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Leader effectiveness may depend on emotional expression

 
 
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Practice Trends Survey

What are the patient conditions you most commonly work with?

Help Massage Therapy Canada obtain a snapshot of your practice, straight from the hearts and minds of practising RMTs. Please take a short 5 minutes to fill out this NATIONAL survey. Pass the link on to your fellow massage therapists. All provinces are welcome to submit their answers.
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Massage gift certificates: Does it make sense for your practice?

Selling massage therapy gift certificates is a popular topic amongst massage therapists. But let’s discuss the implications of selling gift certificates – whether or not it makes sense for your specific practice, and how to overcome some simple mistakes.

Selling gift certificates can be a great strategy to increase your immediate cash flow, as well as stimulate new patient bookings. These patients often are higher quality because they have pre-paid or received the gift certificate from a current patient of yours who already knows, likes and trusts your business. However, with the wrong strategy in place you can also experience numerous issues from selling gift certificates.
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Business of Massage Therapy: Building a Successful Career

This is the premiere guide to managing a successful massage career and running a successful holistic business. Written by veteran massage therapist and holistic business coach Jessica Abegg (LMT, MBA, MSIB), this visual, hands-on book contains all the tools readers need.

It focuses on both practical concerns (such as finance and legal organization), and intangible elements of success (reflection, balance, and self-care). It also includes vital information on marketing and the Internet: knowledge often absent in the high-touch, low-tech world of massage. Throughout, it reflects the growing recognition that it is urgently important to help practitioners manage businesses and careers more successfully, as reflected in the inclusion of Business Practices in the new Massage Therapy Body of Knowledge. » Order now...
 
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NEW: The role of empathy in massage

Are massage therapists properly equipped, in their training and informed by evidence, to respond appropriately to patient affect, particularly in advanced care situations? » Listen now

Responsibilities, Communication Skills and Interpersonal Challenges for RMTs

How does the Code of Ethics frame Scope of Practice in assisting the practitioner in complicated decision making? How do we build a “working alliance” with clients? What is a “touch-triggered” response? How can we effectively set boundaries? This and more as we consider all that happens in the therapeutic encounter. » Listen now