Meet Dr Mark McAuliffe, Acupuncturist, Herbalist
At Mackay Acupuncture & Natural Medicine, your health journey is personal—and so is our care. With over 45 years of clinical experience, Dr. Mark McAuliffe (O.M.D.) provides safe, professional acupuncture and natural medicine care designed to support the body’s natural processes and overall wellbeing.
Dr. Mark is a highly respected master acupuncturist and former Senior Lecturer of Acupuncture at the Australian College of Natural Medicine. He specialises in Neoclassical Acupuncture, a refined, time-honoured system with roots dating back to 1100 A.D. This method is known for its precision and safety, often using only one fine needle and working with six elements rather than five, allowing for highly individualised care.
We offer support for a wide range of health concerns, including women’s, men’s, and children’s health, pain care, sports and work-related issues, fertility and IVF support, cancer care support, and skin conditions. Carefully selected Oriental herbal medicines are also available to complement care where appropriate.
Dr. Mark is a professional member of the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA) and the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO). His clinical work is informed by decades of practice, ongoing professional development, and international teaching.
He is the Australian and Oceania representative for Neoclassical Acupuncture Training and continues to teach internationally, including ongoing work with Traditional Tibetan Medicine doctors in Bhutan.
Dr Mark is available Monday afternoons, Tuesday, Friday & Saturday mornings.
If you are seeking safe, experienced, and individualised acupuncture care, we welcome you to Mackay Acupuncture & Natural Medicine.
Meet Bethrene McAuliffe - Practice Director
Bethrene McAuliffe – Practice Manager
Bethrene is the “other half” of this husband-and-wife team and the Practice Manager at Mackay Acupuncture Natural Medicine. She first trained as an aesthetician in 1982 and has been a businesswoman throughout her working life, founding several businesses in the health and beauty industries. She has also enjoyed a long and successful career as an interior designer.
Bethrene has personally designed the clinic spaces, bringing her eye for design together with her love of calm, balanced environments. Her intention is to create a setting that feels welcoming, peaceful, and restorative—a place where you can feel at ease from the moment you arrive.
A Reiki Master for many years, Bethrene has a long-standing interest in Buddhism and Dzogchen and has maintained a daily meditation and contemplative practice for almost four decades. This personal commitment to mindfulness and presence shapes the atmosphere of the clinic and the care taken with every patient experience.
Bethrene will always welcome you with a warm smile.
Meet Dr Laura Bell (Chinese Medicine Practitioner)
Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine Practitioner
Dr Laura Bell (Acupuncturist) brings a calm, compassionate and holistic approach to acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. With over three years of dedicated training and clinical experience, she supports patients by addressing both the symptoms they are experiencing and the deeper patterns influencing their health.
Laura has completed both foundation and advanced training in Neoclassical Acupuncture, an approach that is closely aligned with the style and philosophy of the clinic. This allows her treatments to integrate seamlessly within the care offered at Mackay Acupuncture, providing a consistent, thoughtful and cohesive experience for patients.
Her treatments are individualised and patient-centred, combining attentive consultation with gentle, effective acupuncture and herbal medicine. Laura enjoys supporting people with a wide range of concerns, including pain, stress and emotional wellbeing, digestive health, sleep issues, hormonal balance and general vitality.
Laura is committed to ongoing learning and professional development, and to creating a supportive environment where patients feel heard, comfortable and involved in their care. She works collaboratively with each person to help restore balance, strengthen the body’s natural resilience, and support long-term wellbeing.
Dr Laura is available Tuesday and Friday afternoon and All-day Wednesday and Thursday.
“The whole universe is vibration. By conducting life from instant presence, observing energy, sensation and frequencies in the framework of the body, as it happens without reaction from our 6 sense doors of perception or mind, our faculty of awareness wakes up and the ability to penetrate into our timeless wisdom unfolds, giving us peace and liberation from our suffering and pain.” – Dr Mark McAuliffe
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Pain Management
Neck Pain, Headaches, Back Pain, Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Elbow Pain, Wrist Pain, Knee Pain, Ankle Pain, Arthritis