Dr. Libby Stuyt, a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in addiction, discusses the benefits of five-point ear acupuncture (NADA) and brain synchronization therapy (BST) in treating addiction and trauma. She explains the origins of NADA and its effectiveness in engaging and retaining individuals in treatment, as well as helping with stress relief, stabilization, anger management, and sleep issues. She also explains the underpinnings of acupuncture in Chinese medicine and its use in prisons and jails to reduce violence. This evidence-based treatment is accessible to various professionals and has been proven effective in engaging and retaining individuals in treatment programs.

About Libby Stuyt:

Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Stuyt, MD is a board-certified Addiction Psychiatrist and has worked in the addiction/behavioral health field since 1990. She was the Medical Director for the Circle Program, a 90-day inpatient treatment program, funded by the state of Colorado, for persons with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse who have failed other levels of treatment from 1999 - 2020. She has been actively incorporating complementary treatments into treatment programs, including the 5-point ear acupuncture NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association) protocol and BST (Brain Synchronization Therapy), to help patients recover from addiction as well as trauma which often underlies addiction and chronic pain issues.

She retired from clinical practice in 2021 and continues to do consultant work for treatment programs, trainings on ear acupuncture and BST and presentations to educate as many people as possible on the unintended consequences of the commercialization of marijuana in Colorado, focusing primarily on the deleterious effects of high potency THC on the developing brain. She is on the board of the International Academy on the Science and Impacts of Cannabis (IASIC) and believes that people should be following the science regarding policies related to cannabis.

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Episode Timestamps:

• (02:05) Dr. Stuyt's journey into the addiction field
• (04:05) Five point ear acupuncture
• (09:35) Development of a standardized protocol for ear acupuncture
• (13:40) The history of ear acupuncture and its use in hospitals
• (17:00) Benefits of ear acupuncture in addiction treatment and anger management
• (18:25) Frequency and effectiveness of ear acupuncture treatment
• (20:50) Combination of ear acupuncture and EMDR therapy
• (23:10) Brain synchronization therapy as a gentler form of EMDR

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