Meet the Team

Carrie Webster is a licensed acupuncturist in Maine and New Hampshire and nationally certified as a Diplomate in Acupuncture by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).  Growing up in Maine instilled her with a passion for nature and natural living.  She always wanted to be a doctor and started her career in medicine at the age of 18.  After 10 years in the Western medical field, she found Traditional Chinese Medicine and realized its mix of nature and medicine is exactly what she was looking for.  Carrie learned TCM at Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, CA and New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where she earned her master’s degree.  She then went on to earn her Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine degree from Pacific College of Health and Sciences.  Carrie returned to Maine and opened Atwell Acupuncture and Holistic Health in 2019. 

Emily is a graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture, where she provided accessible treatments to the Worcester community. She is currently NCCAOM board-certified and licensed in the great state of Maine. In college, Emily majored in Religious Studies and was inducted into the Theta Alpha Kappa honors society, which recognized her academic achievements in this field. This included studying Eastern philosophy and world history from a socio-cultural perspective. Her treatments bring you to a space where past and present meet, combining an ancient practice with science-backed technique. Emily will effortlessly guide you to ease of body and mind. She’ll meet you precisely where you’re at to provide you the best holistic care to reach your goals. Emily loves to play guitar, climb mountains, and snowboard down them.

Lauren grew up in small-town New Hampshire, wandering forests and observing trees as a budding biologist. Though she had an interest in human health from a young age, it wasn’t until she found Chinese medicine as an adult that she found her calling. She completed her graduate studies at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine with a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM) degree. Her formal education also includes a BA in Biology (pre-med) and Sociology from Lewis & Clark College.

Lauren values the patient-practitioner relationship as an integral piece of this medicine. She welcomes those who have been marginalized by our healthcare system and continues to self-educate in order to provide trauma-informed care to all her patients. She enjoys working with patients to treat pain, reproductive health, sleep, digestion, anxiety, and more.

When not at the clinic, you’ll find Lauren hiking with her pup, rock hounding, exploring local farms, and spending time with family.

Michelle graduated from the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in 1992 and has loved doing massage ever since. In her long and varied career, she has especially enjoyed working in conjunction with other health professionals in a holistic approach, to achieve the best results for her clients’ health.  For this reason, as well as her personal experience with the effectiveness of acupuncture, she is very excited to join the team at Atwell Acupuncture.

Michelle offers a unique blend of Swedish and Deep Tissue techniques that relieve chronic and acute pain and bring a deep sense of well-being. Grounding her practice in mindfulness meditation, she strives to create a feeling of calm awareness in each massage session.

Having grown up in Maine but spending most of the last 30 years in California, Michelle is now enjoying getting reacquainted with New England. She also loves cooking and gardening and finds being outdoors very healing.

Loumi (Loo-mee) for short, is at the clinic part time to supply us all with puppy joy.  All she asks for in exchange is belly rubs.