Booking A Session

• Please call 646-228-6463 to book your appointment.
• I book sessions on the telephone or in person only.
• I do not use text messaging. 
• I do respond to emails.  I insist on talking to people before scheduling a first session.  I do not schedule or cancel by email because I don't check it often enough.

Please give at least 24 hours notice to cancel any session or you will be charged for the session.

• I will ask for a credit card number, expiration date and your zip code to hold your first appointment. 

• I will check the card.  If you cancel any appointment at the last minute or do not show up, I will charge that card.

My office address is:

130 8th Street, ground floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215. 

I only accept walk-in business, at community-style acupuncture events, 
all other appointments are scheduled in advance.

• I recommend that you eat within three hours of your session.  Some people get light-headed after a session, especially on an empty stomach.
• If it is practical, please wear loose comfortable clothing.  This will allow free movement and may allow easier access to areas where I may be inserting acupuncture needles.
• Please do not wear perfume, cologne, scented lotions, or body splashes.  I am very allergic to perfume as are many others.  Perfume tends to linger and may make others ill as well.
• Before your first session, please visit the Brochure and Forms page, print and complete the forms, and bring them with you.  This will give you time to read the forms and think about your answers.

Once you arrive

Please be on time.

When you come in for the first time, or if it's been more than 6 months since I've seen you, I will ask you to fill out an intake form that reviews your medical history and current health status.  

I need to know about all medications and supplements that you are taking. 

• If you are on multiple medications or have difficulty remembering what you are taking, please bring a written list of medications,
  • their dosage,
  • how often you take them
  • and who prescribed them.

• My fee for your first office visit is $135 and takes an hour and a half, subsequent sessions are an hour and $100, with the following exceptions.
• The fee for community-style events is $40 per person per visit.
  • Attendance at a community-style event does not count as a first office visit. 
  • It will earn you a $20 discount on your first private office visit
  • or a $15 discount on your next private one hour session. 
• Chair massage at street fairs is $20 for 15 minutes.
• Spa treatments and hot stone massages start at
  • 75 minutes and $135 after your first session. 
  •  If it's your first session, expect to take an additional 30 minutes and pay $170. 
  • These are only available at my Brooklyn location.
• Cosmetic Acupuncture Procedures take approximately 90 minutes.
  • expect to take 2 hours for your first session and pay $185
  • subsequent sessions are $150.
  • These are usually only available at my Brooklyn location.  If I am familiar with your case and have sufficient notice, I may be able to bring the additional supplies required.
• Out-calls
  • start at $150 an hour for less than 20 minutes travel time for the first person at that appointment
  • Additional clients at the same appointment are $125 each. 
  • Additional travel time is $50/15 minutes one way, plus any parking expense.
  • First time acupuncture clients are required to complete the intake forms and releases.  Expect the session to take an additional 30 minutes and cost an additional $35 per person treated.



I accept Cash, Checks, Visa, Mastercard and American Express cards as payment.

I make one-of-a-kind beaded jewelry.

• I will repair any of my pieces for a period of one year. 
  • Please return all the parts. 
  • If there are any missing pieces, I may or may not have matching beads. 
  • I will make an effort to match any missing pieces as closely as possible.  
  • There will be a charge for replacement beads. 
  • Please pay the shipping.
• As above, I cannot promise to match beads to lengthen any piece.
  • As long as it does not compromise the design, I will shorten any necklace or bracelet, to your specifications, after you have paid for it.
• Depending on my schedule, I will make an effort to make custom pieces using beads I have in stock. 
  • I will not reproduce anyone else's piece. 
  • Custom orders require a 50% deposit.
  • All designs are dependent on availability of stones.
• The web site contains all the jewelry I have in stock on the date I updated the web site last.  I make an effort to keep the web site up to date, but things that have been sold may remain on the site and it may take some time for new pieces to appear.
• Prices are as marked on the price sheets (wholesale = retail).  You can bring the list up at the same time as the pictures and they should be in the same order.
• Most of the Necklaces and some of the bracelets have earrings made to match. Each piece is priced separately. If you would like to buy the set, the price is $10 less than the sum of their prices.
• Any other price reductions must be negotiated with me.
• Unless you give me a resale certificate in NYS, I am required to collect NYC sales tax on any sale of merchandise.

Thank you

Prices and policies are effective as of 28 September 2008 and are subject to change without notice.

Phyllis H. Abend, LMT, RPP, CH, LAc
Call 646-228-6463 between 8AM and 11PM ET
to schedule your appointment
or send me an email from Contact Us and I’ll call you back.
Please see Policies page before your session.