OUR TEAM

As a life-long student of movement and owner of Turning Pointe, Alissa has over a decade of personal and professional experience dedicated to the healing arts — from teaching yoga and therapeutic exercise in physical therapy clinics to practicing massage therapy in chiropractic clinics and wellness centers. She is dedicated to helping individuals identify and treat pain and movement dysfunction at the source to avoid future injuries and return to activities they love.

Patients often make their way to Alissa’s treatment room exhausted and desperate for relief after finding few answers elsewhere. Her approach has been described as deeply informed, affirming, compassionate, and caring — and she is so fulfilled by following the threads that lead to less suffering for everyone from professional athletes to folks just wishing to feel better in their bodies.

Alissa is passionate about supporting people who are struggling with multifaceted symptoms, overlapping or evasive diagnoses, and persistent pain. She is particularly interested and skilled in addressing radiculopathic conditions including experiences of weakness, numbness, and tingling; chronic headaches, menstrual cycle discomfort & concerns, and injuries related to sports and exercise.

Alissa holds a Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Human Physiology from San Francisco State University. She has 500 hour certifications in both massage therapy and yoga instruction. She is currently pursuing a post-graduate certificate in Sports Medicine Acupuncture from one of the most advanced orthopedic & sports medicine acupuncture programs available. When she is not at the clinic, Alissa enjoys hiking, cycling, swimming, creating fiber art, and spending time with her partner and two cats. You can learn more about Alissa in this meet your practitioner interview on our blog.

Winslett has nearly a decade of experience in primary care and gynecology practices treating a variety of health concerns. She combines the breadth of knowledge from acupuncture and East Asian medicine with evidence-based research to care for her patients.

After improving from chronic illness through East Asian medicine herself, Winslett received a Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degree. Within a few years of practice, she sought gentler acupuncture styles to treat sensitive patients and trained in the foundations of Master Nagano style of Japanese acupuncture from Tsuyoshi Shimamura Sensei. In addition to receiving mentorship in her field, she is also grateful to work with the full spectrum of medical providers to safely co-manage patient treatments and improve their health outcomes in every aspect of their lives. 

Winslett works with patients on both short and long-term health goals, starting with full health histories to understand what works and what doesn’t work for each patient. Rooted in a collaborative approach, she prescribes attainable treatment steps reliant on patient feedback on how to most sustainably move forward. Her treatment style is approachable, thorough, and deliberate; she is skilled at zooming out to consider the larger picture of a person’s vitality and health. She is most passionate about improving a patient’s daily experience, whether they are seeking support for fertility, digestion issues, menstrual cycle disruptions, pelvic pain, peri-menopause symptoms, injury or surgery recovery, or overall stress.

In her spare time, Winslett enjoys movement of all kinds—dance, HIIT, hiking, hula hooping, pilates, qigong, spinning, tai chi, trail running, yoga, walking, and, yes, weight lifting. At the top of her charts, she loves sharing meals with friends, learning while traveling, and taking long walks to discover a different vantage point in and around the city. You can learn more about Winslett in this meet your practitioner interview on our blog.

Jessica is a dually licensed Acupuncturist and Massage Therapist in practice for over 15 years. She holds a Masters of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and is currently finishing her doctorate at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine.

Jessica is committed to seeing the whole of her patients and creates space in her sessions for people to breathe, decompress, recenter, and recharge. Her areas of particular interest and adeptness include bereavement, transitional grief, and psychosomatic expression through pain. She most often supports people who are experiencing dynamic musculoskeletal pain, menstrual cycle complexities, digestive disruptions, nervous system stress, and conditions such as anxiety and insomnia. Patients describe her as nurturing, patient, exceptionally knowledgeable, and kind.

Jessica frequently incorporates manual therapies including cupping and gua sha into her work as an acupuncturist, which is also greatly informed by her education and experience as a massage therapist. She continues to rely on her expertise in deep tissue and deep relaxation bodywork, aromatherapy, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, and Craniosacral Therapy to support to her patients.

