About Kathryn McCarthy, MS OTR/L
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As an Occupational Therapist, Kathryn has more than 30 years experience working in a variety of pediatric settings that include clinic, early intervention and school based treatment.
In addition, Kathryn provides CranioSacral Therapy through private practice to adults, children and infants. She draws on a wealth of experience from her training in sensory integration based occupational therapy as well as her extensive professional background in dance and movement. Her unique combination of experience has provided her with a broad knowledge of anatomy, neurology and physiology, contributing to her skill in release and alignment techniques.
Informational Links
The Upledger Institute – Leading the world in light-touch therapy training programs.
http://www.upledger.com
Be Well Chiropractic + Health – Dr. Kristin Kolesar Fabris, Chiropractic Physician.
https://www.bewellprovidence.com/
I have worked with Katie for over 10 years and we have shared a number of children, me providing speech-language therapy and Katie providing OT and Cranio-Sacral Therapy. All of these children have benefitted from Katie’s intervention. Most recently, we have been co-treating a young child with visual, motor and speech-language deficits. When I was treating him on my own, he was making progress, but once Katie joined my sessions, the pace of progress significantly increased! I have seen huge changes in respiratory control, oral-motor control and overall speech-language function. I should also mention that over the years Katie has performed CS on me and I have always been amazed at the results. Katie is truly gifted with both children and adults.
Speech therapists, occupational therapists, and many other professionals have seen my son, Jack, since he was four-years old. During an OT session three years ago Jack was introduced to CranioSacral Therapy. Katie worked on Jack for a half hour. We continued to see tutors and speech therapists. Last year, we came back to Katie for CranioSacral Therapy. On the first day Jack fell into a deep sleep and felt the results. Having sensory issues you could tell right away this was what his system needed. Katie immediately picked up on the areas of stress and worked them through. With ongoing sessions, Jack became more focused, less stressed and his grades improved. Seeing what her older brother was doing, my eight-year-old daughter wanted to try it out. Like her brother, she instantly felt the results. Katie immediately picked up on her tight abdomen (constipation), which has been a problem for some time. It has since been resolved.
I cannot recommend Katie enough. My only regret, is that I didn’t start this sooner with my kids. CranioSacral Therapy has truly helped my children in many ways.