The Educated Heart: Professional Boundaries for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers (LWW In Touch Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1605477133 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Educated Heart demystifies the important issues of establishing professional relationships in the manual therapies. The book includes real-life examples and practical solutions to dilemmas and sensitive situations that all bodyworkers face in their everyday practice.A companion website includes downloadable video clips depicting problematic boundary situations commonly experienced by bodyworkers and massage therapists.. The author uses humor, compassion, and humanity to present this complicated content in terms that are highly readable and enga
The focus on boundaries is both its strength AND weakness, missing the bigger picture Ironically, this book's focus on boundaries ends up being both its strength and weakness. Understanding boundaries is unquestionably important for manual therapists of all kinds, and The Educated Heart does a pretty good job of explaining boundaries. However, boundaries are only a part of the even more important bigger picture, namely the psychological dimensions of the work -- the crucial roles played by the client-therapist relationship, strong relationship skills, the interconnection of the body and mind, and the psychological . Invaluable Lynne Smiley Wonderful book for all bodywork therapists - focuses on client (customer) service whilst ensuring the therapist/practitioner remains safe, happy and healthy. Many handy hinters and responses to potentially awkward situations. Book also had website details and access code to access videos pertaining to sections in the book. I have read this book, used the website access code and recommend this book to all. A+. GOOD KINDLE EDITION - Wow, page numbers! Yay! LWW managed to have page number on the Kindle edition this time. I guess someone in their company can do that. They need to fix the rest of their Kindle books that don't have page numbers! Page numbers are essential for students regardless of format - any textbook publisher should have page numbering functional in EVERY textbook regardless of the format.I found the book an easy read and I learned valuable things from it. I did find it a bit repetitive, hence my GOOD KINDLE EDITION - Wow, page numbers! Yay! Rod Smith LWW managed to have page number on the Kindle edition this time. I guess someone in their company can do that. They need to fix the rest of their Kindle books that don't have page numbers! Page numbers are essential for students regardless of format - any textbook publisher should have page numbering functional in EVERY textbook regardless of the format.I found the book an easy read and I learned valuable things from it. I did find it a bit repetitive, hence my 4 star rating. The case observations and questions at the end of the c. star rating. The case observations and questions at the end of the c