Andrew Cook MSc RCST
I started my working life as a Mining Engineer in South Yorkshire. I then worked as a Hydrogeologist in various parts of Africa and the Middle East, carried out research at the British Geological Survey, and finally took up complementary therapies full time in 1994. I am finding this past life as an Engineer more and more useful, since it helps me to remain practical, and down-to-earth in my healing work.
During a course of treatment I will often move across the full range of possibilities - from very delicate movements or stilness, to occasional deep physical work; from bone, to dialogue, to fluid/space/stillness, to creative imagery, to muscle, to nerve, as is appropriate at the time. I have picked up many skills over the past 12 years, and have devised a few techniques myself, including a very gentle and extremely effective method of spinal realignment. Craniosacral Therapy is sufficiently broad and deep to be able to effortlessly contain all of these approaches. Perhaps the testimonials below give a better view of what you will find.
I am a member of the Independent Practitioners Network, and am a Registered Craniosacral Therapist (RCST) with the
Craniosacral Therapy Association. I am one of the few UK craniosacral practitioners to have trained with all three major CST schools in the UK. This is a picture from the end of an Advanced CST course in Santa Fe, New Mexico (March 2001) :
There is a piece of poetry which (to me) describes perfectly the sublime moments in which real healing takes place ... (and maybe partly explains why I like hummingbirds)
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There are moments when the soul takes wings: what it has to remember, it remembers; what it loves, it loves still more; what it longs for, to that it flies. Fiona MacLeod |
If you liked the poem, try this ...
Clients who have found CST to be of substantial benefit have come with many forms of pain, in virtually every part of the body you can imagine - including longstanding nerve pain, back problems, bone bruising, visceral pain, and arthritic joints. I could also add cases of anxiety, drug-withdrawal symptoms, misalignments of virtually every joint in the body, migraines, TMJ syndrome, catastrophic neck hypermobility (broken 2nd cervical), toothache, post-surgical (and other) neurological problems, prostatitis, numbness, depression, colic, birth-induced problems (both baby and mother), infertility, low energy levels, frozen shoulder, gastric migraines, traumatic shock, arthritis, constipation, hernias, .... etc. I've also been privileged to work with a few Downs children and cases of cerebral palsy, and a large number of cancer survivors (I lead relaxation and stress management groups). My partners' cats also enjoy a few treatments now and again.
I just wanted to thank you again for all your support, healing an dpositivity - it's been so inspiring and encouraging for me. It's difficult to express what it means to me, after 13 years of ill-health [M.E.] to start to feel so much better (& especially to experience a "normal" mind again!) I now feel confident and excited about the future... DC
Andrew's skills of craniosacral therapy and creative listening have combined to help me heal an excruciatingly painful shoulder and neck problem I've suffered for a long time. I actually enjoyed rather than endured our sessions - in my view he is a gifted healer. CR
I want to express my gratitude to you for the amazing treatments. Thankyou so much for making me feel so much better. It's difficult to remember how awful I felt before ... I'm sure I shall be back for more of the same. JD
After your session I had more than a week with no painkillers and only slight or brief headaches -- amazing! Even now my head is better than usual. FD
I felt a lot better after your treatment. My whole body felt lighter and more alive, and my headache went. I hadn't realised just how sluggish and ill-all-over I'd been feeling! And I can still feel the good effects of your treatment. FD
Andrews professional approach allows for complete trust and calm during a session. Always deeply relaxing on all levels, and I leave feeling nurtured and healed in a special way. KB
... thank you for the last session, which was wonderful! I continue to be completely amazed at your skill and your insight and sensitivity. Seeing you is always a very healing experience. FD
I feel sharing my journey with you has been very special. You gave me many gifts ... You took me to a place I was too scared to go alone. SV
I feel more self-confident - more sure of myself. I don't need to fake it anymore. HT
The biomechanics man tested my legs, and they were both the same length! He didn't believe it, so he tested them again... HM
I just want to say how much I value your approach of respect, gentleness and acceptance ... For the first time in my life - I now have a sense of my own self-worth. JC
My practice is very much Complementary (rather than Alternative). I do not intend to replace conventional medical resources, but rather can help people to make the best of their own internal healing powers.
Green Man
