Dr. Mary Claire Dilks is a licensed Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in Rhode Island and nationally board-certified Chinese herbalist, and member of International Register of Chinese Medicine Dermatology.

As a teenager with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, she understood how illness can hold us back from fulfilling our dreams. With holistic medicine and nutritional support, she recovered and made it her mission to help people overcome illness. At this time, she was drawn to study Eastern Philosophy and Meditation. Dr. Dilks entered Loyola University in Chicago where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. Always inquisitive, this basis of theoretical thinking has proven invaluable as a framework for her practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Dr. Dilks entered the field of Integrative Medicine in 1999 while working at American Whole Health. She enrolled in the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, the largest Traditional Chinese Medicine college in the U. S., where she studied at both the Chicago and the New York City campuses. In total, the rigorous 4 year Master’s program involved over 3000 hours of clinical and didactic study including both Chinese as well as Western Medicine Sciences.

Dr. Dilks opened Emerging Energy Acupuncture in 2004 in Providence, Rhode Island, where she lives with her husband, teenage son, two Siamese cats and standard poodle, Lucy. She applies the theories of Classical Chinese Medicine to address many modern conditions, and continues to study with masters in the field including Sharon Weizenbaum, Dr. Wang Ju-Yi, Mazin Al-Khafaji, Dr. Mike Corradino and more. Over two decades later, Dr. Dilks still believes it is her mission to help people find renewed health and balance, and has incorporated new ways of helping people including advance studies in Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture and Microneedling, and Sound Healing from the Sound Healing Academy.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family hiking or cooking, gardening, making jewelry, and playing cello.