The words Massage and Massage Therapy have often been used by prostitutes (Illicit Massage Businesses, Illegitimate Massage Businesses or aka Brothels doing business as massage therapists) as a cover for their illegal prostitution businesses. Even today, legitimate massage therapists are thought to be giving ‘happy endings’ despite the progress we have made in the profession […]
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The CE Conundrum
And now, the end is nearCould this be the final curtain? First of all – it is CE (Continuing Education) NOT CE U. One CE credit is 60 minutes of instruction. One CE hour is 60 minutes of instruction. One clock hour is 60 minutes of instruction. One contact hour is 50 minutes of instruction. […]
If we are not at the table, we are on the menu.
If you are not at the table, you are on the menu is a political saying that supposedly comes out of WA DC in about 2000 with no known origin. I first heard it said that the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education Conference (I think in about 2010) in Tuscon AZ by John Weeks, publisher/editor […]
Creating Your Policies and Procedures
One of the biggest acts of self care is setting your policies and procedures and learning to enforce them in a way that supports your values. It also helps create the framework for the therapeutic relationship. When clients/potential clients know where you stand and what they are responsible for it shows them where your boundaries […]
Show me the evidence
Evidence based massage therapy – what is it really and do we want to make sure that massage therapy that is done with clients/patients is evidence based? I have thought so for awhile, but a few weeks ago when an associate attended a presentation Healthier WA by the WA State Health Care Authority and heard […]
Dating Massage Clients
What if you really really really fall head over heels for a massage client and go on to date them? What is happening is called counter-transference and it happens in every relationship really and is called projection in other relationships. Because you are meeting someone under the premise that you will provide massage therapy for […]