coffee addict. Do not attempt conversation before the first one.
Gaynor Almond
Fertility therapist · bloodwork & emotional support
Gaynor runs our bloodwork reviews (Fertility Brew & Review, Both on Board and Women’s Health Review & Renew), reading your results against optimal ranges alongside your cycle and history, so you leave understanding what your body is telling you rather than holding a list of numbers. She also offers emotional support, a gentle hybrid of talking therapy and hypnotherapy, and this is where a great deal of her work sits. Gaynor supports many of our couples who have been through deep trauma, whether that has come from life in general or from the fertility journey itself: the losses, the failed rounds, the years of holding it together in front of everybody else. She works gently, at your pace, with both of you where that helps, and nobody has to arrive with the words already worked out.
Fun fact Will happily read a blood test result for fun. Genuinely.
Georgia Briscall
Functional nutritionist
Georgia treats you as a whole person rather than a set of symptoms, starting with what is actually on your plate, how you live, and what your body is doing with it. She builds a personalised eating plan around the life you genuinely have, not a template you will abandon in a fortnight, and works with the picture underneath too: insulin resistance, inflammation and autoimmune conditions, for women and men alike. Georgia also brings a deep understanding of the body from her own experience. She is type 1 diabetic and has spent years supporting her own health day in and day out, which is why she is so patient with the practical side of change. She genuinely loves working with clients and seeing what shifts when someone finally understands why they have been feeling the way they have.
Fun fact Firmly believes a good breakfast fixes more than people expect.
Charlotte Highland
Reiki, massage & bodywork
Charlotte has many strings to her bow. In clinic her focus is on reiki and massage, supporting those in need with anxiety, stress, aches and pains and all-round wellbeing, and she works gently and unhurriedly rather than to a set routine. You can guarantee you’ll leave your appointment feeling calmer, more relaxed and stress free, which, for a lot of the people who come to us, is the thing they have not been able to find anywhere else. Alongside reiki and massage she offers fertility massage and cupping, so treatment can be built around how you actually feel on the day. Charlotte is also a student acupuncturist and is training with us now, so we hope to be able to offer acupuncture treatments with her very soon.
Fun fact Leaves work calmer than she arrived, which is quite the party trick.
Reiki Fertility massage Cupping Wellbeing Student acupuncturist
Jess Parker
Fertility acupuncturist · doula · birth prep
Jess brings 2 worlds together: fertility acupuncture and doula support. She works with women while they’re trying to conceive, through pregnancy and right up to birth, so your care doesn’t stop the moment you see a positive test. Her birth prep sessions help you feel calmer, more informed and more in control of what’s coming.
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