Trudy Matthews established Scarborough Traditional Acupuncture Clinic in 1991. The Principal practitioner, Trudy Matthews, began her career in healing in Sydney where she studied to become a Registered Nurse. She was drawn to other methods of healing through her own journey of healing and personal growth, and was fortunate to be living in Perth when Edith Cowan University created a Post Graduate course in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. Trudy graduated from this course in 1991 after travelling to China to complete her internship at the Guanghou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Trudy is passionate and committed to her practice and after three decades is still humbled and inspired by the profound change and positive outcomes Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine creates for her clients.

Melanie Bastian has been practicing Chinese Medicine since graduating with a Bachelor of Science (TCM) from the University of Technology Sydney in 2007. She is constantly inspired and excited by the profound healing effect of Chinese Medicine for her clients using Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Cupping, Gua Sha, Moxa and a variety of Western nutritional supplements. Her special clinical interests include Fertility & IVF, Women’s Gyneacological Health, Facial Rejuvenation (Cosmetic) Acupuncture and pain (musculoskeletal) conditions. Continuing to advance on her Traditional Chinese Medicine education, Melanie has studied with many well renowned practitioners of TCM, particularly in the fields of fertility, and Facial Rejuvenation. Melanie strives to identify the root causes of a person’s disorder to promote lasting healing, along with advice on lifestyle changes to facilitate the healing process. Private practice within different mixed-modality clinics internationally has given Melanie a wealth of experience in effectively treating many different disorders using all facets of Chinese Medicine. She is a registered member of the nationally accredited  AHPRA and is a member of the professional Acupuncture Organisation – AACMA. Melanie lives with her husband and young family in Fremantle. She enjoys regular yoga practice, meditation, reading and various creative endeavours.

Giles is a skilled practitioner who can restore your health by pragmatically using powerful methods of natural healing. He learned these in his University training and clinical internship in a Chinese hospital; and refined them in clinical practice with the guidance of experienced mentors.

His path from contact sports to the less forceful disciplines of aikijujutsu and taijiquan (taichi) has made him a dedicated and empathetic practitioner with a personal knowledge of the causes and treatment of musculo-skeletal conditions, especially those endured by active people. An awareness of the prevalence of digestive problems has made him devote himself to finding the best Chinese Medicine treatments for them and he has successfully applied these methods in clinic. Many years working with a renowned Chinese Herbal Gynaecologist have given him the skills and knowledge to care for women’s health, and he has become proficient at using tradtional therapies for respiratory conditions.

Giles graduated from RMIT with distinction with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Biology and Chinese Medicine which ended with a four month, full-time, intensive internship at the Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine in Nanjing. He is registered with AHPRA as an Acupuncturist, Chinese Herbal Medicine Practitioner, and Herb Dispenser, and is a member of the professional association for Chinese Medicine Practitioners, AACMA. He has gained experience in treating many health problems in his clinical work, and by volunteering at the Wellington in Collingwood, and St Patrick’s Fremantle which provide free treatment to the disadvantaged.

He is a northern suburbs boy who went to school in Carine and spent a lot of his youth at Scarborough Beach. It’s a unique circle that has brought him back there.

Giles founded the Melbourne Aikijujutsu Club to teach Butokuryu Aikijujutsu, and was the chief instructor there. Now he has returned to Perth he is pleased to be learning from his teacher again at the UWA Aikido Club. He practices taijiquan with a group of friends, and occasionally gets back on the judo mats, though he should know better.

Rebecca is a registered Acupuncturist, Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Chinese Herbal Dispenser with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and is a member of the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA).

She graduated from RMIT University after completing a 5-year double degree in Chinese Medicine and Health Sciences. Rebecca also spent one year living in China learning Chinese, and whilst there completed a four-week internship in the Chinese Medicine department within Zhoupu Hospital in Shanghai. This experience gave her a greater appreciation of how both Chinese and Western medicine can work in synergy to achieve optimum health results.

Rebecca incorporates Acupuncture, Electro-acupuncture, Cupping, Moxibustion, Chinese Herbal Medicine and Massage into her treatments to assist her patients towards their best health outcomes. Using Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis, she treats from the root level and provides tailored treatments to meet individual needs. She enjoys assisting patients with a wide variety of conditions, with a special interest in acute and chronic pain, women’s health and fertility, poor sleep and energy, stress, anxiety and digestive issues.

She has been lucky to have gained a wealth of knowledge and experience from renowned practitioners and mentors in Melbourne and Rosebud. Rebecca continues to build on her experience and has undertaken extra studies in musculoskeletal acupuncture, as well as women’s health and fertility. She has also completed a Certificate in Whole Body Massage from DMA and likes to incorporate these techniques into her treatments when required.
When Rebecca is not in the clinic, you will find her walking along the beach, playing golf, meditating or shopping at a local Farmers’ market.