Tassy Hennessy, MSTOM in Encinitas holds California Acupuncture Board License AC8992 and AAPOM (American Association of Practitioners of Oriental Medicine) credentials, practicing Acupuncture Orthopedics and Metabolic Medicine from 345 Santa Fe Drive since 2008. Dual undergraduate degrees in Biology and Neurobiopsychology inform the practice's functional-medicine approach to metabolic and endocrine conditions, a cross-disciplinary scope that parallels the women's-health acupuncture work at Chong Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine. GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) practitioner certification adds nutritional-protocol design for gut-brain axis conditions, connecting digestive inflammation to neurological and mood-related symptom patterns. Certified Grief Recovery Method Specialist training integrates emotional-processing techniques into the acupuncture treatment plan, a psychosomatic dimension that coordinates with the therapeutic counseling scope at Centerstone Physical Therapy. Advanced metabolic protocols combine acupuncture orthopedic point prescriptions with functional-medicine laboratory assessment and GAPS dietary intervention for multi-system cases involving concurrent musculoskeletal pain, hormonal dysregulation, and gastrointestinal permeability.