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Hi Pati,

I just wanted to let you know that we are seeing the most remarkable changes in Paige since our return from Durban! She is playing with the mobile on her sitter chair for the first time ever. She has started kicking her legs, reaching with her arms and seems to slowly be realizing the law of cause and effect —If I hit it… It moves.  She has made a 4 month leap in 4 days!  Yay!

Terry Vallett

Johannesburg, South Africa

I am an occupational therapist who works with children and adults in private practice. A pediatric patient of mine had been traveling around the country for the Anat Baniel Method for children. The family had told me about ABM which made me curious  and how my little patient was going to benefit from ABM. After he  returned from seeing Pati, he started to navigate around his environment with much more ease.  He learned from Pati more about his own body and natural movements through attention and self-awareness. I was so happy to see the progress he had made and it got me curious about this method—therefore I decided to take a trip to see Pati in action. Upon seeing firsthand her pediatric sessions and knowing that she travels to introduce ABM to parents & kids across the country, I invited her into my private practice to help those in need in Bismarck ND. I believe more children with various disorders deserve to experience ABM with Pati in order to awaken the brain, transform their own lives, and gain independence within their environments. She is a kind-hearted person and works well with the children.   I’m proud to have gotten to know her !

Geri R.  OTR/L

Therapy has been center in our life of battling the cerebral palsy affecting our son’s motor and communication development. We have tried it all and it fills Roa’s life. It is a daily struggle to manage therapy and doctor appointments.

Upon meeting Pati, we knew the ABM approach was going to be a good one. Pati interacts with Roa as a PERSON. She respects his need for space, honors his attempts at communication (even in the form of a tantrum), engages him in full attention to his own movement, and approaches him in a gentle, playful way. Pati not only helps Roa gain more awareness of his place in space, but she empowers us as parents by modeling for us the ways we can assist Roa on his path to independence. Since our intensive program with Pati, we have slowed down our aggressive schedule. We have seen little changes in Roa that mean so much- Roa exploring movement of his tongue, trunk, and arms that we have not seen before. He seems to be a bit more comfortable within his body.

We look forward to our next set of sessions with Pati where we, as a family, gain more awareness of our actions and how they affect development both inside and out.

~ Jennifer Thayer, mother to Roa, 4, diagnosis quadraspastic cerebral palsy

For my son with autism, the focus of therapy was always on the big three: communication, behaviors, and social interaction. No one seemed to notice how he moved; how limited he was. Except me. I thought it must not be that important. Then I discovered the Anat Baniel Method™ and that movement was, in fact, the key we had been missing all along. After a few short lessons with Pati, my son was choosing positions and movements he never had before. This was a subtle, but amazing shift in his options for experiencing the world, feeding his brain with new information and possibilities and creating gains in the other areas as an almost-magical side effect. Definitely the most impactful therapy so far. Looking forward to our next series.

Erin Lemieux