Previously known as Babycraniony. Same service, different name.
The aim of my sessions are to help you and your baby feel more relaxed, attuned to you and the environment; and they will be feeding, sleeping and pooping easier too.
What I offer:
Build a different relationship with your past, to create a better future.
Postpartum Family Therapy is grounded in many modalities I’ve studied over 20 years.
During my Postpartum Family Therapy sessions, new parents see their baby relax, often for the first time and commonly, fall asleep. That’s when I always hear the same three words: “It’s like magic”.
The magic lies in regulating our nervous system to the point where the body’s natural wisdom can be expressed. Our body knows how to heal itself in the right environment.
Over two decades of working with new families, the power of these Postpartum Family Therapy sessions still amazes me every single time.
Let’s face it, we live in a stressful world. New York City is often the cherry on the stress sundae.
Now you’re welcoming a new baby into your world: conception, pregnancy and delivery, not to mention both parents have their own set of birth/trauma templates their baby reawakens.
It is no wonder why babies’ nervous systems are often dysregulated and need help to ‘properly arrive’ to the outside world. That is what I do.
Your baby regulates him/herself through you. If your nervous system is on the edge, your baby will be activated just by being around you. As a mom, you are in a dyad with your baby and a triad with the baby’s dad.
To truly help the baby longterm, one and often both parents need to be included in the sessions.
First, I help the autonomic nervous system (stress management system) to settle and release the outer most layer of stress. This is often the birth experience for the baby and mom. What happened during pregnancy? What happened during conception? Was the baby planned? What is your own birth story? This first session affords us the foundation to go deeper and deeper, back in time, going forward.
Every session leaves you in a calm place, where we’re meant to live from. Where we can manage everyday stressors and stay healthy.
Sometimes the baby’s needs are met in the first 1-3 sessions and then I move onto the parents. Sometimes the baby has a lot of physical and emotional tensions and it takes 2-4 sessions to work all of them out. It all depends on your individual stories.
Like any therapy, we need time to heal.
Are you ready for your transformation?
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle hands-on therapy that helps you access your body’s natural healing process. For babies, this means alleviating any compression of the head, neck, back, or hips experienced during birth or the late stage of pregnancy. These compressions are further increased with fast or long labor, forceps, or vacuum-assisted births, induced or cesarean births.
It is important to restore natural head pressure for the nervous system and cranial nerves to work well!
Craniosacral Therapy helps decompress the baby’s head, neck, and spine which can solve issues such as colic symptoms, restlessness, unusual crying, sleep issues, digestive problems, inability to poop regularly, reoccurring ear infections, and difficulty feeding and turning the head.
This wonderful therapy eases the tightness in the baby’s mouth, head, and neck that helps with breastfeeding and makes sure that the primary three systems, eating, pooping, and sleeping, are working properly.
If it seems appropriate, the parent and the baby get treated during the same appointment as Craniosacral Therapy is an excellent tool for the whole family, helping with the stress of babyhood and parenthood.
Firstly, we get to know each other. I will ask about conception, pregnancy, birth, and the immediate postpartum period. As we talk, your baby is part of the conversation, resting in your lap, and the session progresses, maybe even having a cuddle with me. They don’t need to be still, I just let them be them.
The work is very gentle, no compression or manipulation is being used, only gentle touch. When babies release emotions they cry during the session, but the technique doesn’t hurt the baby, the release is a good thing, and I show you, the parent, how to be with this.
Babies often sleep for a longer period after treatment, due to the releases and the relaxing effect of the therapy. In the UK midwives and doulas have been aware of the positive impact of CST and highly recommend the therapy for mothers and babies and I am widening the awareness of this wonderful therapy through my educational program for the Midwives and Doulas in the State of New York.
Sessions are 90 minutes
Sessions are 90 minutes
Sessions are 90 minutes
**For additional area coverage/ options please inquire.
“I can’t recommend Regina highly enough! After an unexpected turn of events during delivery I had a c-section, and my doula recommended Regina for craniosacral therapy. I’m so grateful for that recommendation!!! Regina has not only helped me, but also my daughter which is something I’ll always be thankful for. She is incredibly knowledgeable and skilled, with years of experience that really shows through her compassionate, expert care. I even had a strange symptom I didn’t realize could be related to my c-section, and to my surprise, it disappeared after one session. Regina also did incredible scar work that has truly helped with my healing. I feel so fortunate that our paths crossed -THANK YOU!”
– Monika & Gabi
“My newborn son and I were treated by Regina after an unplanned caesarean section birth that came with an intense emotional experience. I struggled with the birth in my body and mind. My son seemed to also have a lot of built up energy in his body after and was very tense and would push through his legs a lot. After our work with Regina in just a few appointments, we both had major releases. He instantly responded to her work and it was apparent his whole body calmed. His fidgeting and tenseness relaxed and he slept longer than he had before, after every session with her. I felt better after each session in both body and mind. Post-partum was hard for me, but Regina helped me clear out my anxiety about the caesarean, which I think I was still a bit in shock from. She helped me heal from it mentally as well as physically quite fast. I had sharp shooting pains on a certain side, and those were relieved immediately in the room but also resolved overall. My recovery was hugely helped by her magical hands but also by her wonderful knowledge of birth as a whole and her keen understanding of babies and their needs. I highly recommend Regina and her work. It is both practical and tangible but also spiritual and deep. You will benefit from it all.”
