Local women reach out to Shelter residents during Domestic Violence Awareness Month

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month, residents of The Shelter for Abused Women & Children are receiving some much-needed stress-relieving care thanks to two local therapists.

Dr. Alexandria Christ (left photo), a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, is providing residents with trauma, PTSD, anxiety and stress, treating pressure points located on both ears. The painless therapy takes about one hour per patient and the needles remain in patient’s ears for up to 45 minutes.

Dr. Christ, of Bodhi Mind Healing, Inc., has been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine since 2000 and has an integrative “East meets West” approach in her treatment protocols, which include acupuncture, Trigger Point Therapy (or also called Dry Needling), Acupuncture Injection Therapy for pain management and Cosmetic Acupuncture injection Therapy.

In addition to acupuncture therapy, residents will also receive chair and table massage therapy from Nationally Certified Therapeutic Massage Therapist Jaime L. Kliewe.

Kliewe specializes in the relief of chronic muscular tension and holistic pain management. She is trained in deep tissue techniques, neuro-muscular therapy, trigger point work, stretching and ROM (Range of Motion), pregnancy massage, sports massage, Swedish massage and postural and gait assessment.

“For most of our residents, these sort of services are cost-prohibitive,” says Linda Oberhaus, Executive Director of The Shelter for Abused Women & Children. “We are grateful to Dr. Christ and Ms. Kliewe, for donating their time to improve our residents’ quality of life through their services.”