Our Team
Effective medical care begins with trust.
At Village Acupuncture, we’re not just medical practitioners. We genuinely care. We take great pride in our exceptional team of board certified acupuncturists and herbalists. Led by Kim Trafton, we have been proudly serving southern Maine and seacoast New Hampshire for over 10 years. We believe in patient-centered compassionate care, with a commitment to ongoing education and the latest technologies to bring you the best our profession can offer.
Dr. Christopher Germain, LAc, DACM
Christopher Germain earned a doctorate in acupuncture and Chinese medicine from Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts, where he studied the practices of classical Chinese medicine taught by Jeffrey Yuen. Chris received his board certification as an acupuncturist, herbalist, and diplomate of oriental medicine from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and earned an advanced certification in oncology acupuncture from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Chris has practiced acupuncture and herbal medicine in the surgical unit of a hospital, a hospice center, a community clinic for the homeless, an addiction-treatment center for teens, and private sessions. Chris’s perspective and approach to acupuncture and Chinese medicine have also been informed by his experiences as a paramedic in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and as a firefighter and paramedic for the Reading Fire Department for ten years prior to his professional transition to acupuncture and herbal medicine.
Chris’s background in emergency medical services and his study of integrative medical practices have shaped him into a practitioner who strives to empower his patients and guide them through their unique healing process. Chris treats a wide variety of physiological and neurological disorders, including anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, digestive problems, and other conditions.
Amy Vlacich, MSOM, LAc, FABORM
Amy Vlacich Is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist specializing in holistic pain management, digestive health, and hormonal support for all ages and stages of life. She believes in the body's innate ability to heal itself and strives to support this natural process with acupuncture and herbal medicine. Despite her passion for women's health, Amy also loves to treat HEENT conditions such as headaches, allergies, sinusitis, vertigo, and TMJ.
Amy believes in a holistic approach to care, one that embraces all aspects of health: the emotional, physical, and spiritual. Her acupuncture treatments are integrative and multifaceted, often utilizing multiple hands-on therapies, such as moxibustion (heat therapy), fcupping (suction), gua sha (stone massage), and e-stim (electrical stimulation). She also offers at-home testing for food sensitivities and gut microbiome analysis upon request.
Amy earned her Master's of Science in Oriental Medicine (MSOM) at the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, California. During her graduate studies, she interned at the San Francisco Homeless Prenatal Program, LifeLong Medical Care, and UCSF Mission Bay. She also studied at the First Teaching Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Tianjin, China where she learned acupuncture protocols for stroke rehabilitation and other neurological disorders. Since then, Amy has given over 14,000 acupuncture treatments in private and community practice in New Hampshire and Florida.
Amy is a certified Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist (ADS) and Fellow of the Acupuncture Board of Reproductive Medicine (FABORM), one of three fertility specialists in the entire state of Maine. She has spent the past five years working at an integrative family wellness center in Florida, but is happy to return home to New England where she grew up. In her free time, Amy enjoys hiking, paddling, dancing, yoga, poetry, and adventures with her velcro dog, Rosie.
We treat people, not just symptoms.
Dr. Kimberly Dahlmann, LAc, DACM
Kimberly Dahlmann brings over 25 years of experience working with clients in a therapeutic setting. As a Doctor of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Kimberly believes in the body’s inherent ability to heal. Her work as an acupuncturist, herbalist, yoga instructor and yoga therapist reflect a deeply held belief that with the right support, every individual has the potential to heal and thrive. Kimberly earned her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine from Five Branches University in Santa Cruz, California. She is a licensed acupuncturist, certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), and holds a certification in Sports Medicine from the Whitefield Reeves Apprenticeship Program. During her medical training, Kimberly focused on trauma and orthopedic treatments and completed a three-week internship at a traditional hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam, where she assisted with the care of cancer patients, stroke victims, and trauma cases.
