11/05/2025
Hello friends of Seaside Acupuncture. There are some new faces around here (including mine because I’m not on social media much), so I thought I’d introduce myself.
I’m Lisa Dunlevy, a licensed acupuncturist who has built a practice in Mt. P where we value whole-self healing through the lens of comprehensive Chinese Medicine. I have been practicing acupuncture in the Lowcountry for over 20 years, but I have always been a natural caregiver. I loved my baby dolls, babysitting, cooking, and would give my mom her nightly head rub.
Guided by an interest in healing and using food and herbs as medicine, I went directly to massage therapy school after high school and worked in a health food store where I studied with an amazing herbalist. In college I studied nutrition but the Western world’s limited approach to health (remember that food pyramid!?) came up short for me. I wanted to go deeper. To empower people to heal, to take care of themselves, to see themselves as whole beings.
While I was debating what to do next, I had a revelation: not far from my own backyard was a graduate school for acupuncture. I enrolled and soon found that acupuncture filled and motivated me in ways that felt like a true calling. Rather than isolate, acupuncture integrates the body, mind, and spirit in health and disease. It has been around for over 3,000 years, connecting ancient wisdom to modern wellbeing. It remains relevant and effective as ever, and so nourishing.
After graduation, I practiced at a doctor’s office, then a chiropractor’s office. Some of you will remember my home office era, with my Boston terriers who liked to snore during sessions! I was a mom juggling 2 littles, making herbal remedies and giving my clients the best care possible. Day after day, year after year, it has been such a privilege to practice this beautiful medicine and help others.
Through hard work, and flowing with forces of life that are bigger than me, I had the opportunity to expand into a beautiful office in central Mount Pleasant with four treatment rooms. I practice with 2 other acupuncturists, a massage therapist and even a small staff. We have been here for a few years now and joke we are in the happiness business. As excited as clients are when they arrive, our patients leave glowing, often barely touching the ground post treatment (with a delicious piece of candied ginger for the road). So grateful!
