International Professional School of Bodywork

Touching Humanity One Body at a Time

About IPSB

IPSB was founded in 1977 as the Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing and quickly became known as IPSB. IPSB has earned the reputation of being an innovative school devoted to the art and science of contemporary bodywork and massage. The school was founded to teach massage therapy combining a focus on cultivating excellent technique, body mechanics, and movement with consciousness-raising techniques to touch the mind, body, and spirit. IPSB is noted for commitment to excellence, the quality of its faculty and staff, as well as the students and graduates.

Curriculum

IPSB's holistic health and somatic curriculum is designed to integrate and harmonize the student's body-mind and to cultivate the attitudes, techniques, and skills necessary to support clients in their growth and change.

• The Essentials of Massage & Bodywork course provides a foundational level of training for the new practitioner.
• The Massage Therapist Program teaches several different hands-on techniques, a strong focus on professional and successful business practices, and thorough preparation to pass the NCBTMB examination.
• The Holistic Health Practitioner Program builds on the MT program curriculum adding a therapeutic massage concentration, more massage hands-on classes and professional development coursework.
• The Associate of Science Degree allows the student to advance their skills and competence over a broad range of somatic modalities while earning an Associate's degree.
• The Bachelor's and Master's Degree programs provide the opportunity for academic and intellectual deepening of somatic knowledge.

In this integrated format, students acquire solid professional technical skill and competency in the vocational certificate and Associate degree programs. The Bachelor's and Master's programs expand the student's holistic health and somatic learning with a full academic program embedded with IPSB's educational values and methods.

Bodywork Specialization Certificates

IPSB offers Bodywork Specialization Courses which encourage students to explore in depth a particular discipline within the broader field of massage and bodywork. These therapeutic methods are effective for working closely with Eastern or Western models, providing the therapist with clear understanding and ability to interact with professionals in those environments.

• Clinical Methods – Holistic Nutrition, Sports Massage, Neuromuscular Therapy, and Structural Integration, Structural Organization
• Oriental Methods - Tui Na Massage, Seitai Shiatsu, Thailand Medical Massage and Jin Shin Acutouch
• Integrative Somatic Methods - Sensory Repatterning, Relational Somatics, Somato-Emotional Integration, CranioSacral Therapy and Structural Integration and Organization.

Accreditation

IPSB is accredited by the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA).

Accredited Programs:

• Massage Therapy Program
• Holistic Health Practitioner Program
• Associate of Science Degree

Federal Financial Aid

IPSB is approved to offer Title IV funding and Federal Student Aid in the form of Pell Grants, Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans, and Federal PLUS Loans to students who qualify. Programs eligible for Federal Financial Aid are Massage Therapy Program, Holistic Health Practitioner Program, and Associate of Science Degree.

Approvals

• Veterans and Eligible Persons under the provision of Title 38, United States Code.
• International Students under federal law for nonimmigrant students with Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant student (I-20 Form).

Continuing Education Approvals

IPSB courses are approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider # 04232).

IPSB is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (Provider #450182-06) as a continuing education Approved Provider.

Memberships

• American Massage Therapy Association – Council of Schools Member #73377
• Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP) - School Member #133245.

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