Our Story
Daphne Jochnick opened Open Space Community Acupuncture on May Day, 2011 in Union Square, Somerville to bring affordable acupuncture to the heart of the city. Daphne had been in private practice for over a decade. Like many community acupuncturists, she discovered the community model via the Community Acupuncture Network, now the People’s Organization of Community Acupuncture (POCA).
OSCA is a clinic member of POCA and many of our staff and patients are members too. We are working together towards a common goal of affordable acupuncture. You can join too!
Go to <pocacoop.com> to learn more and join POCA at the ‘community level’. In our appreciation for your support, POCA Community members get unlimited reduced cost treatments at OSCA every May and October, as well as other perks.
We are a social business funded solely by patient fees and occasional grants. Most people hear about us from someone they know, so please help us spread the word!
Community Acupuncture
Community Acupuncture is the heart of what we do. Treatments are $35-$60 sliding-scale with a $30 hardship rate/no income verification, no questions asked.
The Community model of Acupuncture is win/win: Low rates allow you to come in often enough to get better and stay better; Healing together with others creates an atmosphere where each treatment is all the more effective.
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new patients welcome
Other Offerings
In addition to community acupuncture we host affordable health events and other services, and participate in collaborations with local businesses.
Learn about our Events and Services
Mission:
Our mission is to bring excellent, individualized acupuncture to as many in our Somerville community as possible. We do this by utilizing a shared treatment space. The shared space both makes treatments affordable and provides an ideal, healing atmosphere.
We strive:
- to be an oasis for mental and physical health in the city
- to boost community/reduce isolation
and to collaborate with others in our community who are making Somerville healthier and more just place for everyone.
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What are you waiting for... book an appointment today
Our skilled acupuncturists have delivered over 30,000 acupuncture treatments since we opened, May 1st 2011.
Join The People's Organization of community acupuncture
(POCA) is a member-run non-profit organization whose mission is to work cooperatively to increase accessibility to and availability of affordable group acupuncture treatments. We envision a world in which every community has access to local, affordable acupuncture to reduce collective and individual suffering and to nurture resilience.
We acknowledge the debt we owe, as community acupuncturists, to the Young Lords and the Black Panthers, two groups challenging racism and oppression in the 1970’s who fought to bring affordable group acupuncture into their communities to address the scourge of addiction.
