Dr. Autumn Smolen

Dr. Autumn Smolen is a licensed acupuncturist and licensed massage therapist with advanced training in classical homeopathy. She received her Doctor of Acupuncture with Chinese Herbal Medicine Specialization from Pacific College of Health and Science, Master of Acupuncture with Chinese Herbal Medicine Specialization from AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, and Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Kansas. 

Growing up in a rural setting, she was fascinated by nature from an early age. Later during her undergraduate studies in biology, Autumn found herself deeply interested in holistic health, completing a permaculture apprenticeship focused on medicinal herb cultivation, starting a natural home cleaning business, Down-to-Earth Natural Cleaning in Lawrence, Kansas, and offering empathic life coaching support through EmpathicPresence.com.

After a personal health crisis which she overcame through integration of acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, and bodywork treatments, Autumn felt a calling to cultivate her own skills and support others to heal on a deeper level. She began by diving into the naturopathic medicine doctoral program at Bastyr University while completing their massage therapy intensive program, then becoming inspired to focus her studies in classical homeopathy and traditional world medicines including Ayurveda and Chinese medicine.

She began with courses in Ayurvedic medicine with Dr. Vasant Lad and at Bastyr University, while beginning her years of extensive classical homeopathy studies with Dr. Paul Herscu and Dr. Amy Rothenberg through the New England School of Homeopathy. During her Chinese medicine studies, she developed an appreciation for a wide-range of perspectives, from learning to translate ancient Chinese medical texts to integrating functional neurology in clinical practice. She has studied with Dr. Sabine Wilms, Dr. David Berkshire, Dr. Elizabeth Fordyce, Brandt Stickley, Kiiko Matsumoto, and Dr. Heiner Fruehauf.

With a lifelong interest in fertility, pregnancy, and birth, she saw a need for supporting this important phase of life with the natural approaches that these traditional medicine approaches have to offer. In addition to studying studying birth trauma prevention with Anna Verwaal and breech birth support with Dr. Stuart Fischbein, she has received advanced training in Chinese medicine for fertility, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care with Genevieve Le Goff, Dr. Jake Fratkin, Dr. Yaoping “Violet” Song, and Dr. Deb Davies.

In her free time, Autumn enjoys hiking with her husband and poodle, preparing for their own growing family, and working on new crochet projects.