Sarah Petty, M. Ac, L. Ac, Dipl. Ac., SEP
481 Carlisle Drive, Suite 202
Herndon, VA 20170
703.593.5175
Education
Akashic Training Module 1, Candice Rasa — in progress 2026
Tao of Trauma, Alaine Duncan, Tracey Post — in progress 2025-2026
Somatic Experiencing and Family Constellation Therapy Certificate, Efu Nyanki — 2025-2026
Cycle-Breaking with Family Constellations, Suzi Tucker — 2025
Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate, Dr. Maureen Gallagher, Karine Bell, Dr. Scott Lyons — 2021
Somatic Resilience and Regulation, Kathy Kain and Stephen Terrell — 2016-2017
Somatic Experiencing Touch Skills Training, Stephen Terrell— 2015-2016
Somatic Experiencing Training, Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced, Berns Galloway — 2014-2016
Anhui Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei CHINA — June-July 2011
The Tai Sophia Institute for the Healing Arts — 2006-2009, Masters in Acupuncture
The Maryland Institute College of Art — 2000-2004, Bachelors in Fine Arts
Work and volunteer experience
Private Practice, Acupuncture, Columbia, MD, Annandale VA, Reston VA, Herndon, VA — 2009-Present
Create a safe space, gain rapport, diagnose using Traditional Chinese Acupuncture and Five Element Acupuncture, administer acupuncture using single-use, sterile needles, moxibustion, cupping and gua sha, treat clients using full body and auricular acupuncture, educate clients on nutrition from a Chinese Medicine model, integrate somatic experiencing touch skills
Acupuncturist for WRIISC, Washington DC VA Medical Center, DC — 2014-2016
Gain rapport, gather the group, use either the standard auricular protocol or the tailored auricular acupuncture group protocol that consists of using an acupuncture point locator to determine the patient’s top five active points, treat those points using single-use acupuncture needles, remove needles, collect and record data, attend weekly meetings and share findings
Research Acupuncturist for Samueli Institute, Fort Belvoir, VA — 2013-2015
Gain rapport, treat patients using sterile needles and ASPs according to their randomized arm of the study, treat patients using full body and auricular acupuncture, collect and impute data, discharge patients with relevant instructions, discuss findings during the weekly conference calls with the team
Volunteer, 9/11 10th Anniversary Healing & Remembrance Event, DC, — 2011
Set up the treatment space, talk to participants about the benefits of acupuncture, treat willing participants using the NADA detox auricular protocol, clean up
Student Acupuncturist, Tai Sophia Institute for the Healing Arts, Laurel, MD, — 2007-2009
Advertise and recruit clients, diagnose and treat under the supervision of trained clinical supervisors, gain skill in diagnostic observation, treatment planning ,needle and moxibustion technique and execution
Volunteer, Penn North Neighborhood Center, Baltimore, MD, — 2007-2009
Occasionally offer openers to the meetings (poetry or meditation for the day), gain rapport, treat patients totaling more than 130 hours using the NADA detox auricular protocol, clean up
SKILLS and applied treatment philosophies
Five Element Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Nutrition, Auricular Acupuncture, Cupping, Gua Sha, Tui Na, Threading, Somatic Experiencing, SE Touch Skills, Inner Relationship Focusing, SE Family Constellations
Certifications/Licenses
Virginia Acupuncture License, NCCAOM certification, Certified Acu-Detox Specialist, Facial Rejuvenation Certified, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Certificate, Somatic Experiencing Attachment Therapy Certificate, Somatic Experiencing and Family Constellation Therapy Certificate