Turning Point Healing Arts, LLC

Turning Point Healing Arts, LLC, is a central resource for healthy living and wellness in Ridgefield, CT dedicated to integrating conventional medicine, cutting edge alternative modalities and ancient healing wisdom to achieve optimum wellness for the body, mind and spirit. Skilled practitioners and teachers offer holistic services and educational programs to empower and enhance both the individual and community by teaching all age groups essential life skills for the 21st century.

The healing arts and education center is currently home to 7 different healing practitioners, each offering a unique approach to promoting health and wellness. The practitioners are:

JoAnn Inserra Duncan, MS, RMT

JoAnn is the founder of Turning Point Healing Arts and Education Center, which incorporates Turning Point Reiki, LLC, Turning Point S.H.A.R.E. Divorce Group and is home to this team of skilled practitioners offering a variety of modalities.
JoAnn uses intuition, experience and a deep spiritual connection in her Reiki, IET® and Reconnective Healing ® sessions. She specializes in care for individuals with cancer, back pain, Lyme disease and other tick borne illnesses. She finds it very rewarding to help clients heal core issues by applying advanced techniques that help heal the cellular memory. JoAnn teaches all levels of Reiki as well as other specialized classes.
For more information about JoAnn, Turning Point Reiki, LLC., or Turning Point S.H.A.R.E., please visit her websites, www.turningpointreiki.com and
www.turningpointshare.com, or visit and "like" the Turning Point Reiki, LLC or Turning Point S.H.A.R.E. Divorce Group Facebook pages. To contact JoAnn, please email her at jduncan@turningpointreiki.com or call 203-438-3050.

Mary Beth Johnston, LMT, RMT

Mary Beth customizes massage based on the individual, often incorporating elements of many techniques (Swedish, Relaxation, Deep Tissue, Sports Massage and Reiki). She finds helping people achieve relaxation and/or pain relief through massage to be quite rewarding. She believes that we all carry a deep innate wisdom of how to heal ourselves on all levels. The compassionate touch of massage can help the body "remember" how to heal itself. Mary Beth is licensed in CT and NY.
To contact Mary Beth, please email her at mbjmassage25@gmail.com or call 914-419-7961

Brenda Story, RMT

Brenda draws from her extensive training to practice a wide variety of energy healing modalities including, IET®, Reiki Crystal Healing, Sacred Childbirth with Reiki ™ and Shamanic Reiki. Brenda uses her intuition and guidance to provide a session that is customized to the client's needs.
To reach Brenda, please email her at BLSTAMH@aol.com or call 203-948-0841.

Stacy Raymond, Psy.D. – Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Raymond offers traditional and alternative approaches to depression, low self esteem, anxiety, recovery from trauma (including sports PTSD) and relationship issues. Individual Psychotherapy and Energy Psychology Techniques (EMDR, EFT and Inner Balance®) are used to help clients quickly and gently release negative thoughts and feelings associated with painful memories. She takes a mind-body-spirit approach to physical ailments, emotional imbalance and job or sport performance issues. Releasing the past and accepting oneself are at the root of all healing.
To learn more about Dr. Raymond or to contact her, please visit her website, www.DrStacyRaymond.com, email her at drstacyraymond@gmail.com, or call 203-493-0344.

Valerie Rich,

Valerie Rich has been interested in Yoga since 1982 whilst living in England. During this time she earned her Psychology degree and trained as an Alexander Technique teacher, studying with many of F.M. Alexander’s original students. While living in Melbourne, Australia, Valerie received her Yoga teacher training certificate and began teaching. She also helped set up and direct The School of F.M. Alexander Studies, a three year teacher training course.
Valerie continued to study Yoga and gained a teaching certificate in Pre and Postnatal Yoga. She also fell in love with Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and is trained to teach the Primary Series. Aside from her interest in Yoga, she is a Reiki Master, and uses her skills as a volunteer for hospice.
She tailors her teaching of Yoga, Alexander Technique and Meditation to the individual and passionately and skillfully focuses on empowering the individual towards health and well being. Valerie teaches classes in and around Fairfield County and also offers private Yoga, Alexander Technique and Meditation sessions.
She also has an interest in essential oils and is a wellness advocate for do Terra.
For more information on Valerie and her services, please visit her website, Thriveyogact.com, or contact her at fifirich@hotmail.com or 203 482 2278.

Deana Paqua, MA, LMT

Deana is a spiritual teacher, holistic health educator, shamanic healer and reiki master teacher. Deana is also an Adjunct Professor at WCSU in Danbury, CT. She supports healers, spiritual seekers, and the energy sensitive in transforming trauma into triumph, experiencing deep healing and self-empowerment with a stronger connection to Spirit and Mother Earth. Deana provides healing sessions, healing circles, and a variety of workshops and classes in the CT and NY areas, specializing in shamanic healing, shamanic training, Andean energy medicine, reiki, intuitive readings, and holistic health education. To contact Deana, please email her at deana.paqua@gmail.com or call 203-994-5045. You may also visit her website at www.embodythesacred.net.

Debbie Morgan, MA, CIPP, Holistic Health and Happiness Coach

Debbie brings her knowledge of integrative health, positive psychology, EFT, somatic emotional release, Reiki and aroma therapy to Turning Point Healing Arts & Education Center. She is an advocate for living a healthy and happy life. As a coach, she uses a very personalized and holistic approach to educate, empower and support her clients. Positive Psychology is known as the study of what works. Debbie will help you recognize that you have the ability to take control of your health and happiness. She assists you in discovering more about yourself and helps you recognize what is purposeful to you. Only you can recognize what your ideal self looks like. Debbie uses many modalities to assist you in making a shift toward better health and a happier you. She provides private coaching sessions, EFT private sessions as well as group sessions and workshops. To connect with Debbie and schedule an appointment contact her at 203-948-5372 or integrativehealthadvocacy@gmail.com

Together, these practitioners and teachers provide a variety of health and wellness services for mind, body and spirit. They strive to compassionately serve the community with high standards of integrity, sharing the spirit of light and love with all who enter. Conveniently located in downtown Ridgefield, this vibrant center welcomes all into a serene, energetically positive healing atmosphere.

The peacock feather was chosen as the symbol of TPHA because it symbolizes birth, rebirth, resurrection, wise vision, watchfulness and wisdom.
The peacock is the reflection of the Phoenix – sacrificed in the fires of life and then risen out of its own ashes. In Christianity it symbolizes the death and resurrection of Jesus. In Egypt is is associated with the all seeing eye of Horus.