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Are you interested in registering for Gillespie Approach Training? We offer Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Training to a wide range of individuals, from moms and dads wanting to help their children to bodywork professionals, chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapists and occupational therapists.
Designed for students to work with children and adults, the three-day child-adult Gillespie Approach Foundation Training serves as the basic prerequisite for the specialized toddler, infant and newborn trainings. The student must have a general understanding and clinical feel of Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy before learning how to responsibly evaluate and treat this unique population. We place an extremely high value on correctly evaluating vulnerable newborns with the Baby Brain Score and treating them safely and effectively with Infant-Driven Movement.
Dr. Barry Gillespie has a highly trained global and Philadelphia team teaching his Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Training. He does not authorize any training graduate to train other people to practice Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy.
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Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Foundation Training
The three-day Gillespie Approach Foundation Training teaches students how to palpate and maximize brain motion with craniosacral fascial bodywork techniques. Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy integrates three therapies: craniosacral, fascial and oral work. Every student gives and receives many hours of therapy during this 22½-hour training, which may help with her or his own healing.
Anyone can take the training. We encourage parents to learn Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy to treat their children. At the end of the training, students are expected to be able to treat children and adults effectively. This class is a prerequisite for Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Infant Training (also for newborns and toddlers).
Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Infant Training
The three-day Gillespie Approach Infant Training teaches students the techniques developed by Dr. Barry Gillespie to treat newborns and pre-crawling babies. Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy for older babies and toddlers is a blend of the techniques taught in the three-day Gillespie Approach Foundation Training and this Gillespie Approach Infant Training. The provider will determine how to treat older babies and toddlers based on how the client presents and directs at each session.
The three-day Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Foundation Training is a prerequisite for this Infant Training. Students will have ample opportunity for hands-on work with babies under the guidance of the instructors.
Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Hospital Newborn Training
Dr. Barry Gillespie will be happy to discuss with you more details about this training. Please call him at 610–265–2522.
An Important Note From Dr. Barry Gillespie for Prospective Students
Our trainings are designed to teach you Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy techniques. Some may use Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy in a professional practice while working on the public and some may use it voluntarily on friends and family.
There is no certification or licensing process for the Gillespie Approach. It is a modality to be used within your scope of practice. It is your responsibility to research and follow the rules and regulations of the laws of your state.
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Demand for Gillespie Approach Training Is Surging Rapidly
Held in various locations annually, Gillespie Approach Training attracts students to its Foundation Training and Infant Training from across the United States. The official Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy trainers have a desire to bring Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy to cities throughout the world.
Prospective students are encouraged to register as soon as they are able to commit to a Gillespie Approach Training opportunity, as, with demand growing quickly, available seats fill up fast.
It has been absolutely awesome. You must do this!
Kristina | Enrolled in Foundation Training to help her family
It's such a profound experience to learn this modality.
Ami | Enrolled in Foundation Training two times
I actually reached out to the Gillespie Approach team and asked them if they would come to Houston. So I coordinated a group, and we ended up having both the Foundation and the Infant Training. I will say the six days of training was phenomenal.
Karindy Ong | Foundation and Infant Trainings | Speech-Language Pathologist and Myofunctional Therapist
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Meet the Official Trainers for Gillespie Approach Training
One of the great aspects of teaching since 1980 has been working with people who want to change the world. Please meet Kim Sherlock and Holly Steflik below. They are much more than just trainers. They fill the invaluable roles of the idea creators and decision makers at meetings to help move the work forward.
—Dr. Barry Gillespie
The Core Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Group
Kim Sherlock and Holly Steflik make up the Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Global Team and love teaching and sharing this modality around the world. They have trained hundreds of body workers, health practitioners, parents, teachers, etc. to incorporate Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy into their lives and professional practices. Please contact Kim Sherlock and Holly Steflik via CraniosacralFascialTherapy.com if you wish to coordinate a training in your area.
Kim Sherlock, LMT
Kim Sherlock is a Pennsylvania licensed massage therapist and has been practicing Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy since 2008. For many years, she was an assistant trainer with Dr. Barry Gillespie. Kim has trained and collaborated with Barry to teach the Gillespie Approach since he retired from teaching. She has taught classes in South Africa, the United Kingdom and throughout the United States.
Kim also utilizes other fascia-focused therapies in her practice. She believes that fascia is often overlooked by conventional medicine and passionately believes it is a missing piece for optimizing overall health.
After 10 years of clinical observation, Kim decided it was important to train in Myofunctional Therapy to further support clients suffering from health conditions related to oral myofunctional dysfunction and airway issues. She offers in person and telehealth appointments. Her private practice is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. She treats newborns through adults with a wide range of health issues. Discover more.
To learn more about Kim Sherlock’s work, visit KimSherlock.com.
Holly Steflik, LMT
Holly Steflik has been a licensed massage therapist with a full-time holistic health practice in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, since 1997. She was introduced to Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy through The Family Hope Center many years ago and found the Gillespie Approach to be the missing piece in her practice. She immediately began to incorporate Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy into all her healing sessions, and her clients experienced the profound benefits of unwinding chronic fascial strain. Holly Steflik loves teaching and became part of the Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Core Group in 2014. She enjoys working with all ages and especially loves working with children and babies.
