About Rachael Bouch-D. ~
Rachael Bouch-D. CMT, DOMTP has completed over 1,000 hours of professional education in Therapeutic Bodywork techniques from many disciplines. Her treatments incorporate a diverse range of therapeutic and healing modalities including Osteopathic Manual Therapy, Acupressure, Reflexology, CranioSacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Continuum Movement, Hakomi and FSM. She utilizes hands-on bodywork techniques that are gentle, nurturing, and supportive. Her treatments are beneficial for addressing many different types of conditions, including chronic pain, injury, back pain, body aches, insomnia, digestive imbalance, and more. She provides care to a broad client base, specifically tailoring every session to address each persons' unique body and needs. She engages the body's innate healing mechanism, and works with the whole system to find a place of balance and increased health, allowing for more vitality and ease in the mind-body-spirit organism. Rachael has experience and enthusiasm working with infants, children and adults, as well as people with physical and cognitive disabilities. She specializes in working with moms and babies to bring more ease to the time surrounding pregnancy, birth and early life. Her treatments provide support for mom and baby to harmonize their rhythms, and engage the natural cycles of feeding, digestion, sleeping, bonding, and soothing/settling. Her work is informed by Osteopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Continuum, Resonance Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi, Intuitive Awareness and Mindfulness Practice.
Credentials and Certificates:
*Graduate of the Osteopathic College of Ontario
(Dimplomate of Osteopathic Manipulative Theory & Practice)
*Licensed Certified Bodyworker / Manual Therapist (CAMTC Certified)
*Certified Acupressurist
*CranioSacral Therapist
*Continuum Movement Practitioner
*FSM Adv. Level Practitioner
*Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy for resolving trauma
*Postpartum & Birth Doula
*Haller Method Clinical Neuroplasticity for Babies
(Dimplomate of Osteopathic Manipulative Theory & Practice)
*Licensed Certified Bodyworker / Manual Therapist (CAMTC Certified)
*Certified Acupressurist
*CranioSacral Therapist
*Continuum Movement Practitioner
*FSM Adv. Level Practitioner
*Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy for resolving trauma
*Postpartum & Birth Doula
*Haller Method Clinical Neuroplasticity for Babies
Professional Education
Rachael has completed trainings through the ‘Upledger Institute’, 'Barral Institute' and the ‘Milne Institute’ (including Cranial Pediatrics, Muscle Energy Techniques and Visceral Manipulation). She has attended national conferences and completed specialized trainings on treatment techniques for working with infants and pregnant women, including Pre/Perinatal training with Ray Castellino. She completed a 250 hour Certification Program at the Acupressure Institute, and has trained to use Frequency Specific Microcurrent (beneficial for treating chronic pain, pre/post surgery, and reducing pain associated with injury). She is a graduate of the Osteopathic College of Ontario, and holds a Diplomate in Osteopathic Manipulative Theory and Practice. She in certified in Hakomi Therapy for working with trauma, and utilizes this method alongside the hands-on therapy to help ease the symptoms associated with trauma, and to restore movement and balance to restrictive patterns held within the body/mind. She has had the opportunity to apprentice with numerous Osteopathic Physicians, long-time Bodywork practitioners, and study Continuum Movement with Emilie Conrad (founder of the world-renowned somatic/movement method). She has completed over 150 hours of anatomy courses, and continues to deepen her studies in metaphysics through trainings in Intuitive Development and Shamanic Work.
A Little History; My Origin Story...
Rachael’s relationship with the healing arts began as an infant when she received cranial osteopathy and acupuncture treatments to help resolve multiple complications surrounding her birth. She grew up steeped in an approach to healthcare that was centered on wellness and preventative care. Her father Dr. Brian Bouch is an M.D./Acupuncturist who founded a thriving integrative medical center in Sonoma County. As a child, she was accustomed to taking Chinese herbs and receiving acupuncture to recover from getting sick, and seeing the local osteopath for receiving pain and recovering from injuries. Her mother was a midwife in the 1970's, and later became a successful entrepreneur. She was a dedicated practitioner and teacher of energy medicine, and avidly pursued her own physical and emotional healing. Rachael learned by example, and crafted her own path- first as a professional musician & music educator, and later in the healing arts- merging the 2 streams of her parents life paths. The impulse for her efforts, wether with music or healing work, has always been to support healing and transformation.
Rachael has a history of working with Special Needs children, teaching music therapy in schools since 2003. She has worked with children with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, RETT Syndrome, Downs Syndrome, blindness, hearing impairment, and other cognitive and physical delays. Her work with these children has been focused around music and healing. She finds tremendous joy in cultivating a safe and inspiring container for communication and self-expression with these children.
More about work with Special needs children.
Rachael has a history of working with Special Needs children, teaching music therapy in schools since 2003. She has worked with children with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, RETT Syndrome, Downs Syndrome, blindness, hearing impairment, and other cognitive and physical delays. Her work with these children has been focused around music and healing. She finds tremendous joy in cultivating a safe and inspiring container for communication and self-expression with these children.
More about work with Special needs children.
"During a session we work together to cultivate trust, respect and safety, inviting all parts of the self (physical, mental, emotional and energetic) to come forward and engage in the process of healing. In this way, we support a movement towards wholeness by resourcing the body’s innate wisdom, allowing it to return to balance, freedom and ease."
~Rachael Bouch-D.
