Massage Mastery Institute Original NCBTMB CE Courses

All in person ethics training contains the same focus material as the self-led classes. The element that elevates these trainings is that there are critical thinking activities that the learners are given which they can work through based on their own real experiences and then share with the class. Everyone has a chance to benefit from conferring and practicing their newly learned skills. Learners are then encouraged to take their new skills back to the office with them to begin implementing them to improve professional growth.

The Ethics of Rules and Regulations for Professionalism (4 CEs)

LMTs are responsible for understanding the key considerations for establishing a massage therapy practice that is both ethical and within the boundaries of state/local laws, rules and regulations.

Learners will be able to:

Understand how laws, rules, and regulations affect the practice of massage therapy
Become familiar with how laws are made
Understand the importance of knowing laws, rules, and regulations that are relevant to the practice of massage therapy
Discuss how an LMT can become more active in advocating for positive movement within the profession
NCBTMB Approval #: CE401065
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Building Rapport for Client Centered Care (4 CEs)

Good hands-on therapy depends on the therapist’s ability to listen, observe, assist clients’ awareness of physical changes, respond to discomfort, modify interventions according to client wishes, and reinforce the therapeutic changes that clients make.

Learners will be able to:

Recognize the foundations of building a therapeutic relationship
Recognize the 3 strategies of the therapeutic process to client-centered care
Outline strategies for enhancing the therapeutic relationship
Work through case studies to identify how to improve client experience
NCBTMB Approval #: 70335153
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Client Outcomes for Therapeutic, Wellness, and Holistic Massage (4 CEs)

This course prepares LMTs to achieve client specific outcomes for therapeutic, wellness, and holistic massage treatments by:

Describing the goals and components providing a massage based on client outcomes
Describing the relationships between decision-making, practice based on research, and the therapeutic relationship.
Identify different components of delivering client centered clinical care
Describe and distinguish between the outcomes of therapeutic massage, wellness massage, and holistic massage.
Identify when it is appropriate to establish different types of outcomes for clients.
NCBTMB Approval #: CE400057
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Belief Systems and Professionalism (4 CEs)

This course helps LMTs explore how values and beliefs can shape the client-therapist relationship and how to cope with conflicting ideals.

Learners will be able to:

Differentiate between the terms – beliefs, ethics, morals, and values
Understand how personal values and beliefs are formed and influenced
Recognize the importance of understanding one’s own personal beliefs
Investigate why the knowledge of values, beliefs, ethics, and morals is relevant for massage professionals
Become familiar with appropriate ways to cope with differences in beliefs and other’s beliefs about massage therapy
NCBTMB Approval #: CE401061
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Creating Your Own Policies and Procedures (4 CEs)

As LMTs embark on their professional journey, it is important to become familiar with the process of developing and writing personal and professional policies and procedures for exceptional ethical practice.

Learners will be able to:

Review common policies and procedures surrounding the practice of massage therapy
Understand the benefits of policies and procedures
Become familiar with the process of developing and writing policies and procedures
Understand they key considerations for communicating policies and procedures
NCBTMB Approval #: CE401062
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Setting and Respecting Boundaries (4 CEs)

This course covers the importance of establishing, defining, and maintaining boundaries for both the client and the practitioner.

Learners will be able to:

Understand the importance of boundaries for both client and therapist
Become familiar with the intentional and unintentional ways boundaries are sometimes crossed
Learn how to define and maintain boundaries
Learn how to identify green, yellow, and red flags when it comes to boundaries
Practice managing different situations where boundaries are crossed
NCBTMB Approval #: CE401063
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Creating and Maintaining Healthy Client-Therapist Relationships (4 CEs) – Ethics

This course allows LMTs to obtain the skills necessary to level the professional power differential, to handle cases of transference and countertransference, and to explore the pros and cons of dual relationships.

Learners will be able to:

Become familiar with the dynamics of the power differential in a therapeutic relationship
Understand how to manage the transference of thoughts and feelings from the client to the therapist and the countertransference from the therapist to the client
Become familiar with both problematic and successful dual relationships
Practice using learned skills in real-life scenarios
NCBTMB Approval #: CE401066
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Marketing Yourself: Skills to Build a Book of Business (3 CEs) – Business/Marketing

The purpose of this class is to enhance a massage practitioner’s ability to understand how to market yourself.

Learners will be able to:

Demonstrate skills in listening and communicating effectively to provide a better experience for the client
Create proposition statements and understand how to assist clients in finding value within the sessions
Identify key areas of professionalism and how they connect to marketing to build a client base
NCBTMB Approval #: CE400061
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Understanding Client Values and Emotions (4 CEs) – Ethics

An individual's core values can create strong emotions. LMTs will benefit greatly by being able to identify and cope with this in a massage session.

Learners will be able to:

Become familiar with the emotions surrounding beliefs
Understand the importance of examining one’s own feelings about massage
Understand the importance of being aware of the client’s feelings and perceptions during a session
Understand key considerations for developing and maintaining a successful client-therapist relationship
NCBTMB Approval #: CE401064
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Located in Central New Jersey
NCBTMB Approved Provider Number: 1001116
Phone number: 732-993-7303