How many sessions will I need?
The number of sessions that people find helpful varies from person to person.
Will treatments help if I have no particular symptoms?
Yes, many people find that Craniosacral Therapy helps them cope with day-to-day difficulties, feel better and enjoy life more fully.
What is the interval between sessions?
Should you wish to have more than one session, subsequent sessions are usually a week to a fortnight apart. With long-term treatment the frequency of sessions usually reduces.
How safe is Craniosacral Therapy?
Craniosacral Therapy is a non-directive, non-analytical, non-invasive approach - essentially the art of listening and enabling the body to heal itself. When practised by a qualified therapist, it is a very safe method.
How do I know if a practitioner is qualified?
The Craniosacral Therapy Association (CSTA) publishes a register (updated yearly) of members who have qualified from one of its accredited schools and are involved in continuing professional training. Registered members are entitled to use the initials RCST after their names. The best form of recommendation is often word-of-mouth. If in any doubt, you can check by contacting the Registrar, at the following address: The Registrar, Craniosacral Therapy Association, Monomark House, 27 Old Gloucester Street, LONDON, WC1N 3XX or email: registrar@craniosacral.co.uk.
What is the difference between Craniosacral Therapy and Cranial Osteopathy?
Craniosacral therapists study cranial work exclusively. Most Craniosacral Therapy courses last two years. Cranial osteopaths train initially in osteopathy, a more mechanical approach, and then do postgraduate training in cranial work of variable length.
Craniosacral work tends to be integrated with psychotherapeutic understanding, theory and practice. There is a variable amount of overlap between individual approaches in the two professions.
How would you sum up the effects of Craniosacral Therapy?
Craniosacral Therapy belongs more properly within the Art of Healing than the Science of Medicine, and therefore the Craniosacral Therapy Association makes no claims as to the evidence base for the effectiveness of this work.
However, the Association recognises that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, and is confident that the emerging science of the future will come to embrace CranioSacral Therapy.
