Craniosacral therapy is a gentle way of working with the body using light touch people sometimes ask about the name craniosacral therapy and think it only refers to the head in fact craniosacral therapy works with the whole person and changes may occur in body mind and spirit during and after sessions when a craniosacral therapist places her hands lightly on you she is using them to listen to you in much the same way that a counsellor might listen to your words your body responds to this