What is the difference between Structural Integration schools or training programs?
There are about 40 different programs that teach Structural Integration. There is some general agreement that it takes a minimum of 350 hours of training to learn the 10-session Structural Integration recipe. Most programs require prospective students to have graduated from a massage therapy program with a minimum of 500 hours of training. All of the major schools will offer you an opportunity of observe and to practice each of the 10 Structural Integration sessions in a supervised clinical setting. The difference between programs lies mostly in the varying amount of time devoted to hands-on supervision, the number of class models student practitioners are required to take through this 10-session series, and the cost of each program. Student practitioners at the Northwest Center are required to take four class models through their 10-session series. Most programs require only two class models. The Northwest Center also offers on-going supervision and the advanced protocols seminar, tra
There are about 40 different programs that teach Structural Integration. There is some general agreement that it takes a minimum of 350 hours of training to learn the 10-session Structural Integration recipe.Most programs require prospective students to have graduated from a massage therapy program with a minimum of 500 hours of training. All of the major schools will offer you an opportunity of observe and to practice each of the 10 Structural Integration sessions in a supervised clinical setting.The difference between programs lies mostly in the varying amount of time devoted to hands-on supervision, the number of class models student practitioners are required to take through this 10-session series, and the cost of each program.
