Ep. 29 - What is Craniosacral Therapy Like?

All The Therapies

Have you ever been curious about the mind-body connection and how our bodies hold emotions? This week, Abby tries Craniosacral Therapy to uncover underlying emotional elements related to her tension headaches. Learn how the practitioner incorporates light touch with talk therapy as a way to identify and release pain. Abby and Mona then interview the practitioner, Randi Kofsky who walks us through her journey arriving to the practice, speaks to the importance of the body in psychotherapy and what she looks for in her work with clients.

Randi Kofsky Bio:

Randi Kofsky is a Bodyworker, Craniosacral Practitioner & Psychotherapist with a Private Practice in Santa Monica, CA. She's worked in variations of mind-body medicine for over 20 years and is certified in advanced myofascial bodywork and energy-based healing modalities. She's also a long-time student of mindfulness and meditation. Randi draws on her training in the somatic/experiential Satir Systemic Transformational Therapy & Trauma Resource Model and depth-oriented Jungian Psychology, Psychodynamic & Attachment Theory. Her work focuses on the process of Individuation and transmuting past anxiety into viable Aliveness.

Bodywork website: www.innerwavebodywork.com

Therapy website: www.innerrichestherapy.com

Instagram: @innerrichestherapy

Instagram: @allthetherapies

Editing by: Blackwell Post

Original music by: Juli Crockett

Time Stamps

00:52 Abby and Mona discuss their curiosities for the week: how Barcelona solved for their city’s congestion problem and how scam-artists get away with their crime

10:47 What is Craniosacral Therapy

12:28 Abby describes the office setup and the assessment part of the session

15:29 Abby describes the touch element of Craniosacral Therapy

26:05 Interview with Randi Kofsky

27:30 Randi describes Craniosacral Therapy

30:20 Randi’s personal journey arriving to the practice

33:57 Randi’s explanation of the importance of mind, body and spirit in therapy

36:20 What Randi looks for during a typical session

42:32 Randi explains the ideal patient for this type of therapy

44:10 Randi describes a typical treatment protocol

46:48 Our favorite final question: What does Randi think healing is?

48:50 How to find out more about our guest, Randi Kofsky