Let’s make sense of
what your body
has been trying
to tell you
You may be living with symptoms that don’t fit neatly into one box, or have been told that everything appears normal despite not feeling like yourself.
Perhaps you’re living with a diagnosed condition and looking for additional support, or are living with persistent pain, fatigue, hormonal changes, poor sleep, or simply a sense that your body is no longer behaving as it once did.
My role is to listen carefully, look at the whole picture and help you understand the patterns connecting what you’re experiencing. Drawing on acupuncture, nutrition, and a functional medicine approach, I offer thoughtful, personalised support that works alongside your existing healthcare.
Together we can find a practical way forward that feels right for you.
You know when something doesn’t feel right
How I Work
No two people arrive with exactly the same story. I take time to understand your symptoms, health history and what may be influencing the way you feel now.
Drawing on acupuncture and a functional medicine appraoch, I look at how different aspects of your health may connect. Depending on what you need, our work may involve acupuncure, practical nutritian and lifestyle support, or a thoughtful combination of both.
Acupuncture
Personalised treatment drawing on traditional acupuncture alongside more modern techniques, chosen according to your individual needs.
Functional Medicine Approach
A broader exploration of your symptoms, history, nutrition and lifestyle, helping us identify patterns and practical areas for support.
Areas of Support
People come with a wide range of concerns - sometimes with a clear diagnosis, and sometimes with symptoms that are difficult to explain or don’t fit neatly into one category.
Pain, mobility and recovery
Support for persistent or recurring pain, physical tension and recovery.
Neurological support
Carefully adapted support for people living with neurological conditions.
Fatigue, sleep and complex symptoms
A whole-person approach when symptoms are difficult to separate and explain.
Support during and after cancer treatment
Complementary support alongside your oncology care, adapted to your treatment and circumstances.
Hormonal and life-stage changes
Individual care through perimenopause, menopause and other hormonal transitions.
Metabolic and GLP-1 support
Nutrition and lifestyle support for metabolic health and sustainable weight management, including support alongside GLP- 1 medication, with attension to protein, strength and long-term health.
Meet Julie
I’m Julie Butterworth, a Bath-based acupuncturist with training in functional medicine. I bring together traditional acupuncture, modern clinical techniques and a broader understanding of nutrition and lifestyle—but my work always begins with listening carefully and without assumptions.
Before retraining in healthcare, I spent more than 20 years in senior business and marketing roles. That experience, alongside my clinical training, shapes the way I work today: asking good questions, making sense of complexity and supporting each person as an individual rather than a collection of symptoms.
I hold a BSc (Hons) in Acupuncture and a Licentiate in Acupuncture (LicAc), with further training in neurological and sports acupuncture, Shonishin and functional medicine through the Institute for Functional Medicine.
Ready to make sense of what’s going on?
Book an initial consultation, or get in touch if you’re unsure which kind of support would be most appropriate for you.