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Alternative Healthcare Practitioners

Ruscombe practitioners are all certified and licensed in their individual fields of expertise and are chosen for their dedication to service to the community.

Jefferson Breland

Jefferson Breland, M.Ac., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM)®
Acupuncture and QiGong
410-336-5876
www.jeffersonbrelandacupuncture.org
jeffersonacupuncture@gmail.com

How I came to be an acupuncturist was not exactly a straight line. I have followed my heart time and time again gathering a very diverse set of experiences that led me to study the most beautiful form of medicine I know. Though a confluence of brilliant teachers and opportunities, I decided to spend the rest of my life learning and practicing a medicine that encompasses the full breadth and depth of human experience.

I believe wholeheartedly in our innate ability to heal ourselves. This is the essence of my practice, to support healing. I use acupuncture, medical qigong, Qigong Meridian Therapy, Wu Ming Qigong, as well as breath and mindfulness practices to help us reconnect to our innate healing ability. Continue reading “Jefferson Breland”

Tessy Brungardt

Certified ADVANCED ROLFING®
410-803-6010
Tessyb@aol.com

Tessy has been a ROLFING® practitioner for over 30 years at Ruscombe Mansion Community Health Center.

Tessy is a Certified Advanced Rolfer. She suggests an initial session to determine the best plan of treatment for each individual. She provides the original 10 ROLFING® session series for anyone who has never experienced this therapy. However, clients may receive other sessions or series, depending on their needs and wishes. Continue reading “Tessy Brungardt”

Karen Burd, LCSW-C

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and psychotherapist with 20 years experience in helping couples rediscover their affection, strengthen their connection and return to their relationship center after periods of discord. I have particular expertise in working with couples where one or both partners have mental health and/or addiction problems, or have experienced trauma. I am also passionate and skilled in helping couples who are struggling with starting a family, infertility issues and the adjustment to parenthood. I approach therapy from a strengths perspective, drawing on my training in family systems and psychodynamic theory. I also have specialized training in Imago and Gottman techniques and I am committed to helping couples from all backgrounds, and gender/sexual orientations. Continue reading “Karen Burd, LCSW-C”

Alden Caldwell

Alden Caldwell, RYT 500, LMT 410-627-8951 gainesbalt@comcast.net
Alden Caldwell
RYT 500, LMT
Website: www.SoulTouchTherapies.com
aecaldwell@comcast.net

Alden has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 2006 when she received her massage certification from the Holistic Massage Training Institute in Baltimore, MD. She is nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork through NCBTMB as well as a member of the American Massage Therapy Association. Alden began her massage practice in a private office. From 2008-2011 she was co-owner and director of Evolvewell Healing Arts Studio located in Roland Park, where she maintained a bodywork practice and taught weekly yoga classes to both adults and children. Currently she is a volunteer massage therapist at Joy Wellness, a holistic wellness center attached to Shepherd’s Clinic in Baltimore City. Alden is a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher offering group, corporate, and private therapeutic yoga. She is also a co-facilitator of the Wise Heart Community which meets weekly at Ruscombe Community Healing Center. Continue reading “Alden Caldwell”

Dr. Daniel Caycedo

Daniel Caycedo, M.D. Psychiatry

I am a private practice psychiatrist licensed in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. I received my training at the University of Maryland / Sheppard Pratt combined residency program in Adult Psychiatry and then at the combined fellowship program in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

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Heather Dorst

Heather Dorst, RN, M.Ac., L.Ac., MQP Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power. -- Lao Tzu
Heather Dorst, RN,
M.Ac., L.Ac., MQP

Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength,
mastering yourself is true power.
— Lao Tzu

I am a licensed acupuncturist as well as a registered nurse and Medical Qigong practitioner. I have been practicing acupuncture at Ruscombe Mansion since 1988, after graduating from Tai Sophia (now Maryland University of Integrative Health or MUIH) in Columbia, Maryland and have been involved in health care for over 30 years. In addition to my private practice, I have been on the faculty of MUIH since 1990. Continue reading “Heather Dorst”

Katherine Dunn

Katherine Dunn, M.Ac., Dipl.Ac. Acupuncturist and Meditation Teacher
Katherine Dunn
M.Ac., Dipl.Ac.
Acupuncturist and
Meditation Teacher

As an acupuncturist, meditation teacher, and artist my most essential goal is to help reveal the still, unchanging essence within each person and all of life, often referred to as the Inner Self. It is spacious, luminous, and free of suffering. This all-pervasive consciousness brings us clarity of vision, authentic relationship, and a creative oneness with everything in life. When we live from deep within this natural awareness we create a state of peace, health, and joy. Continue reading “Katherine Dunn”

