The Educated Heart: Professional Guidelines for Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers and Movement Teachers - Softcover

Nina McIntosh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096741220X ISBN 13: 9780967412207

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

"The Educated Heart" is destined to become the classic on professional and ethical boundaries in the manual therapies. It is a delightful, indispensable guide for every practitioner and student of the manual therapies. This groundbreaking work demystifies the crucial but under-examined issue of professional boundariesbringing both humanity and humor to the intricacies of shaping an integrity-based practice. "The Educated Heart" includes: "red flags" that signal potential boundary problems, compassionate insights into everyday professional challenges, real-life examples illustrating common pitfalls and helpful strategies, and step-by-step guidelines for making ethical decisions. Also features the wonderful cartoon illustrations of Mari Gayatri Stein.

About this title

About the Author

Nina McIntosh, MSW, combines twenty years as a bodyworker-first, as a massage therapist and later, as a Certified Rolfer-with her previous experience as a psychiatric social worker. She currently practices as a Rolfer and is also a Rosen Method bodywork intern.

From the Back Cover

The Educated Heart is a delightful, indispensable guide for every practitioner and student of the manual therapies. For the first time, this groundbreaking