Charlotte R. Watts, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac., MSTCM

Charlotte R. Watts earned her Master of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the Colorado Chinese Medicine University® in April of 2009. This 2,800-hour program consists of Biosciences, TCM Theory and Technique, Internship, Acupuncture and Herbal Clinic, and Chinese Herbal Medicine. This includes certification in Clean Needle Technique and Chinese Herbology.  In July of 2011, Charlotte completed an additional 500 hour/three year program, in-depth study of Five-Element Acupuncture, that provided her information and experience to fully understand and embody the Five Element principles in such a way that it can be effectively used with her TCM training and practices. 

Charlotte was also certified in Auriculomedicine through the Institute of Bioenergetic Medicine in October of 2008, and completed 339 hours of study in yoga asana, shat-karma, anatomy, pranayama, meditation, and philosophy with the Denver Institute of Integrated Yoga in January of 2005. Charlotte has also received extensive training in functional blood chemistry and nutrition through Dr. Datis Kharrazian, and has completed a private internship in nutrition and herbology with Dr. Michael Gaeta, sponsored by Standard Process West. 

Charlotte R. Watts is licensed in Acupuncture by the State of Colorado and the NCCAOM. She has been in private practice since June of 2009, currently in Parker Colorado, and specializes in trauma patients. She had privileges at Children’s Hospital Colorado from 2012 to 2017, and worked on a grant in the BMT division of the cancer department with hospice and pain patients. She also worked as a volunteer with elderly home hospice patients in Colorado Springs in 2009-2011. Charlotte also presented to doctors and nurses, teaching them about acupuncture and how it can be utilized with Western medicine for better patient outcomes. Charlotte has also taught in the student clinic at the Colorado Chinese Medicine University®, and in January 2022, she started her first online course for personal mentorship and Five Element Acupuncture training for health care providers. 

Previous to finishing acupuncture school, she was a career firefighter/paramedic for 14 years and retired from Castle Rock Fire Department after seven years of service in Colorado. She also spent seven years in Tucson Arizona working for Mount Lemon Fire Department, Rural Metro Fire Department, and also worked at Northwest Hospital in the Emergency Room. Charlotte spent her summers in Arizona working for the United States Forest Service as a wildland firefighter and a tree feller on hand crews.