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Gillespie Approach — CFT families share their experiences and testimonials.

“She is a different baby. She is a happy baby!

Things that are worth it usually take time and effort, and our daughter is still on the path to wellness, but the change we have seen in her over just 10 appointments is monumental.

She is a different baby! She is a happy baby. Her permanent scowl is now a permanent smile. Feeding is so much easier, and she never spits up. Her startle reflex is calmed, and she is not constantly in fight-or-flight mode.”

— a parent

  • We Noticed an Immediate Change in His Disposition

    My son was born at 32 weeks. He has been diagnosed with Pierre Robin Sequence (cleft palate and micrognathia) and 22q11 microduplication. He failed his newborn hearing screen twice. He was in the NICU for 67 days. … This is a phenomenal modality. If you have an infant child, and you are on the fence, I highly recommend giving it a try!

    —A mother

  • Woman Suffering From Panic Attacks, Gagging, and Back and Neck Pain Finds Breakthroughs with the Gillespie Approach

    “This therapy has been life-changing for me. I firmly believe it is a foundational treatment that everyone should receive at birth to avoid these issues later in life.”

    —A young woman

  • Gillespie Approach Helps Son Triumph Over Asthma

    “I can’t begin to tell you how this approach has changed our lives. Today, he is an athletic 12-year-old boy. He plays soccer, baseball, basketball, and even made it to the regional finals for track. This would have never happened without [the Gillespie Approach].

    Before the treatment, he would have to come off the soccer field winded several times in a game. Today, he can run longer and faster than most of the players on his team. I was so taken with this work that I became trained and now successfully do [the Gillespie Approach] for other asthmatic children.”

    —A parent

  • It’s Like Somebody Lifted the Clouds

    “Our lives have been changed in ways that no one else has been able to do and in ways that I never thought possible.

    He came running into the kitchen around the three-month mark to share with me that, “It’s like somebody lifted the clouds.” I collapsed to the floor in disbelief and elation.

    Even the school’s occupational therapist observed how he had gone from a child who was “struggling in four out of five developmental areas” to “a completely typical child.”

    —A parent

  • After One Therapy … Seizures Stopped

    Barry’s therapy has been invaluable for our family. We took our son because he was experiencing weekly convulsive seizures. After one therapy, these seizures stopped and he hasn’t had any more in three months.

    My husband and I started receiving the Gillespie Approach, too. I personally was looking for help with migraines, which I normally experience every three weeks.

    Every day, I feel better. All the symptoms related to the migraines such as fogginess, blurred vision, upset stomach, tiredness, neck tension and headache have just disappeared.

    —Marion Ramirez

  • With Gillespie Approach Treatment, “An Entirely Different Child”

    This therapy has been life-changing for me. I firmly believe it is a foundational treatment that everyone should receive at birth to avoid these issues later in life.

    My daughter (first-born child) was born at 42 weeks after an unmedicated, uncomplicated, but extremely precipitous and grueling labor that lasted a mere six hours. She came out with her fists clenched, and though I didn’t know what it meant at the time, I knew it signified something deeper. The first three days of breastfeeding were grueling. I pushed past the pain and it resolved, but she nursed what felt like 24/7, choked a lot on breastmilk, and spit up or projectile vomited frequently. … By the end of all of our sessions with Dr. Gillespie, she had a brain cycle of over 200 seconds and was an entirely different child.

    —Tara Allen

More Testimonials: Newborns & Babies

  • I could have never expected to be dealing with an inconsolable newborn who literally did nothing but scream and cry at the top of his lungs anytime he was not eating or sleeping. And he didn’t sleep much at all.

    At the end of our first session, my mind was blown. When he had me pick my son up to put him back into his car seat, I looked at him in disbelief. My son felt like dead weight. His body felt relaxed, loose, and at ease. I had never ever felt that before. I could immediately see that the work Dr. Gillespie had done in just a half-hour had brought my baby relief.

    I am so excited to continue the therapy with Dr. Gillespie and will now be recommending him and sharing his work to all my family and friends. Finally I have some hope!

    —A mother

  • Our son’s face shape changed after a one-hour session. His jaw became more square, and his chin stuck out more. Also, I had never seen my son be able to stick his tongue out. He had severe oral ties that hadn’t been released yet.

    When we got home that day, we were able to get him completely off his thickened milk. We had been trying for weeks and nothing worked until the Gillespie Approach.

    Doctors see him now and say that he is fully healed.

    God has used Gillespie Approach to make miracles happen.

