The Holistic Counseling Center of Long Island offers ear acupuncture as part of our services.
Acupuncture is based on the points & principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine which emphasize preventing and dealing with the underlying causes of illness.
Holistic counseling means treating the whole person. This can include utilizing ear acupuncture as a healing modality. By activating acupuncture points on the ear, your body’s healing is stimulated. The release of this healing energy, combined with counseling / talk therapy, affects the body’s biochemistry and helps to relieve pain / stress naturally.
NADA ear acupuncture is used to help with addiction, mental health & trauma.
Ear acupuncture has many benefits that work well alongside counseling:
Stress – Insomnia – Anxiety – Addiction – Allergies – Headaches – Pain – Nausea
The Holistic Counseling Center is certified to practice NADA ear acupuncture in New York.
NADA ear acupuncture involves the gentle placement of up to 5 small, sterilized disposable needles into specific sites of the ears. Recipients sit for 30-45 minutes in a calm place allowing the treatment to take effect. Plus, it is safe, pain-free and non-addictive!
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Ear Acupuncture in Miller Place, Long Island, New York
The 5 points of auricular (ear) acupuncture are:
1. Shen Men: reduces nerves and anxiety.
2. Liver: detoxifies and purifies the blood.
3. Kidney: heals the internal organs and calms fears.
4. Lung: promotes aeration.
5. Autonomic: calms the nervous system and increases relaxation.
Benefits of receiving ear acupuncture (auricular therapy) for mental health:
- Relief from everyday stress and / or emotional trauma.
- Reduced cravings & minimized withdrawal symptoms for alcohol & drugs.
- Increased calmness, better sleep, and less agitation.
- Helps soothe physical pain.
NADA ear acupuncture is an adjunct therapy which is clinically effective, cost-efficient, drug-free & compatible cross-culturally. It can easily be established within behavioral health, treating addictions, or disaster relief settings.
The combined application of acupuncture with counseling enhances your opportunities for success.
Don’t want to be needled? Acupressure options available.
Contact us for more information on setting up an appointment today.
Ear Acupuncture with the Holistic Counseling Center:
565 Rt 25A, Suite LR4, Miller Place, NY
VA’s special war-injury centers use a mind-body approach.
⭐️ Group acupuncture is among the most popular classes. ⭐️
One of the most popular drop-in classes sponsored by the Integrative Healthcare & Wellness Program at the Washington, DC, WRIISC is group ear acupuncture, held every Tuesday and Thursday.
Up to 20 or so Veterans, of all ages and backgrounds, sit in chairs around a long table in a basement conference room. The walls, painted lavender, are adorned with framed photos of flowers. Despite the busy hallway outside the door and occasional intrusions from the PA system, acupuncturists Dr. Jeanette Akhter & Alaine Duncan work to create a calming atmosphere.
As a session begins, Duncan reminds the group to turn off their cell phones, remove their hats & eyeglasses, even loosen their belts & untie their shoes. She asks them to shift their attention to their weight in the chair, to focus on the moment, their body in space. Mellow New Age music fills the room, sounding like a gentle rain shower.
“Notice the circle of Veterans around you,” Duncan says softly to the group. “As the room starts to feel quieter, you might start to feel quieter on the inside too. It’s all part of getting your qi—your energy—ready to receive treatment.”
Ear Acupuncture on Long Island: The treatment consists of 5 tiny needles placed at specific points on the outer ear.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the ear is thought to contain a “map” of the entire body. So tapping into the ear’s energy points can trigger a cascade of calming effects.
“You can access a lot of body organs and body systems through the ear,” explains Hull.
She tells of one Veteran who told her his pain goes away for at least three days when he gets treated. If he skips a session, the pain comes back.
Veteran Shirley Gorum-Cambridge, who lives in the Washington, DC, suburbs, used to receive the ear acupuncture and says she found it “very relaxing.”
She also learned how to meditate through WRIISC classes, and maintains a daily practice on her own. “The techniques were very nice. I learned how to settle down, to clear my mind.”
The soft-spoken 61-year-old served at the Pentagon during the Vietnam era and today suffers from spinal stenosis. A bone in her neck is pressing against a nerve. A few years ago, a doctor recommended surgery. Her WRIISC team recommended physical therapy instead. She went that route and is happy she did. At physical therapy, she walked a lot—another habit she keeps up with on her own, doing up to four miles a day.
All in all, she says, “My tolerance for pain has gotten a lot better. I hurt, but I’ve learned how to deal with it.” (source)