Session 01:

Starting an Acupuncture Practice with Dr. Jaz

Dr. Jaz talks about her experiences starting a successful acupuncture practice. We discuss how long it takes to make money, ways to get new patients, using yelp and social media, taking insurance, and more.

What You'll Learn:

• How long it takes to start making money.
• How joining a networking group can help you get patients.
• Is social media an effective way to bring in new patients?
• The importance of customer service.
• Is the market saturated? Do you need to specialize?
• Pricing and how to not undervalue your services.
• Should you take insurance?

About Dr. Jaz:

Dr. Jacintha "Jaz" Roemer DACM, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M., specializes in digestive health, emotional balancing and educating others about healing their own bodies through awareness, knowledge and self-care techniques. Dr. Jaz utilizes an ancient Chinese Medical Abdominal Massage called Chi Nei Tsang to help students and patients connect to their organs, emotions and digestive processes. She is also a Doctor of Chinese Medicine, Acupuncturist and TCM Herbalist which previously includes 16 years Asian and Western bodywork experience. She has traveled to Asia on multiple occasions to enrich her education; first to Thailand for a 4 week teacher training course with Taoist Master Mantak Chia in Qigong and Chi Nei Tsang; and second, to China for a 3 week intensive TCM internship at the Chengdu University of TCM.

Dr. Jaz is a graduate of both the MSTOM and DACM from PCOM; co-owner of San Diego Herbal Medicine & Acupuncture in Hillcrest. Dr. Jaz offers her services in the San Diego area; teaching courses, hosting workshops and will soon be offering webinar series for online information on Qigong, meditation and other self-care techniques that can be done anywhere. She is also currently working on authoring her first book.