Mission Statement

My mission is to introduce as many people as possible to the “AcuDetox/AcuWellness” 5NP/NADA 5-point ear acupuncture protocol so that they can consider incorporating this tool into their toolbox when helping people recover from drug, alcohol and tobacco addictions, behavioral health problems, stress and/or trauma and to introduce as many people as possible to this protocol by:

  1. Training people in Colorado who legally meet the criteria to be trained
  2. Training providers to become Trainers for the POCA organization when they meet the appropriate criteria
  3. Referring people to other trainers in the state or in other states
  4. Advocating to change the laws in other states to expand the scope of practice for AcuDetox/AcuWellness so that more people can be trained, and ultimately more people can benefit from the healing properties of the NADA protocol

My Story

I am a board-certified Psychiatrist in Colorado who retired from clinical practice in 2021. I have been using the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) protocol in treatment programs since 2000 and became a NADA registered trainer in 2008. I was the board president of the NADA organization from 2011 to 2020. In 2022 I joined the People’s Organization of Community Acupuncture (POCA) organization as a trainer and continue to provide multiple trainings each year. My goal is to bring awareness of and broader approval of this treatment to Colorado and other states, especially those that do not presently allow others than full-body acupuncturists or physicians to apply this standardized protocol. 

Acupuncture is a method of treatment that has been used in China for over three thousand years for a variety of ailments. Auricular acupuncture for the treatment of addiction is a relatively recent development in the history of this ancient art. In 1972 a neurosurgeon in Hong Kong discovered that acupuncture alleviated withdrawal symptoms in opiate dependent patients who were undergoing surgical analgesia for other disorders.

Since that time this treatment has been extensively studied, expanded and improved and is now used successfully in the treatment of all types of drug addictions as well as trauma and PTSD. It is time to bring this good news to professionals throughout North America, and Inspired Treatment wants to help with this effort.