A Whole Person Approach to Healing

Holistic care reflects the need to treat the whole person. We are more than just a set of body parts with a brain. We have a body and every part is affected by every other part. All our cells are in constant communication. We also have a mind made up of thought and emotions. They can arise and give us feedback about ourselves and the world. Sometimes, emotions can overwhelm us.

We also have a spiritual nature. This is where our inner healer resides. To some, this spiritual nature is directly connected to a Higher Power; to others it’s a source of deep knowledge and intuition which comes to guide our way.

The Acupuncture & Holistic Health Center in Jacksonville addresses this three-fold nature of body, mind and spirit. It is not always all at once, but at some point they must all be healed or the disease will only disappear for a time or a new problem arises.

Holistic Stress Management in Jacksonville

Stress comes in many forms, and can be the root or source of setting of many diseases. Illness and pain are the body’s way of revealing a need to change. It may be to take better care of ourselves, eat better or sleep more. Maybe we need to learn to control our self-critical thoughts and emotions, which arise from stress in our lives out of our control. We may need to release the past, or jobs or relationships that are not healthy for us.

Dr. Kowalski and Dr. Kozak spend time speaking with patients to help them heal, to understand what stresses them and how that stress affects them. They focus on the main stressors in their life, and how to manage them in a healthy way.

Holistic Maintenance and Preventive Care

Dr. Kowalski and Dr. Kozak believe it is important to “teach you how to fish, instead of feed you a fish.” Their goal with each patient is to help them become more able to help themselves and come back less often for treatment. Just like cars need regular care, so does our own health. After they get well, a lot of our patients keep using holistic care to maintain their better health, including acupuncture treatment on a monthly or seasonal basis.