About Paul Johnson LicAc, MBAcC, LicOHM, MRCHM, BA (Hons), PGCertLTHE
Paul completed five years’ training in the UK to become a registered Acupuncturist and Herbalist. After qualifying, he completed a placement at Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China.
For six years his main practice was at the Oasis Health Clinic in Covent Garden, of which he wa co-director. Recently he has concentrated more on teaching and building his current practice in Chiddingfold.
Paul has taught at The London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (LCTA), the largest institution dedicated to teaching Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in England, for ten years. He is a Senior Lecturer and a Clinical Supervisor on the BSc Acupuncture course. Paul has been involved in training literally hundreds of today's acupuncturists and herbalists.
Paul is the chief presenter on “How To Locate Acupuncture Points: The Definitive DVD”, and has been published in many magazines, such as Yoga Monthly, Lifescape, Natural Health, CAM Magazine, the Dragon's Tale, and the Chinese Medicine Times.
Paul first had acupuncture in the early Eighties. He damaged his elbow doing DIY after moving house. He was an illustrator at the time and spent three painful months on anti-inflammatories and painkillers, unable to work and in excruciating agony. As he had been practicing T’ai Chi Chuan for several years, he decided to visit an Acupuncturist for pain relief. His first acupuncture treatment reduced the pain by 50%, as did a follow-up treatment a few days later. He was able to resume work within a week, after three months of agony.
More importantly, acupuncture made Paul feel very different. He became a lot calmer and focused, less stressed and irritable than he had been previously. After a few years it had brought about such a profound change in his outlook that he decided to change career and retrain as an Acupuncturist.
More importantly, acupuncture made Paul feel very different. He became a lot calmer and focused, less stressed and irritable than he had been previously. After a few years it had brought about such a profound change in his outlook that he decided to change career and retrain as an Acupuncturist.
Paul worked as a self-employed illustrator for fifteen years before re-training as an Acupuncturist. He worked primarily on children’s educational magazines and comic books. He worked for Marvel, DC and Dark Horse comics, drawing and painting such titles as Batman, Judge Dredd and Aliens.Much of his work is still in print, and you can buy collected editions of his work in specialist comic-book shops throughout the world. His work has been reprinted in Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Argentina
