Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an invisible but devastating disorder brought on by traumatic experiences. What is traumatic for one person does not have to be traumatic for the next. PTSD is not a sign of weakness. It often affects not only the person that experienced the trauma, but also family and friends as the person may act out or withdraw from her/his loved ones.
Many times medicating the symptoms (anxiety, depression, insomnia etc.) or speaking with a mental healthcare professional can alleviate the symptoms. However many of the Veterans or First Responders affected do not have the resources to seek out help.
Putnam County Veterans Acupuncture Clinic (PCVAC) is the initiative of two locally based acupuncturists, Jo Anne Tenzer and Ellika Shilling, to provide free ear acupuncture treatments to help alleviate symptoms associated with PTSD.
Ear acupuncture is proven to alleviate symptoms of stress and trauma, and is an especially successful modality for treating PTSD. Treatments are given with the patients sitting in chairs placed in a circle. The supportive group dynamic makes the treatment very powerful.
Jo Anne and Ellika are passionate about bringing acupuncture healing to the women and men serving the country in different capacities.
Interested Veterans and First Responders are invited to PCVAC’s first clinic on TUESDAY OCT. 11. The clinic opens at 6.30PM in MAHOPAC PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Please rsvp by noon Oct 11 to PutnamCountyVAC@gmail.com or 914 673 3661 (text or call Jo Anne Tenzer).