TCM and the Teenage Years: Acupuncture for Puberty and Adolescence (10 - 21 Years)

Course overview

Adolescence is a time of major change - for individuals and parents. This course looks at the teenage years and covers all areas of significant impact on health and social functioning including the nature of adolescence and puberty from Chinese medicine and Five Element perspectives; what should happen and what does happen; physiology and pathology in teenagers; the key 21st century causes of disease in teenagers (especially the impact of social media on mental health); practicalities of working with teenagers; teenage anxiety and depression and risk of self-harm.