Bea Erler graduated from ICOM in 1994 with a Licentiate of Acupuncture and a Swedish Massage Diploma. She has continued her professional development by gaining a Diploma in Aromatherapy and Indian Head Massage and a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education at Greenwich University London. She has a special interest in Classical Chinese Medicine, which she has studied postgraduate with Joan Duveen, Roisin Golding and Peter Van Kervel. Since 2015 she has been teaching in the roles of Clinic Supervisor and Course leader for STC at ICOM.

Bea is an experienced practitioner, she has been a member of the British Acupuncture Council since 1994. From 1993 to 1995 she did voluntary work providing Acupuncture and Massage with Body Positive, Earls Court, London. In 1994 she opened and ran for two years The Freedom Clinic, a multidisciplinary Complementary Health Clinic in Camden, London. Then went on working for 6 years as an acupuncturist and masseur at London East Aids Network and since 2001 she has been practising Acupuncture and Massage at The Vale Practice, East Dulwich, London. Bea has enjoyed continuing her voluntary work, teaching Acupuncture in Wachet Jivitadana Sangha Hospital, Myanmar, in 2013, 2017 and 2018.

Bea is a Clinic Supervisor and STC Course Leader.