Berit began her healing work in 1975 when she became a Certified Reflexologist, working professionally at the Beechwold Natural Clinic in Columbus, Ohio, while pursuing studies in Massage Therapy. After being licensed by the State of Ohio as a Massage Therapist, she served as the Senior Therapist at Beechwold for nine years, providing supervision to other Reflexologists and Massage Therapists.
Having witnessed the success of Dr. William Fitzgerald's Zone Therapy concept in her work with foot reflexology, Berit chose to study another therapy that would be an extension of this concept. The desire to see healing quickened was her motivation for studying Polarity Therapy. In 1978 she incorporated Polarity Therapy into her practice and teaching, while making a commitment to pursue studies in mind/body energetic work. In addition to her three main modalities of Reflexology, Therapeutic Massage, and Polarity Therapy, Berit has studied Gestalt, Reiki, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Myofascial, Cranio-sacral, Trigger point release, and Positional release (strain/counterstrain) techniques, and has integrated all of her training into a single mode she calls Energy Release Somatic Therapy.
Berit's love of teaching began with teaching public school after receiving her BS in education from Syracuse University. Her teaching experience includes the Reflexology for Certification program and other courses at RSI, Polarity Therapy workshops for APP and RPP certification, and introductory Reflexology and Massage Therapy courses in the Ohio State University CAP Program and the Lifelong Learning and Leisure program in Upper Arlington. Berit also teaches Reflexology as an adjunct faculty member at the National Institute of Massotherapy in Akron, Ohio. Formerly, Berit has been a faculty member at the Massage Away School of Therapy in Westerville, Ohio, and has made numerous presentations on a local, state, national, and international level. In addition to her duties as an educator, Berit serves as the Vice President of the Ohio Association of Reflexology, Corresponding Secretary of the Reflexology Association of America, and Chairperson of the registration committee for the APTA. Most recently she has been included in the Millenium edition of National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals.
Currently, Berit is a nationally certified Reflexologist, a licensed Massage Therapist, nationally certified in Bodywork with the NCBTMB, and has Registered Polarity Practitioner status with the American Polarity Therapy Association. She practices locally in Columbus, Ohio and in Akron, Ohio. Berit maintains a successful private practice offering her healing services to the community, while fully committing herself to her work as President of the Reflexology Science Institute, teaching and passing on the wisdom and knowledge she has been gifted with during her many years of study, practice, and experience.
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