Highly Recommended Reading for
Massage Therapists
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Online articles:
Article-
(Featuring Me!!) Supervision Peer Supervision and Clinical Supervision Groups
Provide Therapists With A Safe Harbor And Forum For Professional Development.
Excerpted and adapted with permission from The Ethics of Touch,by Ben Benjamin, PhD and Cherie Sohnen-Moe.
Presencingsource.com-
Caretaking 4 part article and other good articles on how to stay present with
clients
Computer
based Supervision - Journal of Technology in Counseling
Ethics of Touch : www.somatics.de
: by Lael Katherine Green
Eliminating
Caretaker behaviors - www.coping.org/
- Great examples of caretaker behavior and what to start doing about them
Overcoming
the Need to Fix - www.coping.org -
Another Great example that defines the need to fix and how it is a control
issue.
Books: (just hover over
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amazon.com)
Ethics
"The
Educated Heart: Professional Guidelines for Massage Therapists,
Bodyworkers and Movement Teachers" by Nina M. McIntosh:
Highly recommended. One of the first people to start talking about the
nuts and bolts of practice building which are setting boundaries and
framework. Building a practice is based on ethics. Ethics is just
really about relationships.
www.educatedheart.com
"Ethics
of Caring: Honoring the Web of Life in Our Professional Healing
Relationships" by Kylea Taylor
The
Ethics of Touch: The Hands-on Practitioner's Guide To Creating a
Professional, Safe and Enduring Practice
by Ph.D. Ben E. Benjamin (Author), Cherie Sohnen-Moe (Author). More of a
college textbook on ethics. Available on her website : www.sohnen-moe.com
"How
can I help?" by Ram Dass
My
Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging by Rachel
Naomi Remen, Md : Highly recommended. This is really the core of our work
- learning to serve. There is an article online called "In the
Service of life" that should be our Code of Ethics.
website -www.rachelremen.com
Becoming a Helper
- Corey and Schneider. This book should be required reading before
becoming a massage therapist
Marketing
Marketing
Massage by Monica Roseberry This is one of the best books on marketing
your business that you can get. The author actually visits over 1000
massage schools and interviews massage therapists and students and reports on
what makes for a successful massage therapist. The number one thing that massage
therapists had in common was the need to serve others. This is really the
heart of the intentions of my writing- to discover what it is really to serve
and be of service.
Business
Mastery : A Guide for Creating a Fulfilling, Thriving Business and Keeping
It Successful by Cherie Sohnen-Moe ISBN: 0962126543; 3rd edition 1997) Read an
excerpt online and see table of contents. A massage therapists guide to setting
up business and creating the practice that you want. Includes sections on
business planning, starting a business, therapeutic relationships, marketing,
and financial planning. Great for any stage in building a practice. There is a
workbook available along with other articles and free business forms at http://www.sohnen-moe.com
Attracting
Perfect Customers: The Power of Strategic Synchronicity by Stacey Hall, Jan
Brogniez. Basically explores the same message as I do in my website www.massagepracticebuilder.com
and here. A successful business is based on finding our ideal or
"perfect customer" who is in tune with our personal and professional
values and missions. There are some good articles on the website at www.perfectcustomer.com
Also offers more support in the form of vision circles, classes and programs.
Personal Growth:
I highly recommend the Series of
books written by Miguel Ruiz. They have been influential in helping me
find my way.
The
Four Aggreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
The
Four Agreements Companion Book : Using the Four Agreements to Master the
Dream of Your Life
by Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills
The
Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec
Wisdom Book by Miguel Ruiz
The
Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace
by Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills
Beyond
Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy : The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz
by Mary Carroll Nelson, don Miguel Ruiz, Miguel Ruiz
The
Toltec Way
: A Guide to Personal Transformation
by Susan Gregg (Foreword), Don Miguel Ruiz (Foreword) The writing exercises in
this book actually helped me understand the other 4 by Miguel Ruiz and helped me
apply the 4 agreements. Like anything else it is a process of learning.
