MAITRI
WELLNESS CENTER
An Acupuncture Clinic
in Goleta, CA
Welcome to...
MAITRI WELLNESS CENTER
A place for healing, health, wellness and beauty. Our clinic offers a full menu of Oriental Medicine services including acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, moxibustion, cupping, and microneedling in Santa Barbara, CA and the surrounding areas.
We can help resolve many acute and chronic issues such as stress, pain, insomnia, anxiety, depression, hormonal imbalances in men and women, fertility, headaches, digestive issues, viral infections, and many others with excellent results.
Chinese medicine supports the body, mind and spirit to rebalance and heal itself naturally for strength, resilience, and longevity. It is our mission at Maitri Wellness Center to provide a safe place to heal with the highest level of care for our patients.
As licensed acupuncturists for over 20 years and working in the healthcare field for over 30 years, we are confident that we can accurately diagnose our clients and provide effective natural treatment. Our practitioners each have unique qualifications and specializations to assist you on your journey back to health.
Visit our wellness clinic, and we will help you find therapeutic pain relief and live a stress-free life.
To learn more about our services, click the link and book a free consultation with Maitri Wellness Center today!
SERVICES & TREATMENT MENU
● 1st session- $395
● Subsequent Treatments - $205
● 1st session - $155
● Subsequent Treatments - $105
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● $75
can be done through telehealth remote platform
● 1 session - $350
● Series of 4 - $1200
10% Discount
● with the purchase of an 8 treatment package
Book a FREE in-depth assessment of your symptoms and goals, and we'll customize a treatment plan that will begin your path to healing.
What our happy clients are saying...
BENJAMIN S.
"The real deal. If you are looking for an answer for wellness and healing, Deborah is what you seek. My knee and ankle had been aching for months and after thorough discussion, Deborah tailored a treatment for me. I am currently pain free and wholeheartedly recommend Deborah to anyone who will listen."
TAYLOR M.
"Deborah has been treating pain from an old injury of mine for a couple of months now. This was my first experience with acupuncture so I didn't know what to expect going into it. With weekly sessions and some herbs that she recommended, I'm finally getting some relief after years of suffering. Her office is beautiful and relaxing and she's knowledgable and compassionate with her care. I truly can't recommend her enough!"
LINDA A.
"After searching for three years for an acupuncturist in Santa Barbara, I found Deborah. She listened intently to my concerns, and to my many aches and pains. Since going to her, I have felt so much better, and the aches and pains I have lessened."
C. DATO
"I’ve been seeing Deborah for 2 ½ years. I believe her treatments played a significant role in my recovery from Long Covid twice. Deborah is always professional, kind and gentle. I strongly recommend her to anyone looking for supplemental or alternative care."
DINAH A.
"Deborah has put together a wonderful space for her patients. She is very talented and caring and gives each person she treats her full attention. I have recently had two treatments from her for a pulled muscle in my leg, and my painful condition has greatly improved! I am so grateful to have relief."
E. ILLMEIER
"I have been going to see Deborah Atkinson for acupuncture for the past 5 years and it has changed my life. I struggle with chronic migraines, as long as I can remember, and initially needles didn’t sound appealing. Yet within a few treatments everything became better and manageable. Now I joke with her that I want the biggest, fattest needles she has because they feel wonderful! Not only has it lessened my migraines, but she can also stop one from coming on, arresting the inflammation. I could not be more grateful for her insightful nature, compassion, and skill. I’m blessed to have her in my life."
Deborah Atkinson, L.A.C
Owner of Maitri Wellness
Deborah holds a LMFT license and practices psychotherapy and Chinese Medicine. She utilizes her skills in both psychotherapy and acupuncture to bring balance to personal, physical, emotional, and spiritual issues. She also holds a unique certification and technique in Classical 5-Element Acupuncture. In addition, she provides care through the Balance Method which is a technique that brings instant results for pain relief as well as deep relaxation.
A little bit about myself...
I am a woman, a wife, a mother, and a healer. Born and raised in Santa Barbara, I love living near the ocean. I am passionate about learning new things and exploring new ideas, as well as studying the old wisdom. I like to harmonize with, immerse myself in, and observe nature. This informs my work as a healer.
When I was 17 years old, I traveled to India with my aunt who is a medical doctor to work with Mother Teresa in Calcutta. This was a challenging journey but solidified my desire to work to help and heal others. I worked in her clinic Prem Dan for chronically ill and cast out people as well as at Kalighat, The Home for the Destitute Dying. I gained valuable experience and learned a lot working and traveling around India and other countries.
I thought I wanted to be a medical doctor, so I studied pre-med at UCSB, with a major in Religious Studies. I earned my Bachelors’ Degree at UCSB. After some work in the medical field I decided I wanted to focus more on wellness and health in the complementary field of natural medicine. I became a massage therapist. I studied with a healer in Santa Barbara during this time and practiced massage and healing work which led me to want to learn more about psychology.
