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The Case for Continuing Education

All licensure states that I am aware of require licensees to get continuing education.  Obtaining continuing education is also required for maintaining national certification and professional membership in AMTA.
I’ve been a provider of continuing education for six years now, and one thing has always been disturbing to me.  That’s the number of therapists who call me […]

Cooperative Competition

My friend and mentor Felicia Brown introduced me to a term that I like: cooperative competition.  Felicia and I share the philosophy that there are enough aching bodies and stressed-out people to go around, and we encourage therapists to network, network, network, make mutual referrals, and support each other.  I like to think of massage therapists as “the family […]

The Essential Office Library

I have a reference library in my office, and there isn’t a day goes by that I don’t pull at least one book off the shelf in search of information.  The Internet is nice, of course, but I love books, and just the feel of one in hand somehow feels more substantial to me than […]