"I've seen and been treated by many acupuncturists and herbalists, and I can say without a doubt that Karissa's knowledge, skill, and passion for this medicine are the best I've encountered, bar none. Her acupuncture technique is precise and intuitive, and every treatment left me feeling truly cared for, not just treated. She truly listens, hearing and understanding what's happening underneath what you say, and she's the most brilliant herbalist I've ever met. I always believed herbs were a good idea, but she showed me how powerful and essential they were to my health goals. Working with Karissa changed my life in all the best ways, and I couldn't recommend her more. Thank you, Karissa, for being wonderfully, magically you."

"While I seldom write reviews, the exceptional care I received from Karissa deserves recognition. I visited her practice hoping to manage stress and find relief from fibromyalgia related pain and fatigue. Karissa’s treatments are truly making a difference. As the other reviewers have mentioned, once you meet her you’ll know you came to the right place."

"Karissa is a gifted and knowledgeable practitioner. Her thoroughness, her empathy and her interest in her client make the experience of working with her something special. Her holistic ways and her collaborative approach are particularly comforting. She is helping me to manage significant stresses and the impacts by sensible, natural means. I am grateful for my interactions with Karissa, always calm, kind, caring, interested and effective."

"Dr. Lehman really cares about her patients as whole persons, not just as symptoms to be dealt with. Through careful evaluation, she is able to recommend a course of action that actually brings healing in a holistic way. The herbal supplements she has prescribed for me have brought balance to my body that has reduced allergies, helped greatly with digestion and brought overall health to me. I'm 70 years old, and I love the fact that I can work with my body to be healthy and not have to rely on prescription drugs in order to feel good."

"I have been reticent to get acupuncture for most of my life because my first couple of experiences were terrible. One was from a chiropractor that caused some weight-lifting neck and back injuries to get much worse. Another was a physical therapist that caused me to have a panic attack response on the table. I heard through a friend that Dr. Lehman was very knowledgeable and capable so I decided to give acupuncture one more shot. During my first treatment with Dr. Lehman I started to have that same panic attack-type response to the needles. She quickly identified that I am "needle sensitive" which is apparently rare but not unheard of to react like this to normal types of acupuncture needling. She removed the needles and pivoted strategies. We tried face acupuncture, auricular (ear) acupuncture, as well as facial cupping and gua-sha. These methods have worked great for me; no more panic attack symptoms on the table. She has also been able to treat a number of sports-related injuries with gua-sha and cupping. I've since learned that the "needling" that chiropractors and PTs etc. are trained in only takes about a weekend's worth of classes to qualify for whereas doctors of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine like Dr. Lehman have years of training and real patient experience and it shows... She is also a skilled herbalist as I saw another reviewer has already mentioned. My MD had tried to pressure me to get on a preemptive statin because of some borderline cholesterol numbers. He said that changing diet and exercise (which were already pretty good for me) wouldn't make a difference but I wanted to avoid a statin if possible so I asked Dr. Lehman about it. She agreed with me and had me take some herbs for a couple of months. After a few months I had my blood analyzed again and my cholesterol values had all improved by several points. The last story I'll share is one that really made me think differently about alternative medicine as compared to typical MD care that I was used to. She actually diagnosed something (a medical condition) that had been plaguing me for years that my doctors had missed or ignored despite my complaining about the symptoms to them. She told me what medicine I would likely need the doctor to prescribe. So I made an appointment with my MD, told him my symptoms (again), and asked for the type of medicine that Dr. Lehman had advised I would need. He was surprised but said that that diagnosis could be correct so he wrote the prescription for me. Within days of taking that medication I had relief from symptoms that had been interrupting my sleep, giving me pain and discomfort daily, and interfering with my life on so many deep levels for years. I know this probably sounds over the top but I think this is the single biggest reason I am writing this review; I owe every full night's sleep since that time to Dr. Lehman. Before she recognized that condition I was almost never sleeping through the night. I am so thankful."