Holly Steflik studied sociology at UCLA, completed her master’s degree in deaf education at California State University at Northridge, and taught deaf and hard-of-hearing children in South Central Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Holly Steflik is an advanced BodyTalk practitioner and BodyTalk instructor. She also loves to explore faraway places and is passionate about teaching and sharing Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy with people all over the world. She has been part of two medical service trips to remote villages in Nepal and Peru spreading Gillespie Approach–Craniosacral Fascial Therapy globally.
To learn more about Holly Steflik’s practice, visit HollySteflik.com. Contact her by email at holly.steflik@gmail.com or call 919–619–0165.
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Barry introduced me to craniosacral fascial work in my Pfrimmer deep muscle class back in the 1980s. I’ve had a very successful career in massage for nearly 20 years using mostly MFR, craniosacral, and Pfrimmer deep muscle therapy. But your training was over and above my expectations. It was user-friendly. Much of it covered what I already knew, but I discovered some missing links that have made a world of difference in my work.
For the first time, I can actually feel the craniosacral movement even though I was doing MFR work for 11 years. I’ve gained a far better grasp of the cranial anatomy and the relevance of the cranial bones to each other when one is tweaked ever so lightly. The biggest eye-opener is the sequence of how we do the work. I am able to release fascial restrictions much faster now since taking your training with less effort.
My Clients Cannot Believe The Difference
One client with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, who I’ve been treating for years, had far more energy with no pain and better eyesight following her first Gillespie Approach session. All of her improvements have remained with her, and she continues to get better with each session. The chiropractor in my office has seen a remarkable difference in her patients’ spinal columns and mental attitude since I have been using the Gillespie Approach. In fact, she is so impressed with the work that she’s been referring many patients to my home office since there’s not enough time in her office to fit them all in.
I’ve Been Swamped With Work
I have a deluge of clients! For a time I felt like running away from the flood of clients. I’ve been busy over the years but never like this! I can only attribute this to the work you’ve passed on to me, Barry. Thank you.
—Leona Schlageter, P.D.M.T.
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
Learning this approach can also make you feel like you have some power and agency regarding our loved one’s health and well-being. When I work on my adult daughter who had a concussion it is the one real thing that I can directly do to help her heal. I do have to be patient and let go of the outcome. Which is actually a good practice for me as a mother and as a person. I took the Foundation Training twice, and it helped me ground the practice into my mind and body. I also feel really good when I’m doing it. My ANS relaxes, and I’m healing myself in the process. 😃
—Ami Isett
My passion is bodywork. I have been in the health and bodywork field for twelve years and still can’t picture another profession I would rather be in. My education in exercise science provided me with a bridge into the health and wellness field. Being a health director at a local center led me into the education and training of massage therapy as it applied to the rehabilitation field. I enjoyed working with athletes as part of their training program. I loved working with muscles in respect to their function and recovery.
But I wanted to learn more about how the body functioned as a unit. I wanted to understand more about the body systems and how each one directly impacted the other. This interest led me directly to Gillespie Approach Training. Little did I know that this would open up a whole new practice. The Gillespie Approach gave me the education about what fascia is, how fascia works, and how interconnected fascia is with the amplitude and function of the craniosacral system. Blending the therapies together—fascia and craniosacral unwinding at the same time—showed me the unity of the system.
My practice is now 50 percent children with a growing percentage of special needs children as well. Nutritional consultants, chiropractors, speech-language specialists, physical therapists, massage therapists, birth doulas and lactation consultants and, of course, mothers refer patients to me. To see all the children improve in varying degrees is humbling. It is my deepest intention to continue expanding my knowledge in the bodywork field to be an instrument of healing for those who enter my office.
—Suzette Howland, B.S., NCMT, LDT, CFT
Auburn, Massachusetts
If you want to make a difference for your clients and excel personally and professionally, this is the training you must take. This was the finest training I have attended for several reasons. The training alone offers training and knowledge that makes a difference. The science behind it is irrefutable. The rationale, techniques, therapies, and sequence are superior. Its true value far exceeds its cost.
—Jim Clear, NCTMB, LMT, RMTI
Las Cruces, New Mexico
I have unsuccessfully taken other craniosacral courses in Florida that introduce craniosacral therapy. After three days of Gillespie Approach Training, I could use this system confidently.
—Jonah Salomon, Massage Therapy Instructor, Florida College of Natural Health,
Orlando, Florida
The training takes you to the next level for your clients. Then true healing can begin since you are getting to the real cause of the discomfort.
—Hope Hicks, M.T.
Winchester, Virginia
I gained new perspective on the body as a whole in working from a more subtle level. I am more aware of what the body needs. Clients have told me I am able to get to the core of the problem that seemed to elude me before.
—Donna Fae Dodson, R.N., L.M.T.
