Acupuncture for Mental & Emotional Health

Hi, my name is Roxanne Nichols. I'm a doctor of acupuncture and the owner of Bliss Body, a holistic health center here in Acton, Massachusetts. I treat a variety of conditions in my practice, but my personal specialty and passion is in mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. Now, acupuncture is very well known for treating pain and fertility conditions, but there's also a ton of scientific evidence backing its effectiveness for stress and mental health conditions. Mental health has always been a relevant topic, but since the start of the COVID pandemic, the director of the National Institute for Mental Health has reported that double the number of individuals are experiencing stress-related symptoms, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation. Now, acupuncture treatments can help in a variety of ways. One of these is by affecting the nervous system. It helps guide the body into the parasympathetic portion of the nervous system, the rest and digest branch, as opposed to the sympathetic, which is our stress response, the fight, flight, or freeze. It also helps to release beta endorphins, our feel-good chemicals, and can help with bagel nerve function, which is particularly helpful for depressed subjects. So I just wanted to introduce you to a little bit of information about how acupuncture can help with stress and mental and emotional conditions. And now I'd like to show you around the space a little bit at Bliss Body. This is our community acupuncture room where you can get acupuncture with a group of others, up to four people at a time, and these are for stress reduction only. They're half-hour treatments, very reasonably priced. You can check our website for more information on what days and times that we hold these sessions. I also have a private treatment room and as well a couple's treatment room where you and a loved one can receive acupuncture together by yourselves and a couple of recliners and a room to yourselves. I also see follow-up patients in that room when it's not being used by a couple. And these are, again, reduced-fee sessions because I love to make acupuncture as affordable and accessible as possible for everyone. I love giving lots of options. I also have other treatments. I've been a Reiki practitioner for over 20 years and I do cupping and light therapy and other things to come. So if you wanna check us out, blissbodybalance.com is our website. Feel free to email me with any questions you have. And of course, you're always welcome to come visit me here. Just make sure you let me know ahead of time and I hope to see you soon. Be well.