I went on to study Contemplative Psychology at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and earned my Masters’ Degree in Psychology there. I was interested in acupuncture and oriental medicine and received regular Classical 5-Element Treatments from a seasoned practitioner. As a result, I stopped having migraines.
I returned to California and worked in a Children’s Center that cared for children who had been taken away from their families due to abuse or abandonment, working to obtain my clinical hours for the MFT licensure. I also worked in Emergency Psychiatric Services, Adult Therapy Services, and in a private therapy practice.
During the time I was working towards my MFT hours I enrolled in acupuncture school in Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine and graduated in 2003. I was concurrently enrolled in a 2 year Classical 5-Element Training Certification and completed that in 2001.
In the end, I earned two Masters’ Degrees and have 3 professional licenses. More recently I have become a Certified Laura Doyle Relationship Coach as well, which has opened me to practicing intimacy skills in all my relationships and has challenged me to be the best version of myself I can possibly imagine. I coach women in the 6 Intimacy Skills.
I have three children who are 18, 16, and 15 years old. Being a mother has been the joy of my life and stretches me the most to become the woman and mother I want to be. I love supporting people to be empowered in their lives, relationships and health. I trust in the healing power of the natural order of things and our innate inclination toward balance, growth, healing.
I am grateful to have learned an effective way to help others heal and grow through acupuncture and Chinese medicine, as well as psychotherapy and coaching. I am dedicated to my clients and I integrate all of my experience and knowledge into the different therapies I offer. I consider my practice a privilege and a sacred opportunity for healing and growth.
Ready to begin your journey to wellness?
Treatments & Services
Explained
Chinese medicine is not complete without the use of medicinal herbs. The herbs are effective for many illnesses and imbalances alone or in combination with acupuncture treatments. Herbal formulas are dispensed based on traditional diagnosis of the pattern of disease. This starts with the principles of yin/yang, hot/cold, internal/external and excess deficiency. From there, further differentiation of symptoms determine what Chinese herbal formulas will resolve the symptoms.
Regular and constant use of medicinal herbs will support your healing, your constitution and your emotional balance.. They will help keep you healthy and resilient for a long happy life.
Classical 5-Element Acupuncture
This ancient form of acupuncture dates back centuries before the cultural revolution in China. It balances the root cause of symptoms, and diagnosis is based on the four observations of color, sound, odor and emotion. The five elements are wood, fire, earth, metal and water. When we are born, or shortly thereafter, our root imbalance is present and does not change throughout our lives. By listening to the ailing element, and treating it everytime, symptoms stemming from any of the other elements can be resolved.
5 Element treatments include causative factor diagnosis, clearing treatments, direct moxibustion and needling of the points. Regular sessions take approximately an hour to complete after all diagnosis and clearing treatments have been completed. Diagnosis and clearing sessions take longer.
Classical 5-Element treatments are like coming home. You will feel nourished at a deep level, your body will begin to heal itself, and your mind will feel clear.
Acupuncture
The placement of fine needles in points and along channels on the body to balance the nervous system, the organ systems, and relieve pain and stress. I specialize in the Balance Method which is an excellent way to treat all kinds of symptoms, imbalances and pain. Most points used for these treatments are distal to the elbow and knees and retained for approximately 25 minutes.
You will feel at ease and pain free in no time.
Moxibustion
The application of heat to points on the body with various forms of mugwort. This can be done as part of a Classical 5-Element treatment, or as indicated for other treatments. It can be used as a treatment with or without needles.
Moxibustion brings warmth and vitality to your body, mind and spirit.
Herbal Consultation
Chinese medicine is not complete without the use of medicinal herbs. The herbs are effective for many illnesses and imbalances alone or in combination with acupuncture treatments. Herbal formulas are dispensed based on traditional diagnosis of the pattern of disease. This starts with the principles of yin/yang, hot/cold, internal/external and excess deficiency. From there, further differentiation of symptoms determine what Chinese herbal formulas will resolve the symptoms.
Regular and constant use of medicinal herbs will support your healing, your constitution and your emotional balance.. They will help keep you healthy and resilient for a long happy life.
Cupping
The application of cups to the body to remove stagnation and deep impurities. The cups give a strong sensation of tightness around the cup and draw blood to the surface of the body. There are often marks that look dark purple or red that last anywhere from a few days to 3 weeks. The cups help resolve pain and detoxify the body.
Cupping removes blockages so you can move freely and release toxins.
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Maitri Wellness Center
5266 Hollister Ave., Suite 203
Santa Barbara, California 93111
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Telephone number: 805-895-8320
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