Chinese medicine has always framed health as abundance
Protecting your Jing, your Qi, your reserves — rather than a list of things to deprive yourself of. That's the philosophy behind every plan she builds, and it's exactly what her doctoral training examined: not whether acupuncture 'works' in the abstract, but how it actually integrates into modern life and a modern medical system.
Laura Hamill
LAc, DAc, MAc CHM
Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine
Laura treats pain, sleep, stress, and hormonal and reproductive health with acupuncture and custom Chinese herbal formulas. Visits are unhurried — most of the first one is spent working out what’s actually driving your symptoms before any needles are involved.
She holds a Clinical Doctorate of Acupuncture from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University and a Master’s in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine, is board-certified in acupuncture and herbal medicine, and is licensed in Maine — including the state certification for custom herbal formulation.
Her training included over 1,000 clinical hours across thirteen internships in a range of healthcare settings, including Boston Medical Center. That means firsthand experience treating people who are simultaneously navigating physicians, specialists, and hospital systems — not just a standalone wellness setting. Her doctoral coursework focused on advanced diagnostics and on communicating effectively with other providers.
The result is care that’s collaborative by design. Laura will write to your physician when it’s useful to your treatment, and she’ll tell you when something needs a provider who isn’t her.
She continues her training through the WPC Graduate Mentorship Program and ongoing coursework in oncology and women’s health.
In-network with Anthem BCBS, Aetna, Harvard Pilgrim, United Healthcare, and the VA Community Care Network.
Collaborative Care
Laura Hamill Acupuncture was built around a simple idea: the best outcomes happen when patients are genuinely engaged in their care, and when the progress made in the treatment room carries into daily life.
That's reflected in how the clinic operates — as a space for collaborative wellness, where you and Laura identify goals together and build a plan to reach them. It also extends beyond the clinic: when it benefits your care, Laura communicates directly with your physicians and other providers, so your treatment plan reflects your whole health picture, not acupuncture in isolation.
Root and Branch
Every treatment plan starts with a full picture of how your signs and symptoms connect — not just the most obvious complaint. Laura works on two levels at once: addressing acute symptoms directly (the branch), while also supporting your body's underlying physiological state so change holds over time (the root).
You're treated as an individual, not a protocol. Care is shaped around your specific needs, goals, and the realities of your daily life.
In TCM, this is called treating root and branch: addressing the acute symptom in front of you (the branch), while also shifting the underlying pattern that produced it (the root) — so change holds rather than repeating. We build a full picture of how your signs and symptoms connect, and treat both levels at once. Every person is treated as an individual, with care based on their specific needs and goals.
