Delve into the fundamental concepts of trauma and trauma-informed care in massage therapy. Explore the significance of a client's personal touch history and the psychoneuroimmunological reactions to trauma. Learn how to provide support while remaining within the scope of massage therapy practice and discover essential self-care techniques for working with this clientele.
DISCLAIMER: This course includes discussions on sensitive topics that could be triggering for some learners. This course is an introduction to this topic and does not cover all possible situations you may encounter as a therapist. You should use your independent judgment in all situations.
When you finish this course, you will be able to:
1. Relate the importance of a client’s personal touch history.
2. Recognize the enhanced role of the therapist when interacting with emotionally vulnerable clients.
3. Determine when massage therapy is contraindicated as a result of a client’s emotional state or mood.
4. Describe how to support emotionally vulnerable clients safely while remaining within massage therapy scope of practice.
Pamela Fitch, BA, RMT is a massage therapy educator, writer, researcher and long-time practitioner with more than 30 years of experience. She focuses on the professional, ethical and communicative challenges that face many massage therapists, and how massage affects clients with trauma and complex pain conditions.
Course Expiration
Please note that you must complete each AMTA online learning course and pass the exam one year from the date of purchase. If you do not complete the course and pass the exam within one year, you will be required to re-purchase the course.
Online courses expire one year from the date of purchase. When a course expires, you will no longer have access to the course materials and will be required to re-purchase the course.
Course Approval Code(s)
LCEU0004340
Copyright
This course contains information that is proprietary. None of the material contained within this course may be used without the express written permission
of AMTA unless otherwise indicated in the course. As a reminder, before practicing any new modalities or techniques, check with your state’s massage therapy
regulatory authority to ensure they are within the state’s defined scope of practice for massage therapy.
Refunds
Online courses are non-refundable. AMTA will not cover fees incurred from duplicate payments, insufficient funds, stopped payments or credit/debit cards over
credit limits.