Curtis Ewing

Curtis Ewing
443-928-9760

Curtis Ewing is a Certified Advanced Rolfer, and has been practicing since 2003. He has had additional training in movement and visceral manipulation. He has also completed Advanced level training with the Mietek Wirkus Bioenergy Institute. Continue reading “Curtis Ewing”

Marina Gan

Marina Gan, L.Ac., M.Ac. Phone: 443-739-5100 Email: ganmarina@gmail.com www.betheneedle.vpweb.com
Marina Gan, L.Ac., M.Ac.
Phone: 443-739-5100
ganmarina@gmail.com
MarinaGanAcupuncture.com

I completed my Master of Acupuncture Degree at the Tai Sophia Institute (now Maryland University of Integrative Health). I am a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland, as well as a yoga instructor. I am passionate about empowering my clients to understand and learn from their bodies, and am devoted to helping the people I work with experience greater ease, purpose, and awareness. I, myself, have been deeply transformed through receiving acupuncture treatment, and this medicine continues to support me on my journey of self-cultivation. Continue reading “Marina Gan”

Betsey Gilbert

Betsey-Gilbert-Ruscombe-Massage
Betsey Gilbert
410-321-5906

Betsey Gilbert brings a unique mixture of healing modalities to each session. Her bodywork is effective and safe and addresses a variety symptoms in adults and children. Her gentle and intuitive touch has helped many people with stress relief, pain relief, injury rehabilitation and chronic childhood conditions. Continue reading “Betsey Gilbert”

Rachel Hirsch

443-478-0047 or via the
Vagaro app at Lemonade Boutique Skincare

Rachel Creighton Hirsch is a seasoned aesthetician who applies her decades of experience and extensive training to help men and women find a look that they feel expresses their best self, instilling confidence and breaking down old barriers. After many years in the beauty industry, she is now approaching her work in a more holistic way and excited about becoming part of a healing arts community.

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Benjamin Israel, MD

Dr. Benjamin Israel is delighted to be joining the Ruscombe healing community. In his private practice, he works as a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and consultant in difficult-to-treat cases and in the trauma disorders field. He also works as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of medicine, where he is a member of the Consultation-Liaison Division in the Department of Psychiatry.

Outside of clinical practice, Dr. Israel has had the opportunity to teach and supervise psychiatry and psychotherapy trainees at all levels. He has presented to professional audiences locally, nationally, and internationally on the diagnosis and treatment of complex posttraumatic syndromes. Continue reading “Benjamin Israel, MD”

Diana Keener

Diana Keener, M.Ac., L.Ac. 410-542-4088

Diana’s eclectic life experiences have been motivated from the beginning by a deep curiosity to discover or uncover what is true and what is real.
In her youth she was a gymnast, performed in a circus, studied dance and practiced yoga and mind training fundamentals. She has traveled extensively in the South Pacific, Asia, the Caribbean and in the West. Diana’s early academic experience focused on the study of language, symbolism and culture, which led to an early career in the arts. She then worked on sailboats, including some lengthy transoceanic crossings, and later became part of a care-giving team at the Zen Hospice Project during the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, CA. More recently, Diana completed training as a Death Doula with Alua Arthur’s program Going With Grace.

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Elizabeth McCarthy, LCPC, RYT

Elizabeth McCarthy, LCPC, RYT emccarthy@thehealingself.com

Elizabeth McCarthy is bringing her practice to Ruscombe after being in the field of psychology for 20 years in a variety of settings. She has worked in the ER, outreach, group homes, and outpatient community mental health. McCarthy received a Masters in Science from Johns Hopkins University in Clinical Community Counseling and was granted a license in clinical counseling. She worked in the clinical community psychiatry program at Johns Hopkins Bayview for five years before a brief pause to begin raising a family. She then returned to practice, providing individual and group therapy to those with symptoms of trauma, bi-polar, depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. In 2018, she completed her 200 hour yoga teacher certification. Most recently she completed her Foundational training in Trauma Sensitive Yoga and Nature-Informed Therapy. She is currently growing her private practice to specialize in wellness approaches including: Somatic approaches such as Poly-Vagal Nerve Theory; Yoga, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and the many aspects of Mindfulness; Parts work, such as Internal Family Systems; Dialectical Behavior Therapy; Mindfulness Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Transpersonal Psychology, and Nature Informed Therapy. Continue reading “Elizabeth McCarthy, LCPC, RYT”

Dixie Mullineaux

acubird2@gmail.com 410-458-2806

Dixie is no longer accepting new patients

happy calm acupuncture

I was drawn to Five Element acupuncture because it reflects my love of the natural world. There is a beauty and rhythm to the cycles of nature, and the same is so for the human being. The human being is much like a garden, and just as a garden suffers when the sun, rain, soil, nutrients and loving care are missing or are out of balance, the body, mind and Spirit suffer when they are not fed and tended properly. Acupuncture can assist in bringing back harmony and balance to the human garden. Continue reading “Dixie Mullineaux”

Jeannine Olson

Jeannine Olson, M.A., M.S.
443-799-1330

Jeannine Olson, M.A., M.S. is a Certified Advanced Rolfer and a Rolf Movement Practitioner. She is also a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.