Known for her compassionate and co-creative approach to treatment, Kimberly combines acupuncture, moxibustion, tuina massage, and herbal medicine with personalized guidance on integrating positive lifestyle habits and holistic rituals. She empowers individuals to cultivate health, balance, and well-being in their day-to-day life.
Kimberly’s approach to care is deeply informed by her personal commitment to self-cultivation through meditation and yoga. She is the founder and former owner of Yoga East in Kittery, Maine, and a 500-hour E-RYT certified instructor recognized by the Yoga Alliance. A lifelong learner, she is passionate about expanding her knowledge of holistic wellness practices. Kimberly strives to create a healing space where her clients can experience greater ease in body, mind, and spirit. Outside of her clinical work, Kimberly enjoys spending time in nature, walks with her sweet pup Sukha, surfing, gardening, and cooking nourishing meals with her husband.
Anne Woods, MSOM, LAc
Anne Woods is a board certified and licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist with a masters degree in science and traditional Chinese medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) in San Francisco, California. During her medical training, Anne interned at the California Pacific Medical Center Stroke and Acute Injury Rehabilitation Center, as well as many of the Auricular Acupuncture Clinics in San Francisco. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and studio arts from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.
Anne’s holistic approach to modern medicine is rooted in ancient healing modalities such as acupuncture and Chinese medicine, herbal medicine, massage, therapeutic movement, nutrition counseling, and high quality supplements. With these methods, she assists the natural healing process for the whole person, inviting joy, vitality, and balance back into her clients' physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies. She has a passion for helping people return home to themselves, as well as collaborating on a sustainable healthcare plan that nourishes and supports instead of restricts and fails. Anne specializes in treating acute and chronic pain, digestive disorders, hormone imbalances, dermatology, insomnia, neurovascular rehab, and stress relief. Anne has been teaching yoga for 15 years in a variety of styles. Through 500+ hours of yoga training, she has built an authentic style of teaching that incorporates meditation, breath work, conscious movements, and flow.
When she is not in the clinic, Anne enjoys adventuring and running by the sea, gardening, ceramics, and cooking nourishing dinners with friends and family
Kim Trafton, LAc
Kim Trafton earned a master of science degree in acupuncture from the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences, where she had the great honor and privilege of studying classical Chinese acupuncture under the tutelage of renowned scholar and practitioner Jeffrey Yuen. Over the past decade, Kim has continued her training with Yuen through his postgraduate courses on essential oils, pulse diagnosis, Chinese dietary therapy, and cancer care.
Kim was a featured acupuncturist in an ongoing study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, at Montefiore Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, that is evaluating the efficacy of acupuncture in treating chronic intractable pain. She has also worked at the AIDS Center of Queens County, where she treated HIV-positive and AIDS patients in various stages of disease progression, and at the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where she was trained in the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association protocol for supporting patients experiencing addiction disorders and drug withdrawal.
During her tenure at a busy community clinic in Brooklyn, Kim gained invaluable experience treating a broad spectrum of conditions and disorders using acupuncture. She currently treats patients experiencing degenerative disease, chronic pain, cancer, and a wide range of neurological and mental health disorders.
If you are a patient of Kim’s, please call the office to schedule an appointment. Online scheduling is not enabled for her.
We give you options, not lectures.
Lisa Langevin, LMT
Lisa’s journey into bodywork really started after finishing massage school in her home state of New Hampshire.
Lisa moved to California to study at the Esalen institute in beautiful Big Sur, California. There she immersed herself in various movement therapies including Feldenkrais, conscious dance and Gestalt psychotherapy. It is through her own self discovery and healing process that she really got the mind/ body connection. This greatly informed her work going forward. She began working with hospice and provided grief, trauma and end of life care through massage.
Lisa has been massaging now for almost twenty five years. Her style is an eclectic blend of Swedish, deep tissue, neuromuscular and usually some reiki or Craniosacral thrown in. She is passionate about providing support to women during hormonal changes, helping someone recover from an injury or just providing some deep rest and relaxation from everyday life.