Profile – Mary Brady

Mary Brady, BA, HDip, CST –T

I have been a CranioSacral Therapist at the Fairgreen Holistic Clinic, Naas, since 2003.  I  trained with the Upledger Institute in Ireland, Scotland and Italy.  I have also trained in CranioSacral Therapy for Paediatrics and “The Brain Speaks”.  At the clinic my work is with people of all ages from babies as young as five days to those in their nineties.

Before coming into CranioSacral work I was a teacher. I am a graduate of University College Dublin (UCD) (with a degree in economics and geography) and St Patrick’s University, Maynooth. Later I qualified as a primary school teacher at St Patrick’s College, Dublin.

Now I could focus on my main interest, which was working with children with special educational needs. I spent many happy years working with the children in Dublin’s inner city and later in Naas, Co Kildare. The children I worked with had  dyspraxia, co-ordination difficulties, sensory integration issues, autism, aspergers syndrome, cerebral palsy, speech and language difficulties and social, emotional and behaviour problems. I continue to work with children with these types of difficulties but using CST. In fact it was the effectiveness of CranioSacral Therapy on children and its gentle, non invasive approach that attracted me to it. CST trusts  in the wisdom of the body.  DH Laurence says it more eloquently than I can;

My belief is in the blood and flesh as being wiser than the intellect. The body-unconscious is where the life bubbles up in us. It is how we know that we are alive, alive in the depths of our souls and in touch somewhere with the vivid reaches of the cosmos. DH Laurence

I am married to Tom, a journalist with the Irish Independent and have two children, Caroline and Neil.

In 2007 I became a director of the Upledger Institute Ireland with my colleague Ger Swords. The Institute aims to provide professional training in CST.  Our vision is to see a CranioSacral Therapist in every town in Ireland, so everyone can benefit from this wonderful, safe and effective therapy.

I am a registered member of the IACST (Irish Association for Craniosacral Therapy) and a former committee member of the organization.