What is Bereavement Massage?
In the final article of our Loss and Bereavement series, Ronna Moore shares how massage therapists can assist grieving clients.
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The Art of the Counselling Referral
A Massage Therapist believes a client might benefit from counselling but what happens next? How does a Massage Therapist stay within their scope of practice while still helping their client? Massage Therapist and Psychotherapist, Tim Clark provides some easy-to-follow, practical suggestions.
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What makes a successful massage therapist? A full appointment diary? High profits? Happy clients? Liz Sharkey shares why some may see her as a failure but she sees herself as a success.
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Are You Guilty of Starving Musicians?
Did you know that you need a licence to play music in your clinic room? Like massage therapists, music creators need to earn a living. Dave Moore runs us through our legal and ethical responsibilities.
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And They All Lived Happily Ever After
Massage therapists have long been frustrated by requests to provide sex services. It’s a problem that isn’t going away anytime soon but what can we do to minimise the number of requests and the impact requests have upon us.
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Finding Your Village
Massage Therapists work alone but there’s no reason why Massage Therapists should feel lonely. How do you connect with your massage therapy “village”?
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The Road Less Travelled
AMT CEO Rebecca Barnett delves into the murky world of identity for massage therapists. How have we come to doubt our value to clients? Where do we go to from here? And how can we take heart from a chance encounter in a lift? All this, plus a spot of Robert Frost.
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Update: AMT Mentoring Program
AMT’s pilot mentoring scheme officially opens on Monday 10 October. Here’s a brief update on how the pilot has unfolded to date.
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Announcement: Launch of the AMT mentoring scheme
This is it! The announcement you’ve all been waiting for. AMT’s mentoring scheme is set to open in one week, on Wednesday 29 August. It’s the culmination of nearly two years research and development, and we can’t wait to get started. Read on …
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Pleasure Is Not A Dirty Word
Use the words ‘pleasure’ and ‘massage’ in the same sentence and watch the eyebrows go up. Does it have to be this way? Massage Therapist and Psychotherapist Tim Clark introduces us to The Pleasure-Purpose Principle, which he’ll be presenting on at the 2018 AMT National Conference on 13 October 2018.
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