WA State has long had the ability to bill and get paid by health insurance companies. It came about because of a bill called ‘the every category law’ that was created in 1993 by the insurance commissioner at the time – Deborah Senn. I have heard her speak a few times and she will tell […]
Counter-transference for massage therapists
As a massage therapist, clients come to you to help them find a solution to a problem they are having – whether it is pain, stress, an injury or other disease. They are seeking an expert to help them with their condition. Whenever someone is seeking another for help, it creates a power differential in […]
How Can I Help?
How can I help? Stories and Reflections on Service” Is the title of a book by Ram Dass written about the helping professions. I was first introduced to this book in massage school in 1987 and read it through briefly and didn’t really think much of it. It is now the center of what is […]
Giving away free massage
Giving away free massage or massage done at a really reduced rate can bring up many issues for massage therapists. You have to take each situation and analyze what comes up for you around giving a free massage. Free or group discounted massage can be a great way to build your massage business but so […]
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 […]
Charging what you are worth is BS
Where in the world has this idea of charging what you are worth or knowing what you are worth has come from? I see many massage therapists talking about it and high-fiving each other for every little thing that they do explaining that they now know their worth. It is BS. Somehow the idea that […]