OM REHAB & MEDSPA
The Gardens – 2001 South Barrington Avenue, Suite 110. Los Angeles, California. 90025.
Manhattan Beach available by appointment.
ABOUT US
Debra C.
LAc DNBAO, SEP, ACN, CDS, RSME/T, LMT
Debra Specializes in early life trauma resolution, head injuries, medical trauma and unresolved early life (syndromal) trauma patterns and integrating bodywork, movement and touch into Somatic and Movement work. She also has provided sessions, consultation and training with many therapists, movement practitioners, and dancers on integrating Somatic work into their practice.
She has completed certification training in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (Masters Degree), Somatic Experiencing, Hellerwork, Acupuncture Detoxification and Addiction (NADA), is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator/Therapist (RSME/T) and has been recognized as a Qualified Medical Evaluator by the State of California.
She has board specialization as a Diplomate in Acupuncture Orthopedics and has provided CEU training courses for acupuncturists and massage therapists which she coordinated, marketed and taught. She is published on Electro-acupuncture in the Medical Acupuncture journal, in using Acupuncture for Eating Disorders and has presented to physicians and clinicians at locations such as UCLA Medical Center and at the Rand Corporation.
She has volunteered many hours in pain management facilities and addiction treatment centers – and works with physicians and insurance companies with patients that have experienced medical trauma.
She has studied Herbal Therapy in her Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine program and has completed extensive study in addition to this in Nutritional therapy and Whole food Nutrition. She has completed Nutrition Network Advisor Training at the cutting edge of low carbohydrate healthy fat (LCHF) nutrition as well as the Applied Clinical Nutrition Program (ACN). She has completed many post-license seminars in nutrition and lab testing (and its application), integrating this knowledge with her extensive background in Chinese Nutritional Therapy, Traditional Herbal therapy and Functional Herbal therapy. She specializes in Nutrition for those that have compromised digestive systems, integrating nutrition and herbal therapy in a trauma sensitive manner.
Debra started as an electrical engineer at Penn State was a University Scholar and member of the Schreyers Honors College, President of Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society and has worked for large corporations such as Eastman Kodak, IBM and GTE before moving into the field of Trauma Resolution, Health and Healing as a result of a traumatic car accident and head injury. She also has done much personal healing work and taken many, many workshops throughout her 29 year career in somatic modalities, physical medicine, bodywork, mindfulness, and trauma resolution.
She started her dance life as a Rhythmette in High School and then travelled to NYC where she explored voice, dance and movement. She studied ballet at Steps with Zena Rommett, and at Broadway Dance Center Jazz with various teachers including Frank Hatchett and Natasha Baron. She studied Dunham technique at Alvin Ailey with Joan Peters. She also loves to sing and was a lead singer in a rock band that toured internationally. She played Camilla Parker Bowles in an off Broadway show in NYC and enjoys working with those in the performing arts.
She currently is an Somatic Experiencing Advanced Assistant and Consult Provider as well as a Beginning Group Case Consult Provider for the SE US Program. She is an “SE Basics” provider/teacher for the Southwestern US region, and coordinates the Los Angeles Somatic Experiencing Training. She is interested in bringing trauma healing to the local community through groups and integrating the work with acupuncture, Movement (including QI Gong), nutrition and herbal therapies.
She is in Private practice at this time in West Los Angeles and Manhattan Beach in California.
Samantha R
BND, APD, RYT, INHC
Hello! I’m Sam, a nutritionist, yoga & meditation teacher and certified holistic health coach. I have a unique perspective having been obese, chronically ill, pre-diabetic and allergic or sensitive to almost everything before I discovered the power of nutrition and mind body medicine.
I believe it’s critically important to integrate alternative and traditional wisdom with conventional scientific principles to understand the etiology of illness and disease and support lasting change. I design innovative protocols focusing on bio-individuality because we are all different and what works for one person at a point in time may not work for another. For those that have had, or are interested in genetic testing, I incorporate nutrigenomics (the study of associations between genetics, nutrition and wellbeing) to understand health issues at a molecular level. This facilitates the design of a tailored plan based on your individual genetic profile to achieve rapid, sustainable results.
If you know how you want to eat but struggle to implement change, leveraging the principles of neuroscience is key. Developing supportive habits that underpin a healthy lifestyle can be simple and gentle when you understand the science behind habit formation and behavior change.
On the other side of the spectrum are people that are understandably confused about what to eat and when. From traditional modes of eating to contemporary diets, the internet and media are buzzing with promises to help you have more energy, gain muscle, lose weight and feel amazing. Keto, intermittent fasting, paleo, 80/20, biohacking, wholefoods, low carb/healthy fat, vegan, low lectin, dairy free, gluten free and the carnivore diet are just some of the eating patterns that are popular right now. How do you know which ones might benefit you and which ones might cause harm? The answer will be different for everyone and depends on your lifestyle, current health issues, nutrient status and stress levels. Managing stress levels and learning to regulate through SE work is vital when implementing lifestyle change, and science tells us that mind body practices are associated with higher levels of success and longer lasting results.
There was a challenging point in my life where I turned to yoga and meditation to find solace and that was when I discovered the power of the mind body connection. After a decade of developing my own personal practice I became a science based yoga teacher, instructing yoga in workplaces, as well as restorative, yin, vinyasa, hatha and hot yoga classes. I also incorporate Pilates, breath work, kundalini, Tai chi and QI Gong and focus on creating gentle and restorative practices to help you find stillness and peace and bring ease and lightness to your day.
I want you to believe that it is possible to achieve optimal health by making simple and complementary modifications to your lifestyle, and it doesn’t need to be complicated.
Areas of practice include: gut health, IBS and IBD (Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s disease), autoimmune disorders, eating disorders, weight optimisation, general nutritional counselling, Type 1 & 2 diabetes, metabolic disorders, arthritis, sensitivities, and allergies and intolerances. Clinical Dietetics experience: general med/surgery, rehabilitation, malnutrition and oncology. Gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and esophageal care. Aged and palliative care.
I’ve volunteered for food relief organisations across several domains including assessing the structure and effectiveness of food banks and outreach programs, and developing meal plans, recipes and resources for low literacy clients. I’m passionate about supporting youth and I volunteer with the Empowering YOUth program to provide intensive support to long term unemployed teens and young adults with the aim of reintegration into education or the workforce. I’ve conducted primary research projects on various topics and authored a report for the Prevention and Population health branch of the South Australian Government on the impacts of outdoor food advertising on overweight and obesity in children using the INFORMAS protocol and the NOURISHING framework.
Recent specializations include protocols to eliminate excess skin using diet, exercise and collagen promoting therapies with no surgery or invasive procedures.
OM Rehab & MedSpa holistic healing programs
You can achieve optimal health and live your best life. If your goal is to resolve trauma, have more energy, improve digestion, find your ideal weight or tone your skin, know that it is not only possible, it can be simple, natural and gentle. Nutrition, movement and mindset are deeply connected, and restoring harmony across all three areas enables rapid, sustainable change. OM Rehab & MedSpa incorporate leading edge therapies including Somatic Experience counselling, Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal consultations, integrative nutrition coaching, microbiome testing, nutrigenomics, auriculotherapy, acupuncture, LED light therapy, yoga, sound healing, meditation and Power Plate fitness programs.