Welcome Derek Becker, L.Ac
We're thrilled to introduce the newest member of our team: Derek Becker, Licensed Acupuncturist. Appointments with Derek can be booked on Monday and Thursday evenings starting June 7.
Derek is a compassionate collaborator who partners with people to creatively overcome physical and emotional challenges. Derek’s patients often find themselves moving, breathing into and releasing pain. This practice, along with brief guided meditations, Qi Gong instruction, and prescribing herbal formulas, reinforces the collaborative nature of healing and allows a patient to experience the benefits and importance of actively participating in their own healing.
Christian Villacres, L.Ac joins Five Point Ownership Team
We are thrilled to announce that Christian made the big step of becoming an owner of Five Point. In early July, Christian joined Celeste, Ryan, and Nathan as the seventh owner of our worker co-op since our inception. Christian began working at Five Point as an acupuncturist in 2017, and he quickly demonstrated strong leadership skills and commitment to our business and community.
Christian grew up in Washington D.C. in a lively Latin household and was taught from an early age to value a natural and healthy lifestyle. Following a career in Art and Design, his interest in natural health and longevity lead him to Chinese Martial Arts, internal development, and ultimately into the study of Chinese Medicine. He graduated from PCOM Chicago in 2016. Informed by the richness of both Eastern and Western Science, embracing both Tradition and Modernity, he strives to help his patients achieve and maintain their highest quality of life.
As an owner, Christian brings his art and design skills to the Five Point marketing and outreach team. He is fluent in Spanish, and helps to broaden our accessibility and outreach to the Hispanic community. He is currently pursuing a doctorate at Bastyr University in order to hone his clinical skills.
Christian's ambition, work ethic, warmth, and sense of humor makes him a valued member of the ownership team, and we look forward to growing our business with him by our side.
New Acupuncturist!
Five Point is thrilled to welcome the newest member of our team Joslynn Adams, L.Ac.
Prior to attaining her Masters degree in Acupuncture, Joslynn graduated from Prescott College with a Bachelors of Science degree with an emphasis on Environmental Science and Adventure Education for Youth at Risk. She is currently in the process of obtaining a two-year Diplomate in Canonical Chinese Medicine. East Asian Medicine has allowed Joslynn to combine her passion of people and the environment into a triad of mind, body and emotional health. She focuses her craft on functional medicine and pain management, and she has a particular interest in how emotional health affects the perception of pain in the body.
Appointments with Joslynn can be booked on Tuesdays 2-8 and Sundays 12-6. She can be reached at joslynn@fivepointholistic.com.
New Herbalist and Acupuncturist Joins Five Point
Five Point would like to proudly introduce the newest member of our team: Collin Campbell, L.Ac. Collin is the husband of member-owner Leah Finch and a talented, experienced herbalist and acupuncturist.
Collin graduated from PCOM with an extra 2700 hours of clinical experience under the tutelage of two senior professors: Frank Scott, LAc., Academic Dean at Pacific College, and Marie-France Collin, LAc., Department Chair for Acupuncture at PCOM. He was a senior intern in the Chicago Veteran's clinic, and was a co-founder of the oncology clinic at KMF Acupuncture. He is the first diplomate of the Institute of Classical East Asian Medicine to be awarded clinical fellowship. Also, he is an assistant instructor of the Chicago branch of ICEAM under the direction of his teacher, Stephen Bonzak, LAc., and under the mentorship of ICEAM's founder Dr. Arnaud Versluys, LAc. Though Collin is a skilled acupuncturist, his real passion is the study of classical Chinese herbology. His areas of special interest are dermatology and men's health issues.
Outside of work, Collin enjoys riding his bike and hiking at the Indiana Dunes with his wife and dog. Collin is available at Five Point on Fridays from 10-3 and Sundays from 1-6 or by appointment.