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Jeffrey Burch practices and offers study groups and
classes in Eugene, Oregon. A Certified Advanced Rolfer™,
Jeffrey has extensively studied and integrated into his Hands-On Therapies
both CranioSacral Therapy and Visceral Manipulation.
Education & TrainingJeffrey Burch received a BA in biology from the University of Oregon in 1975, after which he trained at The Rolf Institute of Structural Integration® in Boulder, Colorado, receiving his Certification as a Rolfer™ in 1977.He first practiced Rolfing® Structural Integration in London, and later in Seattle and Honolulu before returning to his native Eugene, Oregon, in 1989. At the time he was in London there were only a half dozen Rolfers™ in Europe. He accepted invitations to Rolf™ groups of people in Oslo, Stockholm, Trondheim, and Tehran. He now lives in Eugene Oregon and practices and offers continuing education classes and studygroups. Jeffrey Burch received his Rolfing® Advanced Certification in 1990, after which he again began studying at the University of Oregon where he received a second BA in Psychology in 1993 and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology in 1995. His Masters thesis "Alexithymia and Dissociation" explores topics related to psychosomatic conditions. In 1998, he began intensively studying CranioSacral Therapy through the Upledger Institute, Cranial Manipulation with French Osteopath Alain Gehin, and Visceral Manipulation through the International Alliance for Health Care Educators (IAHE). Jeffrey has studied all the Visceral Manipulation classes offered by Jean Pierre Barral and his associates in North America, most twice. He teaches introductory to CranioSacral Therapy classes for the Upledger Institute. For IAHE Jeffrey is a Visceral Manipulation instructor in training and a Certified Visceral Manipulation Teaching Assistant for IAHE.
Structural Integration SchoolsAt the time Jeffrey trained at the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration® in Boulder, Colorado, that school was the only structural integration school in the world. Since then branches of the Rolf Institute® have opened in Munich, Germany and Sao Paolo, Brazil. Several practitioners and teachers have left the Rolf Institute® to start many new structural integration and related schools including the Guild for Structural Integration (GSI) , Hellerwork International (HWI), and the Aston Patterning Institute (API). Jeffrey continues his membership with in the Rolf Institute®, is an affiliate of GSI, and has friendly relations with members and administration of both HWI and API.Publications & TeachingJeffrey Burch has written articles on the history of manual therapy, Visceral Manipulation and how to integrate both Visceral Manipulation and CranioSacral Therapy into structural integration practice. These articles have been published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, Tensegrity News, The Journal of Structural Integration, and Massage Therapy Journal.In addition to his work with The Upledger Institute and its umbrella organization IAHE, Jeffrey teaches continuing education classes for the Rolf Institute® and privately. [ The following articles are in PDF format and require Adobe's Free Acrobat Reader. Download Acrobat Reader ]
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