Craniosacral Therapy (CST) - Deirdre Kennedy Life Solutions

Craniosacral Therapy Limerick

With over 20 years of full-time practice, I bring together CST with trauma-informed approaches such as Identity-Oriented Psychotrauma Therapy (IoPT) and Focusing—body-based methods that help untangle unconscious stress patterns and give voice to the parts of us that never had words.

What is Craniosacral Therapy?

Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, hands-on approach that supports your body’s natural ability to restore balance and heal. Developed in the early 1900s, CST works with the rhythms of the craniosacral system—the membranes and fluids surrounding the brain and spinal cord—that influence how we hold tension, process stress, and experience wellbeing.

Like the heartbeat or breath, the craniosacral system has its own rhythm. When life events such as illness, medication, accidents, trauma, birth experiences, or ongoing stress disrupt this rhythm, the body can hold patterns of tension that affect both physical and emotional health. These patterns often operate beneath our awareness but can shape how safe, connected, and resilient we feel in our everyday lives.

How can CST Help?

Many people come to CST when they feel “stuck” and haven’t found relief through other approaches. Old stress, unresolved trauma, or early overwhelming experiences can live on in the body, resurfacing.

By gently meeting the places that have been holding old stress, CST opens the door to:

Greater freedom and ease in the body
Deeper emotional resilience
Renewed creativity and growth
A sense of safety and wholeness in life and relationships

Often these roots trace back to times when we were too young or too vulnerable to respond—moments where the body’s only option was to hold on. CST helps bring these imprints into awareness in a safe, supportive way, so the body can finally release and reorganize.

Restoring Balance through CST

Trauma-informed attention to our pain, inner critic, and deeper self-sabotage through Craniosacral Therapy can set us free to discover life force energy and free us up from unconscious holding patterns in our bodies.

Chronic Pain & Craniosacral Therapy

Chronic pain can be more than where it hurts. Our bodies may continue to carry tension, protective patterns and unresolved experiences from the past, particularly when life has required us to keep going despite overwhelm or conflict. Craniosacral therapy offers a gentle space to listen to what the body is holding, support greater ease and allow the possibility of a new way forward.

Stress, Anxiety, Compassion Fatigue & Burnout

Unresolved stress and past experiences can keep our nervous system working hard, even when we are unaware of it. Over time, chronic stress, caring for others and continually overriding our own needs can contribute to anxiety, compassion fatigue and burnout, affecting sleep, digestion, energy and physical wellbeing. Craniosacral therapy offers space for the body to slow down, settle and reconnect with its natural capacity for rest and recovery.

Intentional Living | Mental Health & Trauma

Mental health begins with knowing yourself and understanding what drives your thoughts, feelings and reactions. You come with a life issue and we explore the root cause together through embodied self-inquiry. You recognise the patterns shaped by past experiences, reconnect with your authentic self and move towards being in the driving seat of your own life—with greater choice, connection and freedom.

Stress & Anxiety

Unconscious psychological trauma rules our nervous systems. Chronic internal stress management comes at a deep cost to our physical health.

Sleep & Digestive Issues

Gentle craniosacral therapy supports relaxation and ease, helping the nervous system move from prolonged stress towards greater balance. From toddlers through to adulthood, supporting the autonomic nervous system and vagal tone may help with sleep, digestion, stress, tension and difficulty switching off, encouraging the body’s natural capacity for rest and regulation.

The Deeper Healing Journey

Craniosacral Therapy is not just about easing symptoms—it’s about reconnecting with your body’s own wisdom and vitality.

This work is for people of all ages who long to feel different in their bodies, their lives, and their relationships. It’s about meeting yourself with compassion, understanding why things were the way they were, and discovering that change is possible.

Every session with Deirdre is unique and powerfully transformative. Her capacity for PRESENCE is phenomenal and for me being in that space has healed deep ancestral wounds appearing in the physical body bringing more ALIVENESS and FREEDOM into my life I’m very grateful to her and this work she offers . I 110% recommend booking appointment with Deirdre She holds space with a profoundly open heart and deep integrity

After a bad fall with damage to my shoulder, I had limited use and lost power in my right shoulder. After four sessions with Deirdre working on the nerves and the fascia and the shock from the fall, I can now move my arm and shoulder and the strength has come back. I also feel so much better in myself realising how much energy it was taking to protect the pain and shock from the fall. I would highly recommend her services.

I had an incredible experience today with Deirdre. Sometimes feelings of trauma and upset get trapped in our bodies of which we are totally unaware. I've watched my children trying to manage anxiety when I couldn't manage my own at times. The craniosacral therapy works penetrating deep into the body where the mind and body reconnect. I have come out today a relaxed connected person, wife and mother. I would highly recommend Deirdre. Thank you for helping me today 💕

I recently attended one of Deirdre's Craniosacral Therapy multi-hands learning group days. As a Craniosacral Therapy student, I stepped into a new level of self awareness and empowerment. Deirdre's trauma-informed training and experience, created this safely held space for the group to move deep into stillness and presence, while learning, receiving and giving CST. Thank you Deirdre, I left with a new excitement and encouragement for Craniosacral Therapy and my own skill set. I look foward to further learning and growth in these wonderful event days you run.

CST Clinic Limerick

Croom Primary Care Centre
Skagh, Croom
Co. Limerick
V35 XT25