Massage, Acupuncture, & Mental Health

After watching the relationship between the mental health and the body be conceived as somehow distinctive from each other and thus the assumption is to treat them as separate entities, I thought it might be interesting to offer adjunctive treatments to folks.  When I opened Integrative Trauma Treatment Center, that was a large factor in what drove the design of our model.  We have massage therapy, acupuncture, medication management and psychotherapy available in one location.  These services can be utilized together or a la carte.  The goal is to provide a safe place for folks to get body work done, where they know their practitioners will tune in to them and have a nurturing but empowering presence.  I also wanted to acknowledge the despair, suffering, and isolation that can go with trauma, depression, anxiety, or other mental heath concerns and to create a community that was open, welcoming, playful, and safe.  A place for people to spoil themselves.  I suspected that clients would appreciate it.  I knew I liked the concept.  What I didn't expect is how I feel comforted by the fact that there is a team working with me and my clients in their process.  I am not only surrounded by other like-minded therapists, but other practitioners who can approach the same challenges from different angles.  This provides me with a safety net that I appreciate so much and did not expect that I would feel comforted by them.  I feel less isolated as well.  Hopefully, the gift to me as equally meaningful to those who visit ITTC.