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.
Already a legend around the
USA for their thorough, student-focused approach to
trainings, the Advanced-Trainings.com faculty and NCBTMB-approved
provider Til Luchau bring more than 25 years of knowledge,
talent and enthusiasm to these programs.
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.
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
Rolfing® Movement Instructor; Certified Advanced Rolfer®; 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.
