THERAPIST PROFILE

"Therapy is what I love to do, and is all that I do."

PHONE DETAILS
Tel 031-705 5823 Mobile: 082 928 5692

EMAIL
cst@sai.co.za

WEB SITE
http://www.cranio.co.za

CLINIC ADDRESS
9 Oberreuter Street, New Germany, Durban, South Africa

CLINIC TIMES
10h00-16h00

HOW MUCH DO I CHARGE?
R300 per session.

HOW LONG DO MY SESSIONS RUN FOR?
1-1.1/2 hrs

HOW LONG DO MY TREATMENT PROGRAMS RUN FOR?
Vary per client.

QUALIFICATIONS
Dip in Cranial Sacral Therapy (through Dr Al Pelowski) SA Institue of Cranial Studies.

HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE
Background in Emergency Medicine and SA Red Cross Training Centre Manager for Durban Metro.

LIFE EXPERIENCE
I have personal experience with ADHD, and I have done many years of transformational work and my practise all encompasses councelling with my clients. I also do Life Coaching with them.

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Babies and Children, Adults, Autistism and Cerebral Palsy, and some animal experience.

PATIENT TESTIMONIALS

"In January 2005 I began taking my 8 year old daughter (Zama) for Craniosacral Therapy with Donovan Hean in New Germany (Durban). He kindly took into consideration that I could only come on a Saturday morning, and she began having regular sessions every 2nd Saturday morning for an hour at a time.

Before she began this therapy my daughter:

1. Did not make eye contact with anyone.
2. Rocked to an fro on furniture.
3. Made high-pitched shrieking sounds.
4. Did not respond to requests or instructions with her parents or caregivers.
5. Did not talk.
6. Did not help herself in any way.
7. Did not cry.
8. Did not sleep at night which meant either her father or myself had to stay up with her.
9. Did not like being touched, or held or shown affection.

When we started her sessions, Zama was a difficult patient because she was restless and did not want to sit or lie down. He had to work in 5 minute sessions. She did not like being touched at all, and would not allow it on her first session, so he worked with me to teach me how to hold her head so she would get used to it. Gradually, she began getting calmer and allowed him to work on her, and now allows him to work on her from head to toes.

We began t notice changes in her behaviour as follows:

1. She started making sounds of talking trying to call her dad and her mum and some other easy words to identify what she wanted.
2. She stopped the rocking to and fro.
3. She began to cry when distressed to show us she was unhappy.
4. She began sleeping through the night (and some days does not want to get up in the morning).
5. She is becoming more affectionate all the time.
6. She now looks at you which she never did.
7. She is discovering her world, like light switches, where her juice and food is kept and helps herself, arranges objects (like my mantelpiece).
8. Will follow simple instructions, like when she is called to go and bath.
9. Calls us Mum and Dad.

Donovan encouraged me to get her into school and I finally found a place for her at Whizzkids for 2006. He felt she was ready to begin a new chapter in her lift and that school would speed up her progress in other areas, which it has done enormously and she absolutely loves school and her friends.

I intend to continue with this wonderful therapy to keep the progress she has made going. If you have a child with Autism I would seriously recommend you to try this therapy for your child, it has made SUCH a difference to both Zama and our family life. Please call me if you would like to discuss our experience, or you are welcome to call Donovan directly on 082 928 5692/031-705 5823 to find out if your child will benefit. It worked for us and it could work for your child too!
Gloria Zuma
083 434 5742
Botha’s Hill
Durban
Carol Williams
Waterfall
Durban
Kwa-Zulu Natal
Mobile: +27 83 777 7369
Office: +27 31 765 1094
Fax: +27 31 765 1096

Dear Donovan
RE: LEAH'S TREATMENT FROM 2 OCTOBER 2004 - 2 JANUARY 2005
I would like to thank you for making a difference in Leah's life, and also to give you a report-back on her progress that we have experienced so far.
When you and Leah met she had no facial features or character. Leah now has a very definite look that separates her from the rest of us. Leah used to be very puppet like, performing any action you asked. Now if we call her and ask her to do something which doesn't suit her, she either ignores us or say's no. She has become an individual in her own right.

She used to ''drag'' her left foot (this side being affected by cerebal palsy). She was also ''Flatfooted''. She doesn't drag her left foot anymore, she actually runs on tippy toes, dances like a fairy and jumps and hops like a healthy frog. She used to fall and because she was so floppy with no limb control she never bruised or cried. She now falls, gets scratched and even draws a little blood. She now occupies her body fully and is very present in the way she holds her body upright. She used to be skinny and as straight as a plank. She has filled out (she now has a bottom and her thighs and calves are defined).

Because of her speech impediment, children younger than her would bully her. Now she stands up for herself and allows no one to bully her. She is firm but never nasty. She stands up with love and respect for who she is. Her vocabulary used to consist of about 5 words. Now she has about 30 words, all in the space of 3 months. She has also grown in the space of one month by 33mm's.

Leah was not very affectionate. She would only hug and kiss if persuaded. She now hugs and kisses from a space of desire and not from copying. She used to have a head shaped like an egg. Her head is now round and not oblong. She used to be very restless and could not sit still for 5 min's. She now can lay down, give you the honour of sacred attention for more than an hour at a time.

Leah has finally come into her own, is a peace with herself and the world and for this gift Donovan we have you to thank.
May God Bless you on your journey of healing.
With Love and Light
Carol and Chris