About Dianne Mallik, LAc

Credentials
Dianne completed her initial training in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM) in San Diego, California, and was awarded her Diplomate in Acupuncture from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 1989. She was granted status as a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) in the State of California in 1990, and she received a Master’s in Traditional Oriental Medicine (MTOM) from PCOM in 1991.

Dianne completed her post-graduate studies in Classical Five-Element Acupuncture at the Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture in Santa Monica, California, in 2004.

After 14 years in practice in the San Diego area, Dianne moved to Burlington, Vermont, in the fall of 2004. She is a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) in the State of Vermont and specializes in Classical Five-Element Acupuncture. In addition, Dianne has studied and practiced Homeopathy since 1979.

Philosophy
As a holistic practitioner, I believe in treating people, not diseases. In other words, because the whole person—body, mind, and spirit—is affected when you are ill, the whole person must be treated, rather than just a symptom or a disease process.

For example, I may have two different patients who both suffer from migraine headaches, and yet I will use entirely different treatment plans for each, because I am treating the person who has a symptom called migraine, not just the physical symptom itself. When that person is rebalanced energetically, then the symptoms of that imbalance will go away, too.

Thus, it is important to get to know you, to understand the dynamics underlying your physical imbalances and to work with you towards creating and maintaining better health.

In order to achieve these results, I rely primarily on Classical Five-Element Acupuncture, because I believe it is one of humankind’s most powerful systems to promote healing. Adjunctively, I will often prescribe herbs and/or homeopathic remedies, make suggestions for improving nutrition, and offer insight with regard to lifestyle choices.

Because each case is unique, because you are unique, individual protocols vary according to your needs.