Soma Glick, DOM, LAc

Soma Glick has been practicing acupuncture and Chinese herbology for more than 20 years. She has been a professor at SWAC in Boulder since 1998 and started teaching weekend workshops on Treating Children with Oriental Medicine in 2003. She offered this course both in the U.S. and abroad, and also developed an intensive course training practitioners in pediatric and women's health and offering a free clinic to poor and disadvantaged women and children, while she lived on the island of Bali from 2005 to 2013. She has now relocated to Boulder, Colo., where she continues training students and practitioners and keeps a busy private practice. Visit http://somadevi.com/.

Previous Articles

Treating Behavioral Disorders in Children
December 2017 (Vol. 18, Issue 12)
Case Histories from Bali: Treating Balinese Chidren with TCB and Shonishin
March 2015 (Vol. 16, Issue 03)
Treating Childhood Eczema With Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs
March 2005 (Vol. 06, Issue 03)
Treating Children with Oriental Medicine
October 2002 (Vol. 03, Issue 10)
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