Description
Pediatric Craniosacral Therapy: Hands-On Techniques for Children
This course is designed to help practitioners confidently and effectively use Craniosacral Therapy with pediatric patients. Through hands-on practice with children of various ages, you’ll learn strategies for working with both kids and their parents, review developmental milestones, and explore common pediatric conditions and patterns. Dr Christensen has spent the last 25 years in practice working specifically with women and children. She brings her clinical experience in working with children as a Naturopathic doctor and craniosacral practitioner.
You’ll gain practical skills and techniques specifically tailored to the pediatric population, including direct releases and advanced approaches that support growth, healing and optimal physical alignment.
Learning Highlights:
- Recognize signs and symptoms indicating benefit from Craniosacral Therapy
- Understand skull formation and ossification ages
- Build rapport with parents and children, including considerations for autism, ADD, and sensory integration
- Incorporate craniosacral evaluation into initial assessments for infants, toddlers and children
- Review developmental milestones and common patterns (ear infections, GERD, colic, autism, stuttering)
- Learn advanced direct techniques: occipital base, interosseous maxillary release, peri-eustachian tube release, lacrimal duct release, frontosphenoid release, and tooth alignment techniques
- Develop skills for assessing quickly and practice treating moving targets to hone your skills in treating children
Prerequisite: CST III
This course is perfect for practitioners who want to expand their pediatric practice with confidence, skill, and sensitivity. Focus is on working with children of all ages. Working with newborns will be generally addressed. More specific work with babies will be discussed in a future class.
Date: August 22-23, 2026
Location: Seattle, WA
Cost (WA Sales tax of 10.55% is included in total): Professionals 608 Students 443 Retake 221 (only students who have previously taken Peds from Dr Faith)
Class Format: 3 days
One day online lecturing— prerecorded videos will be available a week to 10 days before class starts
Two days in person generally 9-5:30 with a break for lunch.
Please note: Confirm that you meet the prerequisite requirements before registering — we want every student to arrive prepared and get the most out of this course. Students who register without meeting the prerequisites will receive a refund less a 5% credit card processing fee.
If prerequisites are not met and this was not disclosed at the time of registration, the instructor reserves the right to dismiss you from class without a refund. When in doubt, please reach out before registering — we are happy to help you determine if this course is the right fit.
Dr Faith Christensen graduated from Bastyr University in 2001 and practiced in Seattle, Chicago, Central Utah, Colorado Springs and now resides in Brooklyn, NY. She began teaching Craniosacral Therapy in 2000 with Integrated Bodywork Institute, as an adjunct faculty at Bastyr University, and through Vita Vis. Dr. Christensen has studied with Alain Gehin, DO, Nancy Soliven, MD, DC, Nancy Patterson, ND, LM, Upledger Institute, and Claudia Kohn, DO. She has published six manuals for various Craniosacral classes, gemstone therapy, Surviving Cold and Flu Season Naturally, Honoring The Wisdom In Nature: Messages From The Plant Kingdom and lectures on health and bodywork.
Dr Faith brings both scientific precision and deep reverence for the body’s innate intelligence — rooted in the belief that when the body is supported to truly integrate, the whole person becomes free to heal.
Registration Policies
A minimum enrollment of 8 students is required for each course and must be met 6 weeks prior to the start date. If this minimum is not reached, Vita Vis reserves the right to cancel the course. In the event of cancellation, a full refund will be issued minus a 5% credit card processing fee.
Refunds are available for cancellations received at least two weeks prior to the start of class, less a 5% credit card processing fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made within three weeks of the start date. If you become ill the day of class, please contact Dr. Faith directly at [email protected].
