Kirsten has 20 years of general clinical Five Element Acupuncture experience in international private settings, resort hotels, complementary health centres and NHS GP clinics.

She graduated from SOFEA in 2006, followed by a post graduate training at LIFEA in 2008/9 and MAP participation in 2010, 2011 & 2018.

Kirsten has specialised clinical acupuncture training and expertise in Female health (Founding member of Zita West's UK national network for reproductive Health in 2009) as well as Paediatric Acupuncture (Julian Scott training Level 1, 2 & 3 in 2010).
She was an acupuncture practitioner for the CACTUS clinical research study between Peninsula Medical School, UK and the Kings Fund in 2008 (PMID 21801508).