Listening to Babies: Empathic Guide for Craniosacral Therapists

'Listening To Babies' is initially aimed at craniosacral therapists but is reconmended for all therapists who wish to work with babies.All babies experience birth trauma, to varying degrees, and most overcome this given time. However, some babies need support to begin this recovery, while others can remain 'stuck' in their trauma, unable to move on.Birth trauma can be the cause for many issues seen in babies, such as the inability to relax, being vigilant and not trusting the world around them; being a poor and intermittent sleeper; gastric reflux, colic; excessive crying or just general discomfort. This book describes how support can be provided through an approach that is empathic, respectful and loving. It forms a useful guide for any manual practitioner working in this field.It includes chapters on how to recognise trauma in babies, clues to look for through detailed observation and from taking a comprehensive case-history. It also looks at what an empathic approach means and includes an appreciation of how an understanding of the polyvagal and attachment theories helps to build the special support that babies need.Several case studies are given, taken from the author's extensive experience from over 25 years of working with babies.