Welcome to

Paul Barlow Therapies

craniosacral therapy

Polarity Therapy

SomatoEmotional Release

Maternity CranioSacral Therapy

Pediatric Craniosacral Therapy

Shamanic Techniques Therapy

I have designed this website to give you information about myself and the therapies that I practice. This page contains brief introductory information; follow the provided links to get more in-depth information. 

In-person and On-line sessions available

The in-person sessions are in Margaret River Western Australia.

This is body work and guided visualization work.

The On-line sessions can be on any platform we both have and are guided visualization therapies.

Getting to know Paul

I practice the therapies that have had a profound effect in my own healing process. When people ask me what type of work I do, I respond “Paul work” — a mixture of all the things I have studied and my many life experiences, which I draw on to make each therapy session unique. I believe that healing happens on all levels, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, when attention and support is provided by both the therapist and the client.

I am from the United States. I had a practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1997 to 2014. I have lived in Western Australia since 2016.

If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, you may benefit from the therapy indicated

CranioSacral Therapy

Have you hit your head? Have you fallen? Have you had some type of trauma to the body? Does your body remain tight and painful for no apparent reason? Are you in pain? Have you “healed” from an accident or surgery but you still don’t feel quite right? Have you been told by health professionals that “you’re fine” but you know that you are not?

POLARITY THERAPY

Do you feel out of balance? Do you have a difficult time relaxing? Do you have a difficult time sleeping? Things just don’t feel right? Do you have symptoms that no one can explain or heal? Do you feel not grounded?

Do you keep injuring the same place on your body? Do incongruent emotions arise when you are touched? Are you trying to work on yourself and feel stuck? Do you keep repeating patterns in your life and you can’t figure out why you are doing it?

Maternity Craniosacral Therapy

Is pregnancy freaking you out? Do you have fears about being able to birth? Are you hoping to have a calm birth? Have you had a difficult birth and would like a different experience with the next child?

Pediatric Craniosacral Therapy

Is your baby having nursing issues? Does your baby have colic, screaming all of the time? Is your baby holding its body in odd positions? Is your child having growing pains? Does your child keep bumping into things all of the time?

Are you surprised at yourself about how you react in certain situations? Have you worked hard on relieving past trauma in your life but it still seems to be there? Are you having experiences that you can’t explain or don’t make sense?

Explanation of the therapies

A treatment session

All of my sessions begin with us chatting. I will ask what is up for you and how you are feeling. This conversation is an important part of the healing process as it allows you to focus on yourself and gives you a place to explain what you are feeling to someone who is truly listening. We then will move to the table. It is a clothed treatment. I will palpate the body both physically and energetically which allows me to gather information to guide the treatment.

I trust that your body will show me exactly what it is capable of dealing with and willing to work on. I will then continue the treatment with the therapies I feel will be effective. If you have questions at any time about what I am doing, feel free to ask. If you find you are not comfortable, tell me. There is always a different way to address the work, and it is important that you are comfortable with the therapy.  

I often say to a client “your body is smarter than me.” It knows how to heal itself, and I see my job as supporting it as it does it.