each treatment takes about an hour, in my experience. they check your "energy levels" on your wrists, and other joints, so they don't need you to tell them what's wrong. then they adjust the energy pattern by changing the levels of passage of energy thru various 'points' or crossroads of nerve bundles.

very rarely will a good acupuncturist hit a point that hurts, more often it has no feeling at all, or feels good. i had excellent results with the reduction of my OCD's, Phobias and Anxieties with acupuncture... i hope you consider it ~