There are many benefits to craniosacral therapy. This therapy can help relieve pain, anxiety, trauma, stress, social anxiety. Migraines, inflammation, fibromyalgia, tinnitus, recovery for surgery and injury, pregnancy and delivery, birth trauma can be helped. The nervous systems can be restored to balance. Creative and learning performance can be enhanced.

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The BENEFITS of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and other modalities on this website can be experienced firsthand--if you are thinking of the resolution of pain or physical or emotional trauma, improving good existing Health, enhancing creative work and many other applications and would like to talk to me or make an appointment, give me a call or contact me on my contact page.

Victoria Behrends - (760)-753-1493

If you are in San Diego area you can work with me in person, or we can do effective additional distance work.

Everyone can benefit from Craniosacral Therapy, whether they would like to improve their existing Health, or need to create more ease and mobility, less pain or stress, recover from injury, trauma and/or balance the system. Craniosacral Therapy has been found to be effective for all ages and many unbalanced conditions including chronic pain, sensory processing disorders and memory loss. Craniosacral can also enhance the creative work of artists, writers, performers, and students' learning. Moms and babies, children, teens and adults benefit greatly from Craniosacral Therapy to restore the body to its best potential. Older people often find more energy and fluidity.

In difficult times Craniosacral Therapy can foster deep relaxation and stress resolution, allowing the healthy as well as compromised system to move toward better potential and ease.

 I just feel so much better after easing up in a session. J.T.


------Young people often need support in their rapid growth and changes, physically and emotionally. Many circumstances for teens are overwhelming and difficult and support can be key in getting through and enjoying young years. In my work with young people as a teacher, especially in Theatre, I knew that they often felt as if they carried a huge weight on their shoulders, thinking that they could solve the problems of the world--it can be a wonderful and fearful time....and then there's always the burden and thrill of romance. School is demanding and extra activities-sports, the arts, all leave little time to just be, enjoy, and rest now and then. All these, along with social anxiety and shyness can be eased as the nervous systems are calmed with cranio work and help with self-regulation, and stress management skills.

I don't feel as shy and scared with friends at school as I used to.  N.M.

My work with Mrs. Behrends has helped me to calm down, focus, and change how I feel about high school. B.K.



------ Because this work can build health in the brain and the nervous systems, it can prevent and resolve chronic pain, including muscle aches, stiffness, neck and shoulder pain, migraine, fibromyalgia, and  inflammation.

------PTSD
and other anxiety and stress related problems respond well to cranial work, as does Autism, ADHD, and other Sensory Processing Disorders. 

------Injuries and recovery from surgeries can be addressed, and even those that happened long ago can still have an impact on us and craniosacral work can help.

 "I'm feeling much less fuzzy now several weeks after my surgery. I couldn't get past that feeling until CST seemed to regulate my body back to normal, away from pain    
                                                   and reaction to the experience. MB

"Feeling better after my knee surgery--the craniosacral work beat down the pain after." TT

"Several months after my baby was born, I still didn't have any energy but Victoria's work brought it back!" PF


------ Many of us have current and past injuries from sports, falls, strain, auto accidents.  "I can't believe how well I can move now." F.G.
These create ongoing poor mobility, pain and anxiety that lasts way too long and can often be completely improved, as I know firsthand, having resolved a longtime ago fall resulting in being told I had a "permanent disability" that is no longer true.

"After many years of stiffness, I can move more freely and am taking long walks again after working for several months with Craniosacral Therapy and other resources offered in my sessions." T.C.


------ Wounded Warriors both current and veteran, with physical, and PTSD injuries have often found relief with the Upledger CranioSacral protocol for many years that is continued today in several styles of craniosacral therapy and the somatic experiential therapies that can be part of the process. see Upledger article



------ Surgeries and outpatient procedures, including dental and cosmetic work can create continuing pain and anesthesia residue which may be cleared and balanced.

"I have had the pleasure of receiving treatments from Victoria for several years, and it has helped me so much."  V.E.


------ Resource building
is key in craniosacral therapy as the system discovers its own blueprint of health and becomes centered and well, relaxed and empowered. I offer self-regulation, energy exercises, breath work and more as part of CST sessions, with a focus on positive changes and skills that the client can take with them.

"I have learned to breathe in a way that allows me to focus and move away from stress on a daily basis. What a difference ! "M.L.

"How can I describe the difference in how I feel ! Now I know what I can do to "resource myself", when I need to, thanks so much."  DB


------ Creative/Learning Performance in sports and the arts and in education can be developed further and elevated with CST. see Creative/Learning page

"When I take my college exams I don't worry now and I can concentrate and remember what I have studied MUCH better than in the past, thank you so much for the help !F.S.

"I'm learning to play (the violin) much more completely than in the past, thank you."  BB

Actors, dancers, musicians, singers benefit from cranio work because that work impacts anxiety, stage fright and stress by keeping the nervous systems balanced-- fear of public speaking and test taking anxiety is alleviated for the same reason.



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------ In more precise ways craniosacral therapy can help with specific injuries and strains or stage fright and stress that often happens onstage or in sports activities or in concert performances.

------ The vocal instrument of a singer can be expanded in projection and resonance, an actor can have far more effective range in using the body as an expression of character, the musician can build stronger confidence.

"Healing, energy, and compassion. If you are in need of feeling all these at once, working on yourself with Victoria is your answer. I sing on Broadway 8 shows a week with one day off. The demands are extraordinary on my body and my voice. I was tight, tired, and rundown. After seeing and working with her, my breath was flowing free, my voice stronger and my body felt more alive and relaxed once more." R.Lowe.


------The athlete, especially the young athlete can "become" the sport. In many
Creative/Learning Performance situations, craniosacral therapy and Comprehensive Resource Modeling combined makes a huge difference. see Articles and Creative/Learning pages on this website.
 
"My son's performance in Soccer was greatly improved with some of the techniques used to bolster his confidence." S.T.

"So proud ! My kid learned to hit the ball and not jump away from it !" Proud Dad

" My swimmer killed it !" GW


Craniosacral for Animals

------Another application of craniosacral therapy is treating animals of all kinds. Many craniosacral folks work with horses and Equine Craniosacral Therapy to improve their performance and help facilitate healing injuries in working horses. I have worked specifically with dogs, cats and birds and the occasional neighborhood raccoon (from a distance:), for years, as a volunteer and professionally and with our own family members: with past doggies Mac, Ruby, Taz, present birds, Mozart, Lou, and cats, Tigger, Niles and now our dog Kooper, adopted from the terrific Rancho Coastal Humane Society. Animals respond quickly and seem to really enjoy the cranial touch, often healing faster from surgery and benefiting from reduced stress.

" I have had the pleasure of receiving treatments from Victoria for some time now, and it has helped me so much, especially after extensive dental work. She has also worked on my dogs, specifically Cherokee, my little rescue female who had a tough dental extraction a few months ago and the craniosacral work was very effective with her recovery."  V.E.

" A lot of pain for Catface, our family cat, was eased after surgery."

" We have a BIG dog and Victoria worked with his inflammation without hurting him (or being scared by him). I was impressed. " CF

    Kooper and Me     Cherokee and Isaac      Niles