Who We Are

Arlene Myers, Lic. Ac.
Arlene Myers is a Licensed Acupuncturist who began her studies in Oriental medicine in 1984. She studied Shiatsu with Robbie Fian and became a practitioner and certified instructor. She is also a graduate of the Swedish Institute School of Massage in New York City. She continued her Oriental medicine studies graduating from the New England School of Acupuncture in Watertown, Massachusetts. She opened her acupuncture office on Cape Cod in 1989 where she maintains a busy practice in Mashpee. In 1997 she began studies in Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) with Dr. Devi Nambudripad in Buena Park, California. She has been a Certified Acutonics Practitioner and Senior Teacher since 2004, working with Donna Carey in Taos, New Mexico. She offers classes to students of Acutonics pursuing certification as Acutonics practitioners.

Debra L. Avery
Debra Avery practices craniosacral therapy and sound healing. She is also a reiki master/teacher and a licensed massage therapist. She holds a master’s degree in Human Development. Debra was a consultant to children on the autism spectrum for 25 years. During that time it became increasingly clear to her that a more effective, and respectful, means of understanding and addressing the complex needs of these children was needed. To that end, in 2001, she began her training in energy medicine. Through the Upledger Institute, she has completed coursework and practicum in Craniosacral Therapy and the Healing from the Core curriculum. She continues her studies and practice of the Acutonics Healing System through the Kairos Institute of Sound Healing. Debra completed her reiki master/teacher training in 2004. She participates in, and sets up free reiki circles for parents and their children with special needs.

Debra offers craniosacral therapy and sound healing at Acupuncture and Associated Therapies. She specializes in working with women, young adults, and children with special needs and abilities.

Maxine Bornstein, RN, MS, HNC, CIH, Reiki Master Teacher/Practitioner
Maxine Bornstein is a Master's prepared Registered Nurse, Certified Holistic Nurse, and Reiki MasterTeacher/Practitioner with over 3 decades of healing practice experience. She has been in private practice for over 10 years and sees additional clients in Boston, New York City, and Newport, RI.

In addition to over 25 years in Community Health and Public Health Nursing at local Visiting Nurse agencies, her background features extensive health care administration, including patient advocacy, standards of compliance and practice and geriatric specialization. For ten years, Maxine worked for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health as a Health Care Facility Inspector and Investigator for Health Care Quality inspecting nursing homes, hospitals, clinics and other health care agencies advocating for patients and clients. Maxine has also served as an assistant professor at Cape Cod Community College and Community College of Rhode Island instructing nursing students.

Maxine received her Master's degree in Nursing from Boston University and studied stress reduction techniques and "Relaxation Response" at the Beth Israel/Deaconess Hospital Mind Body Clinic with Dr. Herbert Benson. She has also studied with traditional Reiki Master Teachers, Suzanne Hill, Libby Barnett and Maggie Chambers and Suzanne Nathan-Ariel. As a graduate of the Stillpoint School of Integrative Life Healing, Maxine developed additional spiritual guidance and skills from the founder Dr. Meredith Young-Sowers.

Perhaps, what makes Maxine an excellent healing practitioner is her compassionate listening skills and her love for her clients. Maxine provides her clients with a holistic nursing assessment, a Reiki session, usually lasting 45 minutes to an hour, interventions to take home and use and referrals if needed.

For more information see her website at: www.reikibythesea.com

Jim Bucciarelli, DO (MP)
Dr. Bucciarelli is an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner/Therapist trained at the Canadian College of Osteopathy, receiving a Doctorate of Osteopathic Manual Practice in 2005. He has practiced in the sports medicine arena as an athletic therapist for 35 years, directing services at Brandeis University, Suffolk University, Newbury College, and the Sports Medicine Center at St. Elizabeth's Hospital from 1976-2011.

In 1981, James Bucciarelli co-founded and became the directorof Middlesex Rehabilitation Associates, an orthopedic/ physical therapy practice. Dr. Bucciarelli combines over 35 years of experience in sports medicine, physical therapy and orthopedics with osteopathic manual skills to provide a total body treatment experience that is comprehensive yet non-invasive.

Kristen Couture, CNAETP, CNHP
Kristen Couture specializes in allergy elimination for the treatment of physical disorders and emotional challenges. Kristen attended New Hampshire College majoring in Business and started her career path in alternative medicine in 2000. Since that time Kristen has trained with a number of world renowned doctors, chiropractors and naturopaths, including Dr. Jacob Teitlebaum, author of 'From Fatigued to Fantastic,' and Dr. Devi Nambudripad, author of 'Say Goodbye to Illness.' She obtained her massage certification from Massage Institute of Cape Cod in 2001, and went on to complete studies with Certified Natural Health Professionals, becoming fluent in Iridology, Energy Kinesiology, Holistic Nutrition, Herbology, Children’s Health and Vaccinations, Bach and Bush Flower Remedies, and Holistic Natural Disaster Preparedness. In 2005, she was introduced to N.A.E.T. (Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique) and opened her first NAET clinic in Richmond, Virginia in 2006. Additional offices were opened in Los Angeles, CA, and Mashpee, MA. Her work appeared in V Magazine for Women, and her Richmond clinic was featured in the Richmond Times Dispatch. She has mentored a handful of other natural health practitioners that have become NAET certified and are now caring for her clients in Virginia. Now Kristen chooses to focus her efforts on the New England area, pursuing natural health and education for all of its’ residents. Kristen offers NAET Allergy Elimination, Energy Kinesiology, Bach Flower and Bush Flower Remedies, Ionic Footbaths, Holistic Nutrition Counselling, and Vaccination Tolerance Testing.

Lauren Fox, APRN
Lauren Fox, APRN, is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Classical Homeopath, and educator, with two decades of experience in private practice. She has also been a homebirth midwife for 20 years. A graduate of New England Deaconess School of Nursing, Boston College, and Northeastern University, she has worked with clients of all ages and backgrounds. She has studied and taught at the National Center for Homeopathy in Virginia, and continues to be a student of Classical Homeopathy with Master Homeopaths. Her wide-ranging skills in both conventional and complementary medicine allow her to provide individualized healthcare tailored to each patient, for an effective and lasting healing response.

Denise Miner, LMT, NC
Denise Miner has been in the Holistic healthcare business since 1985. She graduated from the Polarity Realization Institute in 2000 and is a Licensed and Certified Holistic Massage Therapist, Polarity Therapist, CranioSacral Therapist, and Reiki Master. In addition, in 2009 she received a diploma in Nutritional Balancing Science and Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis under the tutelage of Dr. Lawrence Wilson, M.D.

Denise offers a variety of massage treatments including Integrated Massage which incorporates a combination of modalities into one session, geared specifically to the needs of each individual.