Rochester, New York
It has opened up a whole new mindset in my approach to effectively release tension. I found the small class size and one-on-one instruction to be very helpful. Also, the results of these techniques are very profound. Clients are telling me that they are sleeping and feeling better overall.
—Nancy L. Carll, N.C.M.T.
Malvern, Pennsylvania
The Gillespie Approach has been the key that has enabled my massage work to be more effective and go deeper into the body. My clients report feeling better overall, inside and out. This work is amazing, and Dr. Gillespie is on the cutting edge. Many of my clients are very excited and eager to receive treatments when the Gillespie Approach is included with Pfrimmer deep muscle therapy.
—Lisa Rumer, P.T.A., N.C.M.T., P.D.M.T.
Dublin, Pennsylvania
I can look at a patient’s symptoms and go right to the source of the problem. The treatment is noninvasive to the patient. My clients are responding very well to the Gillespie Approach. They are finding true relief from pain. They no longer have to rely so heavily on pain relievers that only mask the true cause of the problem.”
—Linda G. Larkin
Shiatsu practitioner, reiki therapist and craniosacral fascial therapist
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Through this work, I can affect the entire body’s functioning via a noninvasive method. Finally, I have an alternative to traditional drug therapy. I feel I found something that ultimately will change my life and the lives of those I touch.
—Christa Anne Barry, P.D.M.T.
Baltimore, Maryland
This training enabled me to look differently at every patient. I can now help patients I previously thought I couldn’t help. This class also helped me realize why some of my best efforts in the past have failed.
—Jacqueline J. Shakar, MSPT, AT, CMT
Auburn, Massachusetts
You can feel dramatic changes in yourself, which solidify the techniques for you and give you confidence to practice on others. It can also prolong your career because it’s so easy on your hands, wrists, and body. As a holistic approach, it is a great integration of the best massage has to offer.
—Michael S. Trammell, C.M.T., N.C.T.M.B.
Charlottesville, Virginia
I would like to completely change my practice around and only do Gillespie Approach work. The Gillespie Approach is also easier on my body.
—June Bishop, L.M.T.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Everyone has tension and traumas from dealing with life’s ups and downs. This work can be helpful for anyone because we basically have the same structure, perhaps just different blocks or problems to address. Many children may respond more quickly, but adults can certainly use releases and rebalancing. It’s nice to have something that works for babies, too.
—Beth James Foos, M.T.
Exton, Pennsylvania
Since this workshop had a lot of bodywork, it was a class within itself. I’m looking forward to using the Gillespie Approach on the foster children who go through my home.
—Patty Kuzmak, B.S.W., C.M.T. , Certified Infant Massage Instructor
Baltimore, Maryland
Since I do Reiki, the physical side of this work will give added benefits. It gets to areas other therapies do not. It was a great idea to send out the workbook prior to the class.
—Janet Hoffman, M.T.
St. Peter’s, Pennsylvania
The training is enlightening, simple, supportive, and educational. It is truly amazing work.
—Cheryl Thommer, C.M.T.
Millersville, Maryland
What I learned at the training brings another level of healing to my work.
—Anne Marie Brady, C.M.T.
Mountainhome, Pennsylvania
The workshop gave me additional techniques to work on the craniosacral fascial system. Actually, it brought it all together and helped me to fine-tune my work.
—Kristine King, L.M.T., C.M.T., N.M.T.
Shillington, Pennsylvania
Following workshops, I always have a few questions come to mind. Unlike other workshops, this was so thorough that I have found I’m confident to do the work without any questions.
—Kay Gustin, L.M.T.
Troy, Pennsylvania
Having studied some cranial, TMJ, and myofascial work, I found the Gillespie Approach to be a synthesis of the best in each.
—Matthew Schrier, MS, DC
Newington, Connecticut
Although I presently work with children, this provides me with a great deal of more helpful clinical information.
—Barbara Feeney, LMT
Greenwich, Connecticut
I found more care and concern for learning in this training. Most instructors just strut their stuff.
—Cheryl Davis Eller, L.M.T.
Orlando, Florida
I received tons of useful information immediately.
—Kate Horrigan, P.T.
New York City, New York
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2024 Foundation Trainings
Gillespie Approach Foundation Training is designed for students to work with children and adults.
- February 1–3 | Austin, TX
- March 14–16 | Gilbert, AZ
- April 11–13 | Melbourne, FL
- June 6–8 | Colorado Springs, CO
- July 18–20 | Bozeman, MT
- September 5–7 | Surrey, UK
- October 17–19 | New Hampshire
- November 14–16 | Greenville, SC
2024 Infant Trainings
Gillespie Approach Infant Training is designed for students to work with infants.
- February 4–6 | Austin, TX
- March 17–19 | Gilbert, AZ
- April 14–16 | Melbourne, FL
- June 9–11 | Colorado Springs, CO
- July 21–23 | Bozeman, MT
- September 8–10 | Surrey, UK
- October 20–22 | New Hampshire
- November 17–19 | Greenville, SC
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