Nada India Foundation News update

Recently, Suneel Vatsyayan ,Chairperson ,Nada India was interviewed by IANS correspondent on proposed Bihar alcohol ban. " Bihar liquor ban should be 'participatory', not agenda: Experts" was the headline. He emphasized that alcoholism has to be looked at through the perspective of women and children affected, not just those using it. Following news papers and web links covered the news,for details,please visit these links Business Standard  http://www.business-standard. com/article/news-ians/bihar- liquor-ban-should-be- participatory-not-agenda- experts-115112600946_1.html Gulf Today http://gulftoday.ae/portal/ 57a07cd3-89b5-49df-9819- 8017b5086f4d.aspx Freepress Journal http://www.freepressjournal. in/bihar-liquor-ban-should-be- participatory-experts/ Current News http://currentnews.in/nitish- ban-liquor-bihar-april-fools- day-cms-concern-poor-women/ Yahoo News https://in.news.yahoo.com/ bihar-liquor-ban- participatory-not-agenda- experts-...

·          Pehchan Counseling Center 25,IInd Floor,Jyoti Apartment, Near Budi Masjid  Chhatarpur  – 110074 Delhi   ·          Tel: 9810594544 ·          Contact Person: Pallavi V The NADA Acupuncture based Counseling Center offers a unique and effective approach to protection & recovery from drug, alcohol, nicotine dependency and stress. We emphasize that LEARNING is a process of change. And ADULT learning empowers an individual to be more responsible. It helps family members of drug users take control of their lives. We encourage participants to TAKE effective part in changing and improving the quality of their lives. We support individuals who are in crisis created by drug/alcohol use and stress, offering them an OPPORTUNITY for change and a new beginning in their lives. WE OFFER … Quality acupuncture based (NADA protocol) cou...

Guidepoints News from NADA Jan/Feb 2015  Book Review: Social Work Education and  Practice Engagement, edited by Sanjai Bhatt  and Suresh Pathare  Social worker and Nada India Foundation (NIF) chairperson,  Suneel Vatsyayan , is a contributing author to a new volume on social work in India which has just been published by Shipra Publications. Vatsyayan’s chapter in this anthology considers the connection between social work and the NADA ear acupuncture treatment. Specifically, he describes how the NADA protocol is as an ideal social work intervention for drug and alcohol addiction. Vatsyayan trained first at the Navjyoti Delhi Police Foundation Drug Treatment Centre in 2000 with NADA founder, Michael Smith, and social worker and past NADA president, Ruth Ackerman. He then continued his training at Lincoln Recovery Center in 2001. At the Navjyoti treatment center, he observed that the NADA protocol can help t...

A woman's ordeal only worsens after she protests against sexual harassment at the office Veenu Sandhu    April 4, 2015  Last Updated at 00:30 IST . ..It takes a lot for a woman to come out in the open about the trauma and fight for justice. "The society is telling her to 'let go'," says Suneel Vatsyayan, psychotherapist and director of Nada India Foundation that works on gender sensitisation. "She is broken inside. She is first negotiating that trauma at a personal level," he adds. "And when she finally does speak out, she is going against the stream." It is immensely difficult. Minutes after she lodged a complaint against a senior who had been behaving inappropriately with her for almost nine months, Niharika Tyagi was summoned by her department head. As she entered his office, he shouted at her: "Take your complaint back! Think about him; he has a wife and kids." Tyagi, though stunned, stood her ground, and the man was...

Nada India Foundation  and Budha Acupuncture Centre  are pleased to announce the  next NADA Ear Acupuncture (Acudetox Counselling)  workshop  as per NADA Protocol for addiction treatment and general well  being  will be  held at   Buddha Acupuncture Centre, 3261, Ram Nagar Shahdara, Delhi-32   on 25 Jan 2015 (10 AM-5 PM). The workshop will be conducted by Dr.Michael O.Smith psychiatrist & acupuncturist and Dr.Raj Kumar ,MBBS  , NADA,ADS.     NADA Protocol was developed by  Dr.Michael O.Smith  psychiatrist   and  facilitated  by Suneel Vatsyayan,Chairperson,Nada India. The workshop aims to facilitate a shared understanding of importance of barrier free services and skill in use ear acupuncture for protection and recovery as an adjunct treatment at all stages of addiction treatment (pre-admission, detoxification and rehabilitation and after care).  This workshop also pro...