What is Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy?
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) is a specialised mind-body therapy that works by effectively regulating the central nervous system thus promoting the body’s self-healing properties.
BCST combines Western medical knowledge (anatomy, embryology, and neurology) with energetic and fluid-based healing principles.
BCST practitioners are trained to establish therapeutic stillness and embodied presence so your body can settle from fight/flight/freeze into a regenerative and engaged state where deeper healing can occur.
We use highly refined and subtle touch to invite the body to release structural tension and compression, traumatic forces, emotional content and stress, or unsupportive patterns of relating.
Biodynamic
refers to a holistic and integrative approach. BCST understands the body to be a complex, unified system that is always working towards health and wellbeing, even with the presence of illness, pain or pathology.
The Craniosacral System
is the cranium (head) which includes the entire skull and face, brain, nerves, sinuses and more; the sacrum (at the base of the spine); and the central nervous system including the spine and spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid, and the membranes and connective tissue that surround them. This makes BCST uniquely applicable to treating nervous system disregulation, as well as head injuries and facial trauma through intra-oral work.
The therapeutic model
applied in BCST means the therapist and client establish a professional relationship based on the best interests of the client. BCST is gentle, non-invasive and trauma-informed and incorporates therapeutic tools such as talk therapy, somatic processing and deep listening.
Therapeutic Applications:
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At your first session Helena will conduct a pre-treatment health history check and enquire about your current health issues or goals and intentions.
Sessions are then conducted fully-clothed on a treatment table, or where mobility adjustments are required, sitting on a chair.
Helena will then gently place her hands on different areas of your body, creating sustained and still contact*. During this time she will guide you to become aware of sensation and change and help you develop greater awareness and knowledge of your own body systems and how they relate to your overall health.
Clients report noticing subtle shifts in their body including structural or tissue adjustments and temperature changes, feelings of release and relaxation or relief and deep recognition, as well as insights, mental clarity and transformational emotional processing.
*All touch is consent-based and communicated clearly.
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As a gentle touch-based therapy it is safe and effective for people of all ages and Helena works with a wide range of clients. It is a wonderful support during pregnancy and after childbirth, with babies, young children, adults and the elderly.
Many clients seek treatment for symptoms like chronic stress, trouble sleeping, headaches, pain, fatigue, digestive issues or help in navigating big life transitions that can overwhelm the nervous system.
Other clients are seeking general support with improving or maintaining their physical, mental and emotional health.
Clients experience a greater understanding of their body and approach to health, profound relaxation and rest, increased energy, calmness and clarity.
After a series of treatments many clients report feeling more at peace with themselves, relaxed and at ease, have a greater sense of health and a reduction in their symptoms.
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The application of this therapy is wide-ranging and adaptable and clients come with reasons unique to them. Helena will support you in understanding how BCST can help you.
As a guideline, this is a general list of conditions that people come for support with.
Chronic stress, overwhelm, and nervous system dysregulation
Chronic pain, fatigue, or physical trauma
Emotional processing or post-traumatic healing
Anxiety & panic attacks
Depression & dissociation
Fibromyalgia, inflammation and tension related conditions
Headaches and migraines
Head and facial trauma
Support during pregnancy and post-partum
Insomnia and sleep disturbances
Tinnitus and TMJ Issues
Post-surgery or injury support
Challenging life transitions or a desire for deeper self-awareness and embodiment
Appointment schedule:
10:30am - 5pm
10am - 12:30pm
10:30am-5pm
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Helena offers in-person biodynamic craniosacral therapy sessions to the Greater Hobart Region and beyond.
Her private clinic is located in Mount Nelson, 15 minutes from Hobart CBD.
