ABOUT LIZ WOLF, LAc
Rooted in care.
Trained to listen.
Licensed Acupuncturist · Craniosacral Therapist · Portland, Oregon
This work found me before I found it.
I grew up in a medical household, my father was a physician, my mother a nurse. They were still in school when I was born, and caregiving was woven into the fabric of our home from the very beginning.
As a competitive gymnast through childhood and into my teens, I developed an intimate relationship with my own body - what it needed, how it communicated, what it could endure. That somatic awareness has shaped everything I do in my life and in the treatment room.
Loss brought me to Chinese Medicine.
In my early twenties, my world shifted. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. My closest cousin (more like a best friend) was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. And a close friend was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer. While my mother and cousin survived, my dear friend Annie passed away at the young age of 23.
I found myself in the middle of profound grief and a fierce desire to help. I began searching for what Western medicine wasn't offering: nutritional support, whole-body care, and gentler paths through suffering. That search led me to Chinese Medicine.
I kept noticing the gaps. The places where people were struggling and the system had very little to offer. I wanted to work in those spaces.
I applied to Chinese Medicine graduate school having had only a few Acupuncture treatments myself. I barely knew what I was stepping into. But I knew I was supposed to be there.
Four years of falling in love with bodywork.
I completed my Master's degree at the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) in Portland, a rigorous four-year program in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. It was there that I truly fell in love with bodywork, and where I began to trust and develop my somatic intuition.
BFA In Photography and Graphic Design from Ohio University, 2003
Licensed Acupuncturist (LAc), State of Oregon, 2012
Master's Degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, NUNM, 2012
Craniosacral Therapy 1 and 2, Upledger Institute, 2013 and 2026
Craniosacral and Myofascial release studies with Michael McMahon at Mountain Institute
Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Functional Medicine University (FMU), 2024
Facial Acupuncture, Advanced Training with Michelle Gellis (certification in progress)
My Training & Credentials
I believe the body knows how to heal. It just needs the right conditions.
I have always been drawn to nature and the wisdom of seasonal change. The way the world reminds us that rest, release, and renewal are not optional, but necessary. That rhythm informs how I think about health and the body. The way the natural world contracts and expands, rests and renews. Healing isn't linear or hurried. It follows its own quiet logic.
My work is at the intersection of traditional Chinese Medicine, Craniosacral Therapy, and nervous system regulation. I work primarily with people whose systems are stuck in overdrive. The ones who are doing everything right and still can't seem to land.
Sessions are slow, quiet, and gentlw. I'm not looking for quick fixes. I'm listening for the deeper pattern.
Ready to feel like yourself again?
Most patients feel a noticeable shift after their first session. Come as you are, stay as long as it helps. Just a place for your body to finally exhale.