BY Miki Ettore & Kate Stuart The Fulcrum, Issue 91 January 2024 NEURODIVERSITY is a term used to describe naturally occurring variations in the human brain. Neurotypical is defined as ‘normal’ and neurodiverse is a spectrum that varies from person to person and affects how they experience and react to the world around them. It … Continue reading The Challenges & Rewards of Working with Neurodiversity
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Supporting Our Communities
BY Carolyn Stevens The Fulcrum, Issue 91 January 2024 Lizette Villaverde and I are the birth mothers of the Craniosacral Collaborative, a space for therapists to share, enrich and empower one another through collaborative practice. Our objective is to empower practitioners and assist the wider community through acts of creative service. Lizette and I met … Continue reading Supporting Our Communities
Adoption & Duality: Navigating a Liminal Space
By Sue Harding The Fulcrum, Issue 89 May 2023 The experience of adoption can sometimes feel like the occupation of a liminal space; a sense of floating between two places, times or selves. It is a before and after separation, two sets of families, (sometimes) two different names, and a sense of a silent self. … Continue reading Adoption & Duality: Navigating a Liminal Space
Breech Births
By Richard Kramer Having worked with babies for many years I am interested to learn more about how a breech birth can affect a baby’s development. Born with their buttocks, feet, or knees emerging first, breech babies are relatively rare, comprising one in 200 births in the UK.¹ Although breech presentation is common in early … Continue reading Breech Births
Watery Worlds
By Ally Stott The Fulcrum, Issue 88 January 2023 I live on a small island in Oxford. The river called me here eight years ago at a time of great change and transformation in my life. Three years ago, I began year-round wild swimming in rivers, oceans and lakes. It is these healing, transformational experiences … Continue reading Watery Worlds
Primary Respiration and the Power of Potency
The Fulcrum, Issue 86 May 2022 We were delighted that Franklyn Sills was able to join this year’s AGM to present his thoughts on primary respiration and the power of potency. A pioneer in the development of a biodynamic approach to CST and Core Process Psychotherapy, Franklyn co-founded and co-directed the Karuna Institute in Devon. … Continue reading Primary Respiration and the Power of Potency
Potency: the Winged Messenger
By Sophie Rieu The Fulcrum, Issue 85 January 2022 I sit down and help my client settle into resource and safety. I place one hand under her shoulder and one hand under her thigh. I sit back and listen, anchored in my whole being while I tune in to hers. My contact is present, light, … Continue reading Potency: the Winged Messenger
Becoming Fearless: The Journey to Self-Healing
By Maria Esposito The Fulcrum, Issue 84 September 2021 When I first started working with a heart-centred connection, my practice was transformed. I found that working from the heart enabled me to connect with my higher self and strengthen my intuition. Clients commented on the treatment experience and the more I nurtured my heart connection, … Continue reading Becoming Fearless: The Journey to Self-Healing
Loss & Grief in a Time of Covid
by Tanya Desfontaines The Fulcrum, Issue 83 May 2021 “THE REALITY IS THAT YOU WILL GRIEVE FOREVER. YOU WILL NOT ‘GET OVER’ THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE; YOU WILL LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT. YOU WILL HEAL AND YOU WILL REBUILD YOURSELF AROUND THE LOSS YOU HAVE SUFFERED. YOU WILL BE WHOLE AGAIN, BUT … Continue reading Loss & Grief in a Time of Covid
Long Covid: A Complex Health Crisis That Needs Individualised, Integrated & Holistic Support
by Viola Sampson The Fulcrum, Issue 83 May 2021 In November 2020, in the UK alone, there were already more than 186,000¹ people suffering from long-term symptoms following COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. With the surge of cases that followed over the winter months, that number is expected to have risen significantly. … Continue reading Long Covid: A Complex Health Crisis That Needs Individualised, Integrated & Holistic Support