About Us

Catherine E. Allen, LicAc, MAOM, MSc

Catherine earned a Masters in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the New England School of Acupuncture in 2007, where she studied Japanese Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Acupuncture, and Chinese Herbal Medicine. In addition to treating a variety of chronic disorders and pain, her clinical education included working with women in a residential treatment facility for substance abuse, as well as HIV-positive patients at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital.

Her post-graduate education includes training in Shonishin, a Japanese acupuncture style developed specifically for pediatrics, as well as acupuncture for side effects of cancer and chemotherapy at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Catherine graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2009 with a Master of Science in Pain Research, Education, and Policy, making her one of a handful of acupuncturists in the country, and the only acupuncturist in Maine, with this specialized pain management degree.

Catherine was the acupuncturist and co-investigator for the first acupuncture research study to be approved by the Maine Medical Center Institutional Review Board, Using Acupuncture to Impact Pain and Quality of Life in a Community-Based Pediatric Palliative Care Program. She is also the consulting acupuncturist for the pediatric integrative medicine service at Barbara Bush Children's Hospital, and provides treatments to children in-hospital when acupuncture services are requested.

In addition to holding memberships in the Maine Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, International Association for the Study of Pain, and Society for Acupuncture Research, Catherine is a former member of the Board of Directors for New England Regional Theater Company, a non-profit organization located in Brunswick.

White Peony
The white peony root, known in Chinese as bai shao, is commonly used in Chinese herbal medicine to relieve pain. Catherine chose the white peony for her practice name because it has significance for both the Oriental medicine and Western pain management aspects of her training.

Photo by Lisa Hall Photography