More about Til Luchau

• Til Luchau is the Director of Advanced-Trainings.com. He is a therapist and coach whose background includes extensive experience with Process Work, individual and organizational wellness, conflict resolution, collaborative practices, and cutting-edge training methods.

As a Certified Advanced Rolfer®, Til is a faculty member and Coordinator of the Rolf Institute's Foundations of Somatic Practice program, where he is the originator of Skillful Touch Bodywork (the Rolf Institute's own training and practice modality). Formerly a resident practitioner at the Esalen Institute, Chair of the Rolf Institute's Teacher Training Committee, and Adjunct Faculty member of Naropa University's Somatic Psychology Department, he has trained thousands of practitioners in his popular courses at schools and centers in over a dozen countries on five continents. His private practice is based in the Boulder/Denver area, and includes clients from around the world via telephone and the net.

Credentials, Education, and Background

Til Luchau's professional certifications and credentials include:

•  Esalen Institute: Certificate, Somatic Psychology, Education and Research Program; Certified Massage Practitioner CA#94311(D)
•  Rolf Institute: Certified RolfingŪ Movement Instructor; Certified Advanced RolferŪ; Certified Rolfer®; Approved Mentor
•  Transpersonal Seminars: Certified Integrative Breathwork Facilitator
•  National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB): Certified Practitioner #462; Approved Cont. Ed. Provider (Category A) #296360-00
•  Vermont College of Norwich University: Bachelor of Arts, Somatic and Group Psychology
•  Hakomi Institute: Certificate, Hakomi Integrative Somatics 2-Year Professional Training (Developmental and Trauma work)
•  EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): EMDRIA-approved Certification
•  Process Work Center of Portland: Certificate for Intensive Course in Process Work; 2-Year Professional Certificate of Study in Process Work.
•  Accredited Assessor, Hay Group® Emotional Competence Inventory assessment instruments
•  State of Colorado Dept. of Reg. Agencies: formerly registered as a non-licensed psychotherapist (1999-2002).
•  State of Colorado Dept. of Higher Education: Instructor Credential for Health Occupations.

Til Luchau's professional education also includes:

•  Gestalt Practice at the Esalen Institute and with John Heider (Lawrence, KS)
•  Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP), Esalen Institute and IBP Boulder
•  Process Oriented Psychology ("Process Work") with Arny & Amy Mindell, Max Schuepbach, Julie Diamond, and others
•  Training in numerous hands-on bodywork, movement, and awareness modalities, including Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Deep Tissue work, Jin Shin, Continuum, Sensory Awareness, Body-Mind Centering, Lomi Work, Aston Patterning, Feldenkrais, etc.
•  Additional professional training, studies and experience in the areas of trauma resolution; group and organizational facilitation; conflict resolution; couples' and relationship work; family therapy; issues of gender, race and marginalization; addictions and recovery; outdoor education; and work with early childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Influences on his work also include theater, martial arts, meditation, parenting, and nature.

Til Luchau's current and past professional affiliations include:

•  Rolf Institute of Structural Integration: Faculty, Coordinator and former Chair, Foundations of Somatic Practice; former Chair, Teacher Training Committee; former member, Curriculum Committee; member, Scholarship Committee.
•  Naropa Institute: former Adjunct Faculty, Somatic Psychology Department.
•  Esalen Institute: former Resident Practitioner.
•  Colorado Outward Bound School: former Instructor, Health Services Program.
•  Rocky Mountain Academy of the Colorado Forum on Community and Restorative Justice: member, Advisory Board.
•  Nyland Cohousing Association: Board of Directors.