Our Story
San Francisco Community Acupuncture has been offering affordable healthcare to our community since 2007!
We provide attentive and quality acupuncture treatments in a quiet group setting for a sliding fee. Our goal continues to be offering a variety of treatment options to meet the needs of our diverse patient population.
Acupuncture does not need to be expensive to be effective!
For those that prefer one on one sessions we also have 4 private treatment rooms and offer acupuncture, massage and cupping treatments.
Practitioners
Rebecca Rizzetta, L.Ac., CMT (she/her)
Rebecca is a California Licensed Acupuncturist. She has also been a Certified Massage Therapist for over 20 years and is trained in many deep-tissue and Swedish modalities. She received her Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2006. She studied at Zhejiang University in Hong Zhou, China and worked in cancer, pediatric and gynecology clinics. She also worked in San Francisco at the CPMC Stroke and Rehabilitation Center, The San Francisco Women’s Community Clinic, and the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s Community Clinic and for the San Francisco Ballet.
Dr. Rebekah Sitty, L.Ac., CMT (she/her)
Rebekah is a Nationally Certified and California Licensed Acupuncturist and Oriental Medicine Practitioner. She is also a Certified Massage Therapist focusing on trigger points and deep tissue work. She received her Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2005. During her schooling she chose to augment her studies by taking additional classes with Fred Lerner, DC, Matt Callison, L.Ac., Margaret McMeekin, L.Ac and other orthopedic specialists. She has worked in San Francisco at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic, the CPMC Stroke and Rehabilitation Center, The San Francisco Women’s Community Clinic, the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s Community Clinic and also for the San Francisco Ballet.
Alice deYoung, L.Ac. (she/her)
My passion is to create accessible, dignified, and non-judgmental settings that support patient-centered healthcare. I hold a Master of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and completed my under-graduate at UC Berkeley. Before finding Chinese medicine, I contributed to care at Lyon-Martin Health services, an LGBTQI Community Clinic, and Golden Gate OB-GYN, both in San Francisco. While at ACTCM, my background in social justice and commitment to integrated health afforded me to provide trauma-informed care to under-resourced communities at GLIDE Memorial Clinic, and ACTCM Community and Auricular Clinics; I continue this work as a volunteer Acu-Punk at HealthRight360. As a Bay Area native raised in Parma, Italy, I am fluent in Italian and Spanish, and always love learning new languages as a humbling way of building community. Languages spoken: Italian, Spanish.
Melissa Craven, L.Ac. (she/her)
Melissa received her Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2007. Soon after being licensed in 2008, she co-founded Circle Community Acupuncture, which was located in SOMA, and managed the clinic until its closure in 2023. Recently, she has worked on a pilot study examining chronic pain conducted by UCSF and begun working at the SF Department of Public Health offering private and group acupuncture in public health clinics all over the city. She has a special interest in using acupuncture to support mental/emotional health, menstrual and menopausal challenges, chronic and acute pain and digestive and immune health.
Grace Lee L.Ac (she/her)
Grace is a California Board certified acupuncturist and herbalist. She was raised in San Francisco and is a second-generation Korean-American. She received her master’s degree at Emperor’s College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and specializes in women's health, gastrointestinal health, stress management, and cupping therapy. She is also trained in both Korean Acupuncture and Master Tung techniques and holds certifications in facial acupuncture and Dharma Yoga. After spending years away from the city, Grace is excited to return to the Bay Area and serve the community that has given so much to her. She envisions a world where TCM can be accessible to all. Languages spoken: Korean
Taylor Reno, L.Ac. (she/her)
Taylor is a California Board-certified acupuncturist and herbalist. She earned her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM) at CIIS in San Francisco. During her studies, she completed internships at Glide, the Women’s Resource Center, and California Pacific Medical Center’s inpatient rehabilitation unit. She is currently completing the Whitfield Reaves Acupuncture Sports Medicine Apprenticeship Program.
Taylor enjoys working with clients on digestive health, mental and psychosocial well-being, nervous system regulation, fertility, and pain management, including those recovering from sports injuries.
Shamsi Pourfatemi Creps L.Ac. (she/her)
Shamsi happened upon acupuncture during her Peace Corps service in The Gambia, West Africa. There she met, and later studied with a Cuban acupuncturist who treated patients for a variety of a medical conditions. She was in awe of the effectiveness of acupuncture- how simply placing several needles into specific points on a person’s body could positively influence the person’s whole well-being.
She is a California licensed acupuncturist and a nationally certified Oriental Medicine practitioner. She now comes to us with 18 years of private and non-profit experience and is passionate about emotional well-being. women’s health and digestive health.
Giselle Moreno L.Ac (she/her)
Discovering Chinese medicine in 2014 allowed Giselle to connect the dots and articulate how she had always perceived the world and it’s relationships. The connections between our bodies,spirits, emotions, and nature’s seasonal shifts are all integral to this beautiful medicine. Her goal in every treatment is to help remind your body of its innate, balanced state of harmony.
Giselle holds a Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences in her hometown of Oakland. She is currently studying under Dr. Yvonne Farrell, deepening her knowledge of the extraordinary vessels and psycho-emotional aspects of Chinese Medicine. She utilizes many modalities in treatments including acupuncture,cupping, moxa, and essential oils as herbal medicine.
Benjamin Rombro, L.Ac (he/him)
Benjamin utilizes different modalities of Chinese medicine to re-establish harmony between mind and body and improve physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences and a Master’s degree in Counseling from San Francisco State University. He has worked as an educator, administrator, counselor, mediator. and coach in San Francisco and the East Bay.
When not in the clinic space he finds joy in movement, exercise and bopping around Oakland on his bike, being surrounded by music and immersed in water whenever possible, hiking with loved ones, and the daily stillness and quiet of meditation.
Lisa Shaw, L.Ac. (she/her)
Lisa Shaw, L.Ac is a Nationally Certified and California Licensed Acupuncturist.
She received a Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley,CA in 2016.
She has worked in the Sports Department at the University of California, Berkeley, at the Center For Elders Independence, the SF Homeless Prenatal Clinic and with Oakland Acupuncture Project. She is also certified in Facial Acupuncture.
Theresa Rothstein, CMT (she/her)
Theresa prioritizes listening to and understanding your specific goals to maximize the benefits of each session.
Integrating biomechanics with Swedish, Deep Tissue, Structural Integration, Myofascial work, Trigger Point, ROM, Thai Massage, and Neuro-kinetic techniques, she tailors each results-driven session to your unique needs, whether you seek a detailed sports-style massage, deep relaxation, or something in between.
Theresa stays current with the latest physiological and anatomical research. Her experience spans medical and clinical settings, luxury 5-star spas, and an academic background in behavioral sciences, enhancing her understanding of the human nervous system and enriching her practice.
“ Thanks Rebekah and Rebecca!
I can’t say enough about the greatness of this clinic and the women who run it. I was sick four times in three months last winter and came to see them in February, skeptical of acupuncture but desperate to feel better. I literally haven’t been sick since! OK, not everyone will experience a miracle cure like me, but this is high-quality health care at a very low price. The group setting is very peaceful. I go every two weeks and have literally never felt better.”
— Erin O.