With vast amounts of southern and eastern Australia devastated by bushfires this summer, how can massage therapists provide best care to clients affected by bushfires, and how can they avoid becoming overwhelmed? Tim Clark is here to help.
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Robert Libbey RMT shares practical advice for massage therapists working with clients who have experienced assault and sexual assault in part 2 of our series. Content warning: assault, sexual assault, rape
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Peri-menopause and post-menopause can be unsettled times for women. And what if you’re a massage therapist experiencing peri-menopause or post-menopause? How does it impact on your treatments?
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Have you forgotten the basics of being a massage therapist? New to massage and want to learn what keeps massage therapists focused? We asked a bunch of wise massage therapists to tell us what they believe are the foundations of being a massage therapist.
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“The history between a client and therapist, and the consequent deep feelings of mutual respect, can make a massage so important.” AMT Chairperson Michelle McKerron shares a personal story of how some some people are more than clients.
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“As Massage Therapists, we often see people at their most vulnerable. Helping a client through their time of death is taking this vulnerability to the next level.” Tara Goulding shares her experience of providing more than simply a massage.
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From the dusty AMT archive, we travel back to December 2002 and a massage that one might want to forget but never can.
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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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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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How much should you be charging for a massage treatment? Do you follow what other therapists charge or do you examine your labour hours, outgoings, inflation and other operational costs?
With some simple steps, I’ll show you how to set a realistic price. Continue Reading →
