About

Dr. David Ackerman, BS, D.C. practiced in central Denver from 1979 through 2003, utilizing homeopathy, herbology and acupuncture as adjuncts to chiropractic.

He studied at the University of Michigan and The National College of Chiropractic. He has a B.S. in Human Biology and Doctor of Chiropractic degrees. He was a diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management. He trained in Applied Kinesiology in the 1970's with its founder, George Goodheart, D.C.

Dr. Ackerman studied in China as a member of an international educational exchange team in 1990. He is one of only two chiropractors to ever win the prestigious Westword Best of Denver Chiropractor's award. In 1991, he participated in an exchange of medical/acupuncture procedures in the People's Republic of China sponsored by the International Academy of Clinical Acupuncture.

Dr. Ackerman graduated in 1998 from the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. He is one of only two chiropractors ever to graduate from the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, which is a four-year program in energy medicine.

He has studied with other pioneers in the holistic health field such as Dr. John Christopher, herbalist; Dolores Krieger, founder of Therapeutic Touch; and Dr. D. Versendaal, founder of Contact Reflex Analysis.

Dr. Ackerman's training has led him to be uniquely qualified as a mind-body practitioner. He studied Reichian therapy, based on the work of Wilhelm Reich, M.D., a student of Sigmund Freud. Reich is considered the Father of Body Centered Therapy. Dr. Ackerman continued his education by studying the neo-Reichian therapy, Core Energetics, with its founder, John Pierrakos, M.D., a student of Dr. Reich.

"In my current practice, pain relief is often supplemented by my facilitating patients in manifesting what they want for their health, careers, and relationships. This is accomplished with Esoteric Characterology by clearing the limiting, unconscious "false beliefs" that were formulated after emotions got stuck in the body following trauma, disappointments and parental conditioning."