A therapeutic cooling apparatus for cooling the human head that includes a container having a cavity that is configured to hold a volume of liquid and an indentation for supporting a human head. On one end of the container there is a contour and ramp that is designed to support the full length of the human neck when a person lies in the supine position and puts their head inside the cavity. Inside the container is a receptacle that is configured to hold at least one cooling insert. The receptacle is partitioned from the cavity by a divider. To use the apparatus, the cavity is filled with liquid. Cooling inserts are cooled and thereafter are placed within the receptacle. A person lowers their head and neck into the liquid-filled cavity so that their neck is supported by the contour and ramp and their head is supported by the indentation within the cavity. The head and neck are cooled by the passive transfer of heat from the head to the cooling insert through the liquid.