–Lenne
“Can’t recommend Regina highly enough. Regina did a great job providing CST to my newborn to alliviate breastfeeding pain associated with being born breach and having a tongue tie removed. He also had a lazy eye and had a hard time turning his head to the right. After his first cranio session both were gone. She also worked on my C-section scar that made me feel like I had a top and bottom half. After the first session the separation was gone and I felt normal again.
Regina was always extremely kind and during our sessions she shared her joy and passion for work as a CS therapist with babies and moms. I would highly recommend her services.”
–Monica
“My son was born via c-section and my postpartum doula noticed he was carrying related tension. She recommended he work with Regina to relieve some of the stress. I opted to also get treatment for my c-section scar during the appointments.
Regina is skilled, informative, and empathetic. She walked me through her work, answered all of my questions, and made both my son and me feel comfortable. After treatment my son seemed very relaxed—taking a long nap—and my scar felt much better. We went on to do three sessions with her. It was also so helpful and convenient to have her come to our home. I would highly recommend working with Regina post c-section.”
–Natalie
“My daughter was born with one leg & foot that turned inwards quite markedly but was told that it should straighten itself out over time. Whilst it did improve it was not straight and was causing her to trip over especially when running. She had also always been a terrible sleeper and was still not sleeping through the night – this, I thought was coincidental. Regina has been amazing at building trust with my young daughter (she was 2 when we started working with Regina) and is very flexible in her approach ensuring that she enjoys her sessions, chatting away, and not having to sit in a set position for the session, whilst still giving her the treatment she needed. Regina’s magic hands have dramatically improved my daughter’s leg positioning when walking and running (no more falling over herself) and she is now also sleeping through the night! She started sleeping through the very same night she had her first session with Regina, who discovered that her lower leg was effectively ‘locked’ with the young muscles preventing the bones and leg from moving as they should. This restriction must have been creating discomfort for my daughter, who now is able to lie in bed and sleep soundly. Thank you, Regina!”
–Emma
“I came to see if Regina could help me with my lower back and pelvis pain, which I’ve been suffering from during my pregnancy. After the treatment, my baby felt much more centered, intense and all pain was absent.”
– Eleanor (31 weeks pregnant)
“I was planning on a natural birth but had to have an emergency C-section. My baby suffered from colic symptoms, was restless, and cried a lot. I brought her to Regina when she was 2.5 weeks old. Regina was having her lying down on her thighs and suddenly I see my daughter pushing herself away and arching her back with a sharp cry. Regina explained that it was the pushing away movement she couldn’t do due to the c-section and was stuck in her little body. She fell asleep almost immediately and she had no more issues after that one session! I couldn’t believe the change”.
– Holly
“I had a very long labour with my son, who had trouble breastfeeding and would only poop every 3-4 days. Somebody recommended Regina, so we went to see her when my son was almost 4 months old. During the treatment he started shaking, which freaked me out, but Regina assured me that it was normal. He pooped right after the session and from that day on he was regular. His feeding improved greatly too. I can’t recommend Regina highly enough!”
– Susan
“I recently had my first ever CST session with Regina, as did several doulas from the collective I lead. We’re all huge Regina fans now and are spreading the word to everyone who will listen! In the minutes when I lay on her table and had my session, I thought it was very relaxing and I love the gentle, attuned way she calmly held my feet and then head. That in and of itself felt SO nourishing, just to be held. Simultaneously, I thought to myself, “I don’t necessarily notice anything happening physically, but I’m remaining very open to anything that might happen.” I was deeply impressed by the insights she shared after the session and felt great afterwards. She has remarkable intuition and expertise in this modality. I also love that her biodynamic CST approach is both respectful and trauma-informed. Regina is truly phenomenal, so now I’m referring her to all my pregnant and postpartum clients as well as friends and family!”
– Lisa Greaves Taylor, founder of Birth Matters NYC & director of East River Doula Collective
“Regina is so knowledgeable about the human body and her craft. She has such a gentle touch, and a curious and generous spirit. I benefited so much from our session together from both the hands on portion and the counseling and follow up-she shares her gift so beautifully! Regina has an obvious passion and sensitivity for babies and their parents and all of the things that babies and parents go through in labor and birth! She’s so knowledgeable on birth and postpartum and so suited to help people through this transition. I wish I knew Regina when I became a Mom 12 & 14 years ago. I’m sure my son’s colic would have been helped tremendously by her! Now, as a doula, I am glad to be able to refer my clients to Regina.”
– Christine Gibson, doula
“Regina is an incredibly intuitive and gifted practitioner. She made me feel thoroughly comfortable and welcome in her space before, during and after our session. As a care worker, I really valued how much she listened and made me feel taken care of throughout the experience. I was overdue for a much-needed reset of my nervous system, and I felt as though we achieved that beautifully together in our two sessions. I would recommend Regina to anyone seeking relief from stress or trauma, whether it was recently or from a long time ago.”
– Beth Scheppke, doula