Massage : a career at your fingertips : the complete guide to becoming a bodywork professional

Massage : a career at your fingertips : the complete guide to becoming a bodywork professional /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ashley, Martin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Mahopac Falls, NY : Enterprise Pub., c1995.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Massage > Vocational guidance.
Massage > Practice.
Massage therapy > vocational guidance.
Massage > Study and teaching > United States > Directories.
Massage therapy > Study and teaching > United States > Directories.
Massage > United States > Societies, etc. > Directories.
Massage therapy > United States > Societies, etc. > Directories.
Massage schools > United States > Directories.
Vocational guidance > United States.
Vocational guidance.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Introduction to the second edition
  • [pt.] 1. An overview of the profession and what it takes to succeed in it
  • [ch.] 1. Is a career in massage for you?
  • [ch.] 2. The massage and bodywork field : its time has come
  • [ch.] 3. Current professional and political issues
  • [pt.] 2. Career options, strategies and tactics
  • [ch.] 4. Your career in massage or bodywork - let's get organized
  • [ch.] 5. Career options in massage
  • [ch.] 6. Career strategies
  • [ch.] 7. Marketing yourself as a massage therapist
  • [ch.] 8. Opening a massage office
  • [pt.] 3. Sex, gender and touch
  • [ch.] 9. Sex and massage
  • [ch.] 10. For men only
  • [ch.] 11. Working with survivors of childhood sexual or physical abuse
  • [pt.] 4. Business, practical and legal information for the practitioner
  • [ch.] 12. Business basics and practice pointers
  • [ch.] 13. Staying healthy in a demanding field
  • [ch.] 14. Laundry and linens
  • [ch.] 15. Professional associations - profiles
  • [ch.] 16. Insurance
  • [ch.] 17. Laws you should know about and state regulation of massage
  • [ch.] 18. Income taxes
  • [ch.] 19. Reimbursement for your services by insurance companies
  • [ch.] 20. Keeping client and financial records
  • [ch.] 21. Managing your money; some ideas on financial planning
  • [pt. 5] Sources of equipment and information
  • Networking, marketing and promotional services
  • Massage tables and chairs
  • Massage oils
  • Massage supply stores and catalogue services
  • Miscellaneous items - sheets; uniforms, brochures; detergents; ointments; accessories; tble selection services
  • Record-keeping and insurance billing assistance
  • Magazines, newsletter, journals and books
  • [pt.] 6. Bodywork organizations and trainings
  • Bodywork organizations and trainings directory
  • Advanced traingiing
  • [pt.] 7. State-by-state directory
  • Alphabetical list of massage schools
  • Directory of massage schools
  • Index.

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