Karen Axelrod, MA, CST-D, CAMTC

Karen Axelrod offers holistic bodywork for pain relief, rehabilitation, personal renewal, or simple relaxation. Karen takes a holistic approach to the health and healing. 

Karen maintains a private practice in Redondo Beach and also works with UCLA's Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care team. She formerly was on staff with Torrance Memorial Medical Center and Silverado Assisted Living. Her practice includes infants, children, pregnant moms, and the elderly, as well as those who are experiencing chronic, debilitating disorders; those going through life transitions; and children with developmental delays.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Karen has studied cranial work with Dr. John Upledger and the Upledger Institute, French osteopath Alain Gehin, and at L.A.'s Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing (IPSB).

She is a graduate of IPSB's 500-hour Massage Therapist Training Program, and she has studied bodywork and other personal growth work at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA. She is also trained in Dr. Bruno Chikly's Advanced Lymph Drainage Therapy and Suzanne Scurlock's Full Body Presence/Healing from the Core work.

Karen completed a Master's degree in Psychology, with an emphasis on somatic interventions for trauma recovery, in March 2015.

CERTIFICATIONS
In 2008, Karen became a certified instructor of the Upledger Institute's four-day CranioSacral Therapy 1 courses. In 2016, Karen developed and began teaching a four-day UI class on CST for Cranial Nerves.