Manual Therapy

Visceral and neural manipulation, brain and lymphatic work, manual articular and functional joint work, brain reflex work and manual therapy for the eyes.


Distance Therapy

There is a lot that we can do with a Zoom connection! Whether you’d like to address a specific issue or tune up your general wellness, give it a try and see what happens. Cooperative & participatory, these guided sessions feature a combination of neurovascular release, lymphatic drainage and dialogue-based somatic release. If that sounds like a mouthful, it is. What happens is you and I tal... Read More

There is a lot that we can do with a Zoom connection! Whether you’d like to address a specific issue or tune up your general wellness, give it a try and see what happens. Cooperative & participatory, these guided sessions feature a combination of neurovascular release, lymphatic drainage and dialogue-based somatic release. If that sounds like a mouthful, it is. What happens is you and I talk about your body and I guide you through gentle, specific movements to free things up like your nerves and arteries. This is not a yoga or stretching session, but you may feel more ready for an active lifestyle afterwards.


Distance Lymphatic Therapy

Taking care of yourself is vital! Using lymphatic drainage therapy, I teach you how to drain your own lymph from your face/neck/scalp and create that wonderful low pressure environment between your skull and your brain so that your brain gets a better chance to exit the waste proteins and fluid congestion inside your brain itself later while you are sleeping and the channels are open wider. ... Read More

Taking care of yourself is vital! Using lymphatic drainage therapy, I teach you how to drain your own lymph from your face/neck/scalp and create that wonderful low pressure environment between your skull and your brain so that your brain gets a better chance to exit the waste proteins and fluid congestion inside your brain itself later while you are sleeping and the channels are open wider. I’m excited to be able to offer this as a zoom class in the evening!


Distance Neurovascular Release Therapy

A gentle and effective way to shift structural patterns and make you more comfortable. Put on some loose shorts and a loose tank or t-shirt and I’ll guide you through sessions using simple hand contacts and guided movement, we will gently lengthen the neurovascular tracts that your muscles have been protecting. This will naturally allow your body to reorganize and feel more balanced. Genera... Read More

A gentle and effective way to shift structural patterns and make you more comfortable. Put on some loose shorts and a loose tank or t-shirt and I’ll guide you through sessions using simple hand contacts and guided movement, we will gently lengthen the neurovascular tracts that your muscles have been protecting. This will naturally allow your body to reorganize and feel more balanced. Generally done one session per week for 4 weeks. $80 per session – each session lasts appx 40 minutes. Book and buy all 4 sessions now for $300.


Safe and Sound Protocol - Remote Delivery

A treatment series focusing on your Nervous System based on the science of feeling safe using an evidenced-based neural solution for: * Anxiety * Attention & Focus * Auditory Sensitivities * Behavioral Regulation & Resilience * Reading & Auditory Processing * Sleep * Speech and Language This combination treatment of learning and sound therapy helps restore your nervous system.... Read More

A treatment series focusing on your Nervous System based on the science of feeling safe using an evidenced-based neural solution for:

* Anxiety
* Attention & Focus
* Auditory Sensitivities
* Behavioral Regulation & Resilience
* Reading & Auditory Processing
* Sleep
* Speech and Language

This combination treatment of learning and sound therapy helps restore your nervous system. You may already know what caused the trouble, like trauma, or you may not. You’ll learn and experience how your nervous system handles transitions between being relaxed and engaged with other people and the more primal protective modes of fight/flight/freeze.

The series of sessions consist of an Initial screening and education session ($115 for this session) followed by additional listening sessions ($200-$1000 for a minimum of 10 listening sessions over the course of 2 to 4 weeks). Schedule and cost vary since clients complete different aspects of the protocol on their own and at different paces. Children typically need fewer sessions as they progress through the treatment series,

The SSP’s effectiveness has been proven in a wide range of studies, most notably in two clinical trials involving children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Trial participants demonstrated statistically significant improvements in:
• Emotional control
• Behavioral organization
• Hearing sensitivity and listening

You will be responsible for purchasing a pair of over the ear headphones ($35-75) without noise cancelling or which can turn off noise cancelling. A link will be provided with some options that work. The listening treatment is delivered via "treated" music that plays from an app which will run on either android or iphone. Sessions will be conducted over Zoom.

Some clients will need (or can choose) to complete this treatment protocol as in-person clinic visits where you listen as you receive a pleasant autonomic nervous system manual therapy treatment.

I believe change is possible.

Whether you are coming to my studio for stress and pain relief, to assist in healing from an injury or surgery, or to manage a chronic problem like lymphedema, I’m excited to be part of your good health.

Every session is tailored to what you and your body are telling me today. You and I will co-create a session that is right for your body and includes manual therapy that supports you, whether that means helping your brain cells get a fresh fluid supply, releasing restrictions caused by surgical scarring and/or edema or easing the pain of old sports injuries. Helping you feel more ready for your life is a calling for me.

Valerie is a bit of a study geek and launching off on a second career, graduated from Lane Community College’s massage program while finishing an MDiv. And while chaplaincy didn’t turn out to be her path, she’s continued on a quest of sorts to have at her fingertips a grasp of 3D anatomy and manual therapy for body systems which has led to the completion of extensive advanced courses from great programs including:

Norton School’s Certified Lymphedema Therapist course of study and specialty head and neck lymphedema training

Upledger Institute’s Craniosacral and Brain Therapy curriculum

Barral Institute’s Neural, Visceral and Vascular Manipulation and Manual Articular and Brain therapy curriculum

Chickly Health Institute’s Lymphatic, Brain Therapy and Neonatal Reflex curriculum

Jeffrey Burch’s Functional Methods (or Jedi school as we like to call it) and Visceral Manipulation curriculum

Agile Body Integrative Learning’s Neurovascular Release curriculum

Naga Center’s traditional Thai massage and healing therapies program and

Balanced Body Pilates where she certified as a Pilates instructor.

License # 22440

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