Acudetox Webinar

A 1-Hour On-Demand Webinar with Laura Cooley, LAc

Presentation: A five-point ear acupuncture treatment is used around the world, beginning in the early 1970s, and initially for detoxing from methadone. Now expanded for use in behavioral health, including addictions, mental health, and emotional and disaster trauma, NH professionals can now be trained and certified to utilize this protocol. Dr. H.L. Wen in Hong Kong discovered opiate withdrawal symptom alleviation and creative community members developed what is now known as the NADA protocol, or Acudetox. As Lincoln Recovery Center in the Bronx experimented with learning and using acupuncture for addiction treatment, its role in sustaining recovery over the long term proved more important than the alleviation of withdrawal symptoms. The larger impact of facilitating wellness has resulted in the opportunity to design and implement Acu Wellness Centers in NH to create non-stigmatizing opportunities for the citizens of NH to obtain a simple treatment that alleviates withdrawal symptoms, depression, anxiety, and insomnia and can facilitate clarity and balance often hard to find for our neediest citizens.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Describe what Acudetox is;
2. Summarize the value Acudetox has;
3. List the safe application of 5-point ear acupuncture treatment;
4. Describe the protocol for successful integration of ear acupunture treatment; and
5. Describe the law that allows the use of AcuDetox by those trained in the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) for the purposes of Behavioral Health in NH.

1 Contact Hour Available

CRSW Performance Domains: 1 & 4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 12 & 13
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A) 

NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.