Acupuncture

Finding Your Inner Balance

Holistic treatment for addiction and mental health issues includes more than traditional therapeutic methods, and at Avalon by the Sea, Malibu, our therapists and doctors combine individual and group therapy with alternative treatments to balance both the physical and mental strain of addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders.

We offer several alternative techniques, including acupuncture therapy, that incite a sense of freedom and power within your mind, body, and spirit. Our board-certified physicians evaluate residents on an individual basis to determine whether acupuncture therapy would benefit your well being.

Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicinal treatment that uses minuscule needles to penetrate the skin. Within acupuncture treatment is a belief that specific points in the body are responsible for the flow of energy or qi (CHEE), which stabilizes your health. Qi moves through channels called meridians, which allows energy to stream throughout your body.

When you feel fatigued, overwhelmed, or sick, it is a sign that certain acupuncture points are blocked, thereby upsetting your qi and creating an imbalance. In an addiction treatment setting, acupuncture focuses on the nerves, muscles, and tissues that are intermixed within acupuncture points and aims to boost the body’s activity so that you feel energized, alive, motivated and come to a place of ultimate serenity.