About Me
I am a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, functional medicine practitioner and trauma touch therapist
My name is Dorian Lam, and my pronouns are she/ her. I was born and raised in Hong Kong. At the age of 13, I moved to England, and later to the United States. I moved to Los Angeles, California in 2011 and have been living here since.
I graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia with degrees in Asian Studies and Eastern Philosophy. While at Temple University, I discovered student activism and soon joined the fight as a community organizer fighting for economic and racial justice for low-wage workers. However, I was working 80 hours a week and focused all my energy on helping others, thus neglecting my mental and physical health. I soon recognized one cannot build a sustainable movement without self-care.
During the same time, I began healing my own trauma as a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault that had long been suppressed. Through multiple mind and body disciplines like somatic therapy, acupuncture, massage, yoga, qi gong, reiki, hiking, weight lifting, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu – I began to feel safe in my body and pursue my path toward healing and resiliency.
That was when I decided to evolve my community work into empowering people through health and wellness. I attended the National Holistic Institute in 2012 for massage therapy and experienced first hand how trauma and memories can be stored in the tissues. I later became certified in Trauma Touch Therapy to work with survivors to reintegrate safe and empowered touch.
That led me back to graduate school in 2014 at Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine to continue my journey into mind and body modalities. While being in school I was trained as a birth doula and True Healing Uterine & Abdominal Therapy to better support women, fertility, and reproductive health.
I later became a technical supervisor at the Emperor’s College Acupuncture clinic to assist junior student interns in treating patients at the teaching clinic.
To this day, I continue to study acupuncture, traditional eastern medicine, functional medicine, and trauma informed practices to address the root cause of stress and trauma that manifest itself into physical imbalance. I am a fellow of the Acupuncture and TCM Board of Reproductive Medicine (FABORM).
In my course of life, I recognize how the body and mind can easily disconnect from post traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression – creating adverse effects on one’s well being rooted from systemic oppression.
My approach is to co-factilitate healing with my patients to awaken and reconnect with the body and mind for balance and wellness.
Awaken Remedies is built on a holistic, natural, integrative, trauma-informed, gender affirming, and anti-oppressive perspective.
My practice has a focus on women’s reproductive health – hormonal disorders, infertility, pregnancy and postpartum support. In addition, I treat and manage symptoms from digestive disorders, metabolic issues, autoimmunity, pain, and mental health that is caused by chronic stress, burnout, adrenal fatigue and post traumatic stress disorder.
I believe self-healing can only take place in a safe space where we can begin to release the rooted trauma and emotions that led to physical illnesses in the body.
In my free time, I train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, weight lifting, surfing, and hiking to physically empower myself. I also practice breathwork, meditation, qi gong, yoga, and study Buddhist teachings by Thích Nhất Hạnh to balance my inner self.
I recently collaborated on a podcast called Awaken Our Whole Selves that discusses finding healing justice personally, socially and politically.
Lastly, I enjoy traveling, cooking, music, art, playing mah jong and collaborate on community healing events.