“Thank you for your healing hands and heart—gentle, peaceful, unwound, lighter, brighter and realigned.”

About Us

Crossings Healingworks is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to bring ancient healing traditions that restore and renew the body-mind-spirit of those touched by trauma – creating peace for one family, one community, one world – one person at a time.

Our work is rooted in the latest research and experience with acupuncture, acupressure, Zero Balancing© and massage, combined with the most effective approaches to healing trauma. These modalities can help people find internal peace, access creative expression, create balanced relationships and instill a strong sense of wellbeing. Our work is rooted in the latest research and experience with centuries-old approaches that help people find internal peace, access creative expression, create heart-to-heart connections, give and receive nurturance, and find value in themselves and for others in the human family.

Our office is located in downtown Silver Spring, MD. We offer our services in a variety of settings in the DC metropolitan area.

Our Executive Director

Founder and Executive Director of Crossings HealingWorks, Alaine D. Duncan is an expert in the use of acupuncture for the treatment of traumatic stress. She is the Staff Acupuncturist for the Washington, DC Veterans Administration Hospital's War Related Illness and Injury Study Center. injury. Ms. Duncan served as Assessing Acupuncturist in COL (Dr.) Charles Engel's 2006 Acupuncture and PTSD Study at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Her clinical focus since 2003 has been on the treatment of traumatic stress. She received her Acupuncture Master's Degree from TAI Sophia Institute in 1990, and completed Somatic Experiencing training in 2007

Our Program Director

Gail Chinoy, MSN, RNC, is Crossings HealingWorks Program Director. A Nurse Practitioner certified in Women’s Health since 1987, she has a special interest in compassion fatigue and stress relief in the health care community and in women affected by trauma. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings serving women. She is a long-time student of complementary and alternative medicine, and is currently studying for her certification in acupressure.

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