Her practice focuses on releasing old patterns which limit freedom in the body, the psyche, and the nervous system. Continue reading “Jeannine Olson”

Dennis Ossiander

Dennis Ossiander, RMP DennisOssiander.com 410-599-2521

Dennis Ossiander
LMT, RMP, CST
DennisOssiander.com
410-599-2521

Dennis Ossiander is a dedicated Healing Arts professional with over 25 years experience providing his clients with the highest quality Massage, Yoga, Meditation, and Healing Arts services available. While fostering feelings of comfort, safety, and well-being, he utilizes proven techniques that are most beneficial in each healing session to reduce stress, pain, muscle and joint dysfunction. Dennis will help you achieve optimal health and wellbeing. Your highly customized and therapeutic sessions will be relaxing, rejuvenating, and energizing while gently encouraging an integration of body, mind, and spirit.

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Mira Tessman

wellspringhealingarts@gmail.com 
410-370-6764

Mira” Mary E. Tessman, MA, LCPC, RYT-500, C-IAYT is an experienced mindfulness-based and trauma-informed clinical psychotherapist, licensed in Maryland since 1997, and is dedicated to helping adults become more skillful at managing depression, relieving anxiety and stress, coping with grief and loss, healing childhood and adult trauma, and adjusting to life’s changes and transitions. Continue reading “Mira Tessman”

Kim Conner

Kim G. Conner, R.Ph., M.Ac. Ruscombe Mansion Hill House 4801 Yellowwood Avenue Baltimore, MD 21209 410-592-2752
Kim G. Conner
R.Ph., M.Ac.
410-592-2752

ASSOCIATE PRACTITIONER

Kim is a practitioner of Classical Five Element Acupuncture (CF-EA) one of the oldest systems of medicine. Five Element Acupuncture was first recorded in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine also known as the Nei Ching, which was written around 100 BC. Classical Five Element Acupuncture treats the root cause of the energetic imbalance by inserting needles into pathways of Qi (pronounced Chee) also known as acupuncture points. Continue reading “Kim Conner”

Paula Derry  

Paula Derry, PhD, LMT
Shiatsu/Integrative Bodywork
Stress Reduction
www.pauladerry.com
(443) 610-9881
paula.derry@gmail.com

ASSOCIATE PRACTITIONER

Shiatsu is a gentle but deep touch therapy based in Chinese medicine that promotes healing and wellness.  Integrative bodywork means that I combine Shiatsu with a variety of other holistic practices, using whatever approach would be helpful or needed in each session. My work aims to encourage your settling into yourself, experiencing yourself on a deeper level, and finding positive pathways to relaxation, healing, growth, and transformation.

People seek Shiatsu for deep relaxation, dealing with stress, feeling “more like themselves,” a deepening sense of self, support dealing with physical illness, increasing awareness of body-oriented experience, energy balancing to promote growth and health.

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Cynthia Zanti Jabs

Cynthia Zanti Jabs, L.Ac.
CZJabs@comcast.net
443-226-6626

ASSOCIATE PRACTITIONER

I have practiced Acupuncture and Qi Gong for more than two decades. Over the past several years, I’ve added Medical Qi Gong and essential oils to my practice. Both are components of ancient Asian healing systems. They offer gentle ways to untangle troublesome symptoms and create ‘take-home’ practices to further the benefits of treatments. I often describe Qi Gong as ‘DIY Acupuncture’ or ‘Medicinal Movement.’ Easy to learn, fun to do, highly beneficial — and economical!
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Linda Watkins  

 Linda Watkins, CEnKP, Energy Kinesiologist www.YourStellarHealth.com yourstellarhealth@gmail.com 443-243-3293

Linda Watkins
CEnKP, Energy Kinesiologist
www.YourStellarHealth.com
443-243-3293 / email

ASSOCIATE PRACTITIONER

To best serve you, Linda has created a powerful healing modality through years of training, meditation and personal development.  It is a combination of intuition, channeling, Contracts Releasing, Attachment Release and her overflowing “toolbox” of training and certifications as a:

Kinergetics Master, Reiki Master, certifications in Access Consciousness, Bach Flowers, Brain Gym, Applied Physiology, Neuro Energetic Kinesiology, Touch for Health, Advanced Healing TechniquesRESET TMJ modality, Quantam Touch Healing, Ama Deus Healing, Quan Yin Magnified Healing, Ethics and more. Continue reading “Linda Watkins  ”