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After seeing Helene for just a few sessions, you'll rest assured you are in the hands of someone who already knows your body well. Helene is an intelligent, inventive practitioner who clearly focuses all the resources of her arts on your particular needs. With her generous and attentive manner, she's a pleasure to work with over any length of time.
I first came to see Helene when I was in bad shape, the worst shape I've ever been in. I'd had emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix (that had been ruptured for a week before it was properly diagnosed) and wasn't recovering very well. Among my other symptoms, I was waking up and vomiting every morning. This had gone on for weeks. My surgeon said not to worry about it; I went to a GI specialist, who also said don't worry, it will eventually go away, but it was extremely distressing. Literally one session with Helene, with some herbs she recommended, and no more vomiting in the morning. A huge relief, and I felt a turning point in my recovery.
I also had some fairly severe trauma symptoms from the emergency surgery and the post-operative complications, and felt I needed some other intervention in addition to the Eastern medicine. Helene was very supportive of whatever course I felt I needed to take, and worked to support and complement the other methods I chose.
I had been trying to get pregnant for more than 3 years. I had seen another acupuncturist, but no luck. Working with Helene I got pregnant on the first try! Helene was also very helpful with the various discomforts of pregnancy (backaches, fatigue, bloating), and was able to turn the baby around when the time came, and finally to help bring on labor to avoid hospital induction...
She's also been able to help my husband with a chronic shoulder problem that wasn't responding to traditional medical attention. Helene is very knowledgeable and skillful, and also very compassionate. I would recommend her unequivocally to anyone.
I am a 74-year-old female. I started seeing Helene in January 2002. I am still being treated by her on a weekly basis. I now feel like a new person. I am highly allergic to many foods and environmental things. When I first started treatment I had recently lost my husband of 19 years and I was taking care of my sister who had terminal bone cancer. I cannot take conventional medicines because I am allergic and my digestive system cannot handle them. So I had to find alternative methods to heal my body. I was in terrible shape physically, mentally and emotionally. Helene treats me with acupuncture-bioSET and NET. She has helped me tremendously and I am forever grateful to her. She is kind and caring and very sensitive to my problems. Her treatments work for me.
Acupuncture and Healing Arts of Park Slope has provided me with a very wide range of support for my health concerns. I initially came to Ms. Kostre in 2000 in my mid-40's for support with weight loss, but have found over the past five years that the acupuncture, NET, oral-supplement therapies, and gradual dietary-change recommendations provided by Ms. Kostre have been extremely helpful for a range of interconnected body and mind issues. These include back pain, joint pain (knee, hand, shoulder, and hip), diabetes prevention, and also a variety of immune system-related illnesses both short and long term.
She works with her patients towards an overall mind-body balance, to strengthen the immune system and achieve an awareness and practice of good self-care. I don't get colds as often, and if I do, they are generally much less intense and shorter in duration. And when I was recently diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a chronic intestinal disease with life-long effects, Ms. Kostre began working on that with me as well, to lessen the effects and hopefully some day lessen my dependence on the medications. She is very respectful of the treatments I follow from my Western-medicine physicians, and is committed to the whole health of her patients, incorporating Eastern healing arts with existing treatments to provide a comprehensive range of health supports.
I have been blessed by Helene's healing work for nearly 15 years. Her acupuncture, herbs, tinctures, and supplements—and tender, low-key, relaxed but practical approach to the gravest suffering is comforting, admirable, and powerful.
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