    —Raoul N. Chandler Santiago

  • Levi and I have spent this weekend in tears watching our son transform right in front of us. We had the best time with some amazing people. We are so grateful for every person God put in our lives this weekend to help our son! Thank you all for working with our sweet baby. Thank you for validating us as parents. 💛

    —Amber Knowles

  • Things that are worth it usually take time and effort, and our daughter is still on the path to wellness, but the change we have seen in her over just 10 appointments is monumental.

    She is a different baby! She is a happy baby. Her permanent scowl is now a permanent smile. Feeding is so much easier, and she never spits up. Her startle reflex is calmed, and she is not constantly in fight-or-flight mode.

  • “I am writing about my newborn baby boy. After three sessions of the Gillespie Approach with Dr. Barry Gillespie, I can confidently say the results are tremendous.

    … If the trauma is left untreated, the body can go a lifetime with a list of symptoms and conditions. Drugs or surgeries may just treat the symptoms to only create more trauma. Sometimes it can be so easily resolved at the beginning of life with the simplicity of the Gillespie Approach.”

    —Lauren Mitchell

  • “We took [our baby] to Philly to see Dr. Barry Gillespie to do the Gillespie Approach to help with his torticollis. What we got was so much more. … Not only was he able to loosen the fascia in his neck, but he loosened the fascia around his digestive organs.

    And y’all, this baby is a new baby. He is calm, his colic is completely gone and you can just tell he is more relaxed.

    As a mother, this is by far the best decision I have made for my child thus far.

    —Cassie Webster

  • From birth, my son has not been a laid back or an easy child. He would cry all day and nothing seemed to settle him. We were repeatedly told that everything was fine and there was nothing wrong with him despite our complaints that something seemed off.

    When we were told about Dr. Gillespie, we had reached a point of, well, what could it hurt at this point? Little did we know that seeing Dr. Gillespie would be the best thing we ever did.

    After our sessions my son is such a calm and content baby. We’re able to enjoy time together without him crying constantly. I am beyond thankful for the change that we see in him and can’t believe it’s the same baby. I wish we had come sooner!

    —A mother

More Testimonials: Children

  • “I can’t begin to tell you how this approach has changed our lives. Today, he is an athletic 12-year-old boy. He plays soccer, baseball, basketball, and even made it to the regional finals for track. This would have never happened without [the Gillespie Approach].

    Before the treatment, he would have to come off the soccer field winded several times in a game. Today, he can run longer and faster than most of the players on his team. I was so taken with this work that I became trained and now successfully do [the Gillespie Approach] for other asthmatic children.”

    —A parent

  • After our third session with Dr. Gillespie, my son was having bowel movements every other day! By our fourth session, my son had gone every day for nine days in a row! We were so amazed, happy, and impressed!

    … By our eighth session, my son held 95% of his pee until the morning, but there was still some wetness in his Goodnites. We kept going to finish releasing the strain in his right groin area. After our 16th session, it was Christmas morning again! My son had made it the entire night!

    —A mother

  • When we eventually saw Dr. Gillespie for the first visit, House’s tics went from every three seconds to maybe one tic in twenty minutes. After the second session, maybe it was one or two a night, and by the third session, they were all but undetectable.

    We are so grateful that this work helped our son. Dr. Gillespie was the first person who validated my suspicion that these conditions were all related. His craniosacral fascial web was tight, and no one noticed. We are excited to see how this continues to unfold and would love to see him no longer need human growth hormone.

    —Michelle Young

  • Prior to meeting with Dr. Barry, we completed an appointment with an airway dentist who identified narrow nasal passages, highly swollen lymph nodes, and the possibility of reflux still being present. I was unaware my daughter could still be experiencing reflux at 7 years of age.

    Watching Dr. Gillespie gently work through the first session with my daughter, I saw that she suddenly stopped breathing through her mouth on the table. Following the few days since her first session, I’ve noticed her continuing to breathe through her nose successfully.

    She has already stopped snoring at night, and I see her now exclusively breathing through her nose at night with a closed mouth. Less than one week ago, she would have only breathed through her mouth during the night.

    My main goal for my daughter is to have open airway passages for her to breathe properly. We can then start to better loosen and expand her palate so her mouth has room for her adult teeth. I am also hoping the Gillespie Approach will help with the lymph inflammation and bring her relief of any ongoing reflux issues from birth.

    We are only one session in, and it was extraordinary to witness this shift after just one visit. I am so incredibly grateful.

    —A mother