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Experiential Workshop in Barcelona
Dr. Castellino, midwife Mary Jackson and Dr. Tara Blasco will guide you into the principles of the work that they have developed from many years of practice. They will show you how home birth midwife, Mary Jackson and Ray prepare families for birth, support the birth process, establish nursing, and how they (in their private practice) and Tara Blasco (at the Beba clinic) help families, babies and children recover and heal from challenging beginnings. Ray, Mary and Tara have worked together for about ten years. Click for more information.
Foundation Training in Spain
Ray Castellino, DC, RPP, RPE, RCST®, Mary Jackson, RN, LM, RCST® and Tara Blasco Ph.D. RCST® will co-lead the training. In addition, there will be an international team of bilingual (English/Spanish) assistants to support the training process. Click for more information.
"Establising Healthy Connections" - A seminar led by Ray & Mary Jackson
March 18th-21st 2012 in Seaford, United Kingdom
Ray and midwife Mary Jackson will be facilitating an experiential seminar designed to enhance the skills of professionals in the healing arts. They will be sharing the techniques they have developed over four decades of individual experience and six years of working together through About Connections. The skills taught will be relevant to practioners for work with babies, children, pregnant couples and families. More information can be found here: http://www.first-expression.co.uk/castellino.html
Free Download Now Available
"Supporting Successful Breastfeeding and Attachment," a paper by Dr. Castellino, is now available as a free download in the Papers & Videos section of our website.
Elaine Stocker Scholarship Fund
We are saddened by the passing of our friend Elaine Stocker. Elaine was a healer of great depth, and will be missed. She was dedicated to helping babies and families by supporting practitioners to take this work into their communities.
In celebration of her life and her contribution, the Elaine Stocker Scholarship Account has been created in accordance with her wishes.
Checks can be written to the Elaine Stocker Scholarship Account and mailed care of Ray Castellino, 1105 N. Ontare Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93105.
Infant and Toddler Sleep web seminar
Consciously Parenting & About Connections, with Rebecca Thompson, Ray Castellino, and Mary Jackson, are thrilled to present a 4 part audio series web-seminar on Infant and Toddler Sleep. You are invited to go to http://www.consciouslyparenting.com/ondemand/LPBC to find out how you can hear this program.
Interviews with Rebecca Thompson
Ray Castellino and midwife Mary Jackson are teaming up with Rebecca Thompson of Consciously Parenting to share cutting-edge information that brings scientific research to you in ways you can actually use in your parenting. These audio interviews will cover some of the most popular parenting topics. The first of these classes, Infant and Toddler Sleep, is available online for free, and more are currently in production.
Interview with Chloe Faith Wordsworth
On September 24th, 2009, Dr. Ray Castellino was interviewed by Chloe Faith Wordsworth of Resonance Repatterning on her internet radio show. You can listen to the show online for free (scroll down to #43, "From Birth To Breast"), or purchase a transcript for $12.00.
The goal of Castellino Prenatal and Birth Training is to make Prenatal and Birth Therapy available to the world community for children, adults, and especially for babies and new families with the highest possible integrity, efficiency and compassion.
Dr. Raymond F. Castellino facilitates people of all ages to resolve and repattern prenatal and birth trauma imprinting. This includes facilitating babies and children in the family setting and adults in individual and small group settings. He also offers phone support for parents, adults, and professionals seeking supervision. He works both alone and together with midwife Mary Jackson.
In addition to working with people and their families himself, Dr. Castellino also offers educational services to train others in these skills. His educational services include a two-year (48-day) Foundation Training, as well as several different clinical training opportunities.
He is also the author and producer of numerous papers and videos on the subjects of pre- and peri-natal therapy and early trauma resolution.
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About Dr. Castellino
Raymond Castellino, DC (retired), RPP, RPE, RCST®, draws on almost four decades of experience as a natural health care practitioner, consultant and teacher. His current practice focuses on the resolution of prenatal, birth and other early trauma and stress.
In addition to his private work with families and individuals, Ray is currently involved in three major projects:
- He is co-founder About Connections with home birth midwife Mary Jackson, where they prepare families for birth, support the birth process, do follow up integration. The methods they have developed has reduced home birth transfers to the hospital from 20% to 3% in over 100 births. They also work with families and individuals of all ages to resolve the effects of early imprinting.
- He is the Clinical Director of BEBA (Building and Enhancing Bonding and Attachment), a non-profit research clinic in Santa Barbara devoted to strengthening the bonds between babies/children and their parents and optimizing children's physical, emotional and mental development.
- He is founder and director of a 2-year professional training on the work he has developed in BEBA and with Mary Jackson in About Connections.
Dr. Castellino is a frequent presenter at national conferences including the Association for Pre- & Peri-natal Psychology and Health, the American Physical Therapy Association, the Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America, and others. He was a founding board member of the Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children.
He has been practicing and teaching prenatal and birth therapy since 1993.