Seitz Acupuncture Family Medicine

07/06/2023

Hello— if you’re new here and looking for an acupuncture home this article provides a little bit of background about my practice.

Please reach out if I can be of help to you on your healing journey.

Today we’d like to introduce you to Gretchen Seitz. Hi Gretchen, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory. Seitz Acupuncture opened in 2002 in the Banker’s Hill area of San Diego between Hillcrest and downtown. The practice has always...

03/19/2023

What is “destructive conditioning”?

Shahida Arabi, MA explains that, “Toxic people respond to your strengths, talents, and happy memories with abuse, frustration, and disrespect. They use what I call ‘destructive conditioning’ to get you to associate your happiest moments, interests, passions, and dreams with their cruel and callous punishment. This is a form of what psychologists call positive punishment — the addition of averse consequences to prevent your goal-directed behavior. As you are repeatedly punished for achieving, you begin a pattern of negative reinforcement, where you avoid the very goals that you have been conditioned to associate with the narcissist’s punishment to gain a sense of safety or relief from their backlash. Like Pavlov’s dogs, you’re ‘trained’ over time to become afraid of doing the very things that once made your life happy and fulfilling, all while being isolated from your friends and family which makes you emotionally and financially dependent on the toxic person.”

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“Once the honeymoon phase (love-bombing) is over they will covertly and overtly put down the qualities and traits they once idealized. They will kick you off the pedestal they created and devalue you.”

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Excerpt from Toxicity Playbook — The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Dealing with Toxic People by Shahida Arabi, MA.

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If you are struggling to identify if you are in a toxic cycle of abuse, look for the helpers and reach out. We see you and we are here to help. 💜

01/25/2023

My latest book recommendation is an important one, especially for those gentle souls out there. Many people who find themselves drawn to healing professions can identify with experiencing the world as a sensitive human being or deeply feeling their way through life, sometimes feeling what others are feeling and not always being able to identify their feelings from the feelings of others.

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I learned very late in my own life and my career that my energetic boundaries needed attention. It wasn’t until I began to experience the harmful side effects of poor energetic boundaries that I began to explore what I needed to do to become more self-aware in this area of my life.

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If you identify as a sensitive human being you should know that your sensitivity and compassion is a gift. Unfortunately, not everyone in life can be trusted with your sensitive nature.

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I have found the work of Shahida Arabi to be the most relevant, gentle and also practical, as someone who has experienced relational abuse and relationship trauma.

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Her research provides insight into evidence-based strategies for confronting the dangers of relational trauma, the addictive cycle of abuse and how it affects the brain. Even if this does not directly apply to you and your life experience, I know it applies to someone you know or who is in your care. For all of these reasons I highly recommend any of her works.

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Her wisdom and insight into this topic is priceless for anyone who is on a healing journey to recover from relational trauma and narcissistic abuse.

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This journey to wholeness is not easy, but there is help and there are people who can empathize with this extremely painful experience. One thing I know for sure is that we are not meant to heal alone. Look for the helpers. We are here for you.❤️‍🩹

01/18/2023

Treatment of Low Back and Hip Injuries with Sports Medicine Acupuncture/AcuSport Education was the *best* time I have had earning CEUs in a long time. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this incredible contribution to the profession. 💕

08/31/2021

Beautiful, quiet, treatment space available for rent in historic Banker’s Hill, San Diego. Perfect for massage therapist, reiki practitioner, relationship or family therapist, LAc, DACM/DAOM. Serious inquiries only please

07/29/2021

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Golden Glitter Effect

07/27/2021

Early morning to support our .

And there is always Maggie. ❤️

07/15/2021

“You made me new again.” ❤️

One of my favorite patients who is a force of nature in her 90’s.

She never had pain until she was unable to go to the gym during the pandemic. Once she stopped moving her pain started.

This is for all of the patients who trust us with their care and who take a chance that a non-pharmaceutical approach might just work for their pain.

Thank you. We love you. Keep demanding non-pharmaceutical approaches to pain.

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06/04/2021

Happy Pride Month, San Diego! 🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍⚧️

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04/30/2021

This is what we live for.

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As health care providers our professional lives are dedicated to providing care for other humans who are experiencing pain in some form and it is a humbling experience.

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We have the privilege of experiencing humans on a daily basis without pretense who demonstrate the most courage and grace.

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Our challenges as humans do not define us, they are meant to bring us closer together as a human family as we allow ourselves to be vulnerable.

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We have the opportunity to see one another and experience our Oneness in the face of suffering.

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We are so fortunate to be able to witness the beauty that comes from initiation by fire that Life sometimes delivers and from which no one is immune.

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The smile behind this mask is a shining example of what that beauty looks like through smiling eyes.

I see you.

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04/22/2021

Dreaming about the possibility of mainstreaming truly patient-centered, collaborative health care with my peeps.

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It was a pleasure working with Dr. Ide from through the preceptorship program over the last 2 weeks.

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Collaborative care is the health care system of the future if we have the courage to center patients and providers in health care rather than profit margins and big pharma.

And a special shout out to my partner in crime who has been my greatest supporter over the last 3 years and the best MA I could have ever wished for. You’re a diamond in the rough. I’ll miss you my friend. ❤️

03/21/2021

We stand firmly in solidarity with our Asian American family against senseless crimes of hate and we remember the victims and their deeply grieving families.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine community and all of the benefits we share from this spectacular medical tradition would not exist without the Asian American doctors and teachers from all over the world who have generously shared their gifts and taught us over the years.

To our AAIP family, please know that we stand with you, we see you, and we see your pain. You have our support and our love and we will do the work to make this society safe for all humans. Whatever it takes.

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01/10/2021

Nature!
What will get these two up at 6AM to drive up the mountian? Just a little bit of snow. ❄️

01/04/2021

Happy 11th birthday to my sweet girl.

You have taught me the most important things I know. I love you so much.
❤️, Mom