Repairing the Shattered Heart - Why We Need Trauma Informed Care Now

Course overview

In these times when pandemics, hurricanes, opiate crisis, and pain at the borders dominate the news cycle, it can feel confusing and hopeless to know what to do. How can acupuncture, Asian Medicine, and other traditional medicine systems help, in the face of such enormous problems? With an increase in disasters, shootings, and displacement everywhere, collaboration, trauma-informed care, and service projects are more important than ever. Acupuncturists Without Borders has been providing trauma relief acupuncture to communities around the world affected by disaster, human conflict, environmental devastation, and social injustice since its inception after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.