Education & Training
Jeffrey 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 study groups in both Eugene and Portland, Oregon.
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, Jeffrey 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 taken most of 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. Jeffrey completed the apprenticeship to teach visceral manipulation and although he isnot part of the North American Visceral Manipulation Institution team, he independently offeres specialized courses in visceral manipulation with the permission of Jean Pierre Barral.
