Healing the Nervous System: CounterStrain as a manual therapy to complement talk therapy
WHAT KIND OF EVENT? Learn about this growing modality as a potential complementary treatment for trauma. Open to any allied health provider or potential client.
WHERE AND WHEN: Virtual Event on Friday 13th 8am-9am
COST: Free
WHAT WE ARE OFFERING:
Join Dr Holly Christy for an overview of Fascial Counterstrain as a powerful tool for healing the nervous system, especially for those with trauma and PTSD. Counterstrain is a non-invasive, hands-on therapeutic technique that is unlike other types of physical medicine and physical therapy. It acknowledges the body’s innate intelligence to maintain function despite trauma, both physical and emotional. Counterstrain integrates with other treatments such as psychotherapy, acupuncture, nutrition, and naturopathic medicine to restore physical and psychological health. This modality is a powerful example of how trauma lives in the body, and can be released from the body using manual techniques.
WHY:
Dr Christy explains her passion for educating others about CounterStrain and its potential to help heal trauma from the inside out using manual therapy techniques: “Of all the modalities I’ve been exposed to in my career, Counterstrain is the most evolved and astoundingly powerful. Counterstrain is based in science and applied anatomy, and through it, we are able to reach inside the body and restore function with very little effort. One patient described it as ‘invisible surgery’ – an apt description for this outstanding technique.”
MEET YOUR HOSTS: Holly Christy, ND, LAEMP, CACI, JSCCI
Dr. Christy co-founded The Bridge Back Project in October of 2017 and is the principal investigator and executive director. She is passionate about providing a research-based treatment to help ease suffering for those who have suffered from post-traumatic stress injuries.
Dr. Christy has been trained in the highly specialized technique of Fascial Counterstrain by Tim Hodges, LMP, JSCCI, CACI, and Brian Tuckey, PT, OCS, JSCCI, both of whom have been pioneering an effort to expand the methodology of Counterstrain to effectively restore function to the fascial systems of the body: Visceral, Neural, Cranial/Dural, Musculoskeletal, Arterial, Venous, and Lymphatic. She is an instructor for the Counterstrain Academy and the Jones Institute, and a graduate and clinical adjunct faculty member of Bastyr University.
A lifelong Washingtonian, Dr. Christy earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Washington, Master of Acupuncture from Northwest Institute of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine, and Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University. She has been in practice since 2000.