Dolphin ACCOMPANIed CRaniosacral Therapy INTEGRATIVE ProgramS
We invite you (as a client or therapist) to attend a Dolphin Accompanied CranioSacral Therapy Integrative Program where, like the Comprehensive Therapy Programs, multihands CranioSacral Therapy is used to integrate multiple modalities of treatment in a 4-day program that effectively and profoundly facilitates healing. These programs are held in Freeport, Grand Bahamas and staffed by our diverse community of therapists.
Through dolphin accompanied CST, we continue the tradition of our shared sense of Dr. Upledger's vision for respectful, free, and willing interaction between dolphins and humans with intentions for healing. The dolphins' therapeutic interactions within the programs is entirely voluntary, as well as completely natural (they are not trained in any way to “treat” clients). The dolphins are free to interact, or not, with the clients and therapy teams.
The facility where the dolphin interaction portion of these programs happens is one of the top in the world, with truly caring management and trainers. The dolphins' safety and well-being is put first at all times. They are in natural seawater and have regular access to the open ocean, in addition to consistent medical care and a nutritionally ideal diet.
The dolphins' free and willing participation ensures a unique experience for each client.
2025 Client Cost for 4 Day DATIP Program: $7,545
There is no charge to be a Support Therapist in the program. Interested in being a support therapist for DATIP? Click here for more information.
What to expect
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Participants meet daily at 9:00 a.m. in The Canal House at Pelican Bay in Port Lucaya, Freeport, Bahamas. The first day's meeting is for orientation and introductions. Subsequent morning gatherings are for sharing and processing the previous day's events.
Please wear your bathing suit under your clothes so you are ALWAYS ready to get in the water. We also recommend you bring a towel and clothes to change into later.
After the morning meeting, we take a short bus ride to Sanctuary Bay for the dolphin based part of the therapy program.
Participants spend approximately half an hour in multiple-therapist sessions in the water where dolphins are present and free to interact with the group as they wish. {Research has shown that thirty minutes a day is the optimal amount of time to spend with the dolphins.}
Upon our return to Port Lucaya, we break for lunch for one and a half hours. There are numerous restaurants in Port Lucaya adjacent to the meeting room at Pelican Bay.
The remainder of the day is spent in multi-therapist sessions on land or in the water.
Sometimes we are able to take either a boat or taxi to a remote beach and have treatment sessions in the ocean. The water surrounding the island is generally quite shallow, and aquatic CST in the ocean does not require you to swim.
Specific details will be sent to you upon registration.
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If you plan to bring a caregiver, or you are a caregiver or support for a client and plan to attend a therapy program, please let us know so that we may plan accordingly.
Please include information regarding any special needs.
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Dolphin Assisted CranioSacral Therapy programs are currently offered only in Port Lucaya, in Freeport, Grand Bahama.
There are many options for lodging and meals. Meals are not included in these programs.
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Payment is fully transferable and refundable up until 60 days prior to the start of the program. Within 60 days, a $700 fee is retained for transfers or cancellations.
Cancellations within 30 days of the start date are subject to a fee of 50% of the cost, as by this point, funds have been allocated and partially dispersed for facilities and staffing based on the current number of clients.
Cancellations within 2 weeks of the program will result in the loss of all payments.
In the event of last-minute personal circumstances necessitating cancellation or reschedule, your payment can be transferred to a future program for only the $700 administrative fee.
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A deposit is required with registration in order to confirm your place in the program.
After you have registered, you will receive specific information about the program you are attending.
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Kat Perry, CST-D, Director, Program Coordinator
Maia Swanson, CST-D, Program Coordinator
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Our Primary Therapists have completed extensive training in CranioSacral Therapy (CST) and SomatoEmotional Release (SER) through the Upledger Institute and most are UI Diplomate certified.
Our support and adjunctive therapists have completed various levels of CST. All adjunctive therapists are certified in their specific field(s).
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Program therapists are trained in a wide range of other therapeutic modalities.
These include: acupuncture, tuina, aquatic therapies, breathwork, Feldenkrais, Inter-Species assisted therapies (i.e. dolphin or equine facilitated therapy), chiropractic, Lymphatic Drainage Therapy, massage, Myofascial Release, Non-Directive Hypnotherapy, Sensory Integration, Visceral Manipulation and Zero Balancing.