AWB NL will be hosting our first, formal, in-person training this coming Fall 2024.
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Enabling Community Healing:
Setup and Operation of Mobile Clinics
in the Netherlands
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Please note:
If you are interested in joining one of AWB's teams as a Team Leader or volunteer, this training is required. We hope to see you there!
October 6-8 , 2023
9:00-17:30
Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (OBA)
Oosterdokskade 143
1011 DK Amsterdam, Netherlands
This course prepares acupuncturists, acupuncture students, and other health professionals to use acupuncture, ear seeds, essential oils, energetic exercises and other integrative medicine therapies to reduce pain and traumatic stress patterns. Practitioners from all countries are welcome!
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Course topics include:
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Trauma-informed care approaches/principles
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Physiology of trauma (biomedical and energetic)
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How and why somatic therapies like acupuncture are effective in trauma treatment
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How to work with trauma patients
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NADA 5 Point protocol for stress and trauma
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Battlefield Acupuncture protocol for pain
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Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping), HeartMath and Qigong to reduce trauma patterns
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How to set up mobile clinics for vulnerable communities
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Clinic safety
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How to work effectively on treatment teams
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How to use these protocols with other treatments in your clinic
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Vicarious trauma and self-care
Cost: 440 Euros (credit card or PayPal--includes lunches and snacks)
We will hold courses in Dutch and in English
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Instructors in Dutch:
Corine Geelhuijzen
Ronald de Wee
Marianne Ten Westenend
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Instructors in English:
Aleksandra Boj
Milena Chavez Cisneros
Miguel Fernandez
Annette Tapia-Cornet, MAc, DiplAc
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