Bob Shapero founded Acupuncture Family Health Services in 1983. He has a Bachelors degree in Philosophy from Dickinson College. He received his Masters of Acupuncture Degree form the Tai Sophia Institute and advanced degrees from the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in England. He is National Board Certified in both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. He has been a faculty member of the Tai Sophia Institute for the past 15 years. Bob has been a long time practitioner and teacher of T'ai Chi and Qigong, exercises for health and revitalization. For the past 25 years he has also designed and taught seminars in stress management and wellness to individuals and organizations.

My approach to healing is to enter into a caring and supportive partnership with you to enhance your intrinsic capacity for health and well-being in all aspects of life. This is a partnership where responsibility is shared. In deepening our understanding of how healing occurs, our relationship to symptoms and illness shifts. We begin to see how they give us important messages as to where we are most vulnerable and provide in themselves the keys to moving beyond them in achieving well-being. We become more attuned to our needs and rhythms and realize we are an interconnected whole of body/emotions/mind and spirit. We more clearly understand the internal and external factors (diet, exercise, environmental stress, attitudes, fears, worries, etc.) which contribute to our state of health. Instead of being reactive to illness, we choose to become pro-active in preventing illness and learn to manage our own health effectively.