Mental Health
Integrating NADA into Grief Support
Integrating NADA into Grief Support In March 2021 NADA hosted a NADA Membership Café featuring guest speakers Cheyenne Luzader, Lars Wiinblad, and Pia Aaes. view the recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHkjMOIgsLo About the Event Though historically used for...
Service Awards for Courage and Vision
At the Southwest regional meeting we recognized a group of recovery mentors at the Magilligan Prison in Northern Ireland who have provided ear acupressure to their fellow prisoners. Before the pandemic, they also worked in the acupuncture clinic assisting Trish Cathcart, who introduced the NADA protocol into all the prisons in Northern Ireland. We made a service award for each mentor (Albert, Billy, Dessie, Eamon, Paul, Ryan C and Ryan T) and for Trish, recognizing their courage and vision.
Your Art Your Story
Hope and healing after suicide. Many suicide loss survivors have post-traumatic stress disorder and disenfranchised grief, and it is difficult for them to find help. In 2019, I was introduced to NADA and started training in the NADA protocol. Although I don’t yet practice the protocol in a clinical setting, I use it on myself and really notice the benefits. I believe the NADA protocol is a powerful tool for bereavement support and would like to connect with practitioners who have employed it–using needles and/or seeds and magnetic beads–in grief support settings.
Ear Acupressure Outreach & Education Tool
Ear acupressure helps people of all ages. This simple technique helps everything from trauma recovery and healing, to quieting stress and anxiety, to helping with headaches and general wellness. It provides a balancing effect – some people feel sleepy while others are energized, some feel relief of depression, some seem to get a peaceful sensation of relaxation, and some don’t feel anything. Michael Smith said that it “helps kick in the body’s own healing system. It helps what needs helping.”
Save the Date! NADA’s May Virtual Offerings
Membership Check-In Wednesday, May 6th at 10 AM Mountain Time (link to register in your email). How do we 'undo the aloneness' of this moment? We'll be offering space to: get grounded wherever you are, connect with NADA members, and have a community conversation....
April Membership Check-In
What are you facing as a NADA member? How can this community help? On April 8, 2020 NADA held its first virtual community check-in. We're all still trying to figure out how to adapt and move in these times. We don't have all the answers, but together we are...
ADS self-care to keep oneself calm & healthy
Self-care for NADA-trained providers is always important. It’s not just an invocation to our members as a response to the current moment - it has always been part of the NADA training. On page 42 of the NADA Training Resource Manual, we outline the following self-care...
A Criminal Justice Problem and a Public Health Crisis
Article from the Spring 2018 Guidepoints Newsletter. Complete newsletter available to NADA members.A Criminal Justice Problem and a Public Health Crisis by Chuck Pyle Editorial note: This report has been condensed due to space constraints. The full report is available...
NADA with Co-Occurring Disorders
NADA with Co-occurring Disorders
NADA: A Simple Tool to Aid in the Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
Libby Stuyt, MD Department of Psychiatry University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo May 2014 See the presentation (PDF)
Trauma etiology and treatment
Libby Stuyt, MD NADA Training 2017 link to document: Trauma etiology and treatment
Addiction – hijacking the brain’s learning and memory
Addiction – a disorder of the learning and memory system Libby Stuyt, MD 2017 link to .pdf Addiction – hijacking the brain’s learning and memory