Jessica is a mom to a beautiful little boy and lives on a quarter acre urban farm in Portland Proper. She is a creative type with a BFA in sculpture and painting along with minors in psychology, ceramics and business.

Brent’s decade-long career as a professional dancer, with the high demands on his body that come with it, has given him a deep personal knowledge and inherent interest in pain and injury management which led him on a journey into massage and manual therapy. He aims to find the underlying causes of pain and has a treatment style that is primarily informed by Swedish massage, deep tissue and myofascial release, elements of CranioSacral therapy, and more. He works with each individual to find the right blend of techniques that works best for their particular body and symptoms and often sends patients home with stretches or movement suggestions for support outside of sessions.

Brent is particularly well-suited and most frequently booked by people experiencing both acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain of the lower back, neck, shoulders, lower legs, and and ankles and he is especially skilled in releasing restrictions and increasing mobility in these areas. He enjoys supporting active people move out of pain and recover from injury and working with patients to de-pattern postural and movement habits that contribute to persistent conditions. He is most fulfilled when someone leaves a session with significantly diminished pain — something a majority of his patients enjoy after even a single visit.

After growing up in Portland, Brent graduated from Point Park University with a BFA in modern dance. From there, he studied and obtained his massage therapy license from East West College of the Healing Arts. Brent has danced professionally with Pillow Project, Attack Theater, Éowyn Emerald and Dancers, Bodyvox, and Washington Dance Collective and is a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS). He remains active in the Portland dance community and enjoys yoga, hiking, camping, playing video games and reading. You can learn more about Brent in this meet your practitioner interview on our blog.

As a professional dancer with over 20 years of experience and with her lived experience with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Molly (she/her) has a deep understanding of chronic pain, injury management & prevention, hypermobility disorders, and neurological conditions. She has always found manual therapy to be an important component of supporting the moving body, mind-body connection, and mental wellbeing. 

With empathy and compassion at the core of her work, Molly uses various structurally-based and trauma-informed treatment styles to engage the parasympathetic nervous system to de (and re)-constructing postural habits, tension and guarding that may be the underlying cause of chronic pain and acute injury. Using combined modalities tailored to each patient, including Integrative Bodywork, Myofascial Release, Deep Tissue, CranioSacral, and Cupping Therapy, her style has been described as slow, focused, detailed, and intentional; meeting and supporting your body where it is in the moment. 

Molly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ballet from the University of Cincinnati’s college - Conservatory of Music (CCM) and received her massage therapy education from East West College of the Healing Arts. Molly is a Dance Medicine Specialist and member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS). She enjoys working with identifying Artistic Athletes and Creatives of all likes. 

Molly lives on 60 acres of working farmland with her partner where they farm organic vegetables and cut flowers, keep bees, and tend to chickens. You can learn more about Molly in this meet your practitioner interview on our blog.

A clinic neighbor, Allison (she/they) is very likely the first face you’ll see (or email correspondence you’ll have) as a patient with us! She’s the wizard who makes all the magic happen and if she’s not at the clinic, trust she’s behind-the-scenes working to improve our processes and practices or dreaming up some new ideas for us.

Her collage of experience includes nearly a decade in the film industry as a festival curator, director of programming, and outreach & education director. Allison has opened an independent coffee shop and worn a series of hats intended for marketing directors, senior account execs, farmers market managers, sales specialists, consultants who advise on systems, processes, and organization, and lastly but not leastly, the very particular type of hat made for unicorns (actual job title and best fitting hat!).

In addition to lending her skill sets to us, Allison provides 1:1 support as a certified transformational coach through her practice Being Alive and is working on crafting herbal offerings through small creative projects The Common Cauldron and Practical Magic Kitchen. Allison agrees with bell hooks that love is a verb and shares Bjork’s revelation that nature has fixed no limits on our hopes. In her free time, Allison is cooking, gardening, hiking and generally immersed in nature, hanging out with her partner and two cats, and learning as much as and as often as she can about an endless list of interests!