Andrew Cook RCST
Andrew has been practicing complementary therapies since 1987. He originally took up spiritual healing with the NFSH and reflexology with the Bayly school, and “discovered” craniosacral therapy in 1994. His original training was with the Upledger Institute, followed by a practitioner training with Thomas Attlee in London (1997), and regular postgraduate courses since then.
Andrew has self-studied and taken courses in many other different complementary therapies and aspects of physiology over the past 20 years. From both his own personal experience as a client and his experience as a practitioner, he prefers to offer one basic form of treatment. He has chosen craniosacral therapy (CST) as his core treatment skill because
• It suits his preference for working hands-on rather than prescribing substances
• It offers a highly adaptable theoretical and practical framework which allows a very wide range of possible approaches
• It has proven to be highly effective over 15 years of practice
Andrew has studied various approaches to healing through meditation and movement – Taiji and Qigong for over 20 years and several years of Yoga – and incorporates the knowledge from all of these into most treatments. He has also found that bodywork needs to have some verbal communication to work best, and has also studied counselling, SomatoEmotional Release, and recently has completed a course in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for PTSD. Rather than use these to look at “problems”, he uses them to provide positive resourcing so that the “patient” can – as far as possible – participate in the treatment and learn skills which can be applied at home to help both their healing and their life.
Andrew provides help for a wide range of different conditions – many people have come to him with pain they have put up with for decades and almost all of them have found substantial relief – despite often very negative medical diagnoses. He works with colicky and distressed babies (and their mothers!), most kinds of neurological problems/neurological damage, spinal problems such as torticolis, scoliosis, sciatica and whiplash, TMJ problems, all kinds of migraines and headaches, any kind of injury or scar (including broken bones, operation scars, radiotherapy burns etc) and many other common and uncommon problems.
More professional information, information about CST, and resources for clients can be found on his website.
RCST means Registered Craniosacral Therapist. This means that Andrew is a member of the CSTA (Craniosacral Therapy Association of the UK), works to their rigorous code of ethics and professional standards, is qualified in First Aid, and regularly updates and extends his skills through a programme of Continuous Professional Development. In addition to these requirements, Andrew receives regular professional supervision.
Pricing
Andrew charges £40 for a standard 1-hour consultation/treatment and £25 for ½ hour treatments or for 1-hour appointments for babies and children 16 or younger.
Availability
Andrew works Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Complementary Health Care Clinic, from 9am through to evenings.
