Experienced acupuncture for Stress and Anxiety
Colette Assor has over 30 years clinical experience supporting patients with stress, anxiety and emotional health. Many people experience periods of stress, anxiety or insomnia, particularly during times of emotional pressure, negative life experiences, relationship challenges, work issues or hormonal change.
Professional Acupuncture is often used to support nervous system regulation and emotional balance, helping the body shift out of prolonged stress or "fight or flight" towards relaxation and recovery. it can be used alone or alongside medical care, talking therapies or CBT.
Acupuncture for Stress
How Acupuncture Can Help
Every Acupuncture treatment session is personalised, taking into account your individual patterns of stress, anxiety and underlying hormonal or lifestyle factors. We may also discuss diet if we feel it is relevant.
From a biomedical viewpoint, acupuncture stimulates the nervous system and influences the release of key neurotransmitters and hormones involved in stress regulation. For example serotonin, and dopamine, cortisol and adrenalin.
These changes can help to support the body’s self-regulating processes, encouraging a shift away from prolonged "fight or flight" towards rest, recovery and emotional balance.
Many people find treatment deeply relaxing, often noticing improvement in sleep quality, tension and overall wellbeing
Acupuncture for Anxiety
Anxiety can affect both mind and body, showing up as restlessness, racing mind, disturbed sleep, muscle tension, digestive upset, palpitations, low mood, or difficulty concentrating. For some people symptoms are situational; for others they can feel persistent or overwhelming. Colette as has developed her own bespoke treatment to help patients with relaxation, stress and anxiety.
Acupuncture for Insomnia
Stress and anxiety often affect sleep due to the rise of the stress hormone cortisol, making it difficult to fall asleep, stay asleep, or waking 2-3 am.
Acupuncture can help encouraging deeper, more restorative sleep over time. Many patients report feeling calmer after treatment, with gradual improvements in sleep quality and daytime resilience.
Treatment focuses on reducing stress hormones and calming the nervous system, rencouraging deeper, more restorative sleep over time. Many patients notice a gradual improvement in sleep quality, alongside feeling calmer and more resilient during the day
Research has shown that acupuncture helps to ease anxiety by acting on areas of the brain responsible with reducing sensitivity to pain and stress, promoting the relaxation response. A course of at least 5 sessions may be required for emotional health, however this is all discussed at your intitial consulation.
As featured in Glamour Magazine
“Ten minutes after the needles are inserted, I’m asleep on the treatment table — sign me up for four more.”
— Deputy Features Editor
Featured in The Times
“Tucked away in Finchley, north London, is the peaceful practice of Colette Assor, a Fellow of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) with over 26 years of clinical experience. Assor is charming, welcoming and extremely professional. The NHS recommends choosing an acupuncturist who is a member of a national acupuncture organisation on an accredited register.”
Patient experience
“I looked forward to my sessions with Colette. I found them deeply relaxing and they really helped reduce my stress during a difficult time.”
— Patient