A range of training courses are offered at the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust,
which operates as a school of excellence to provide comprehensive trainings for
existing therapists and those looking for a career change. Each course combines
theoretical learning with hands-on experience, emphasising development of
practical skills.
Michael
Kern, Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust co-founder, established the
school in 1989 in partnership with Franklyn Sills. Formative Embodiment is a
new postgraduate course being offered for the first time in the UK in 2021 at
the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust.
Postgraduate Study
Formative Embodiment is the next step for many craniosacral,
somatic, body-orientated, psychotherapy and counselling practitioners, and
others. This integrative approach was initially developed by Dr Jim Feil, inspired
by a number of influences including Craniosacral Biodynamics, Stanley Keleman’s
Formative Psychology, Pre- and Perinatal Therapies, Focusing, and Polarity
Therapy.
The revolutionary training programme designed to enhance the
knowledge and skills of practitioners will be taught by Dr Jim Feil. Dr Feil
has been working in somatic and energetic therapeutic practices for more than
45 years.
Three Main Pillars
Formative Embodiment is based on three main pillars. The
first of these is the formative process, which begins at conception and
continues actively throughout life. The formative impulse, which is the priority
of the body to adapt and survive, is at the heart of Formative Embodiment. The
second pillar is Somatic Orientation, which involves listening closely to the
body and supporting healing through tapping into bodily resources. The third
pillar is Energetic Foundation, focusing on the energy circuitry that powers
all human beings. This circuitry is today mapped in quantum science yet has
also been mapped in several ancient traditions.
CTET Practitioner
Courses
Note that CTET also offers practitioner training courses for
those beginning on their Craniosacral Therapy journey. These courses take place
part-time over two years, with 48 days of classroom-based study.
The curriculum is well-structured to cover a broad range of
skills and adaptable to include new scientific research and perspectives. Each
course is based on biodynamic principles, which involves learning to support
the natural forces that organise our form and function and working with natural
rhythms that get expressed within our bodies in order to promote healing and
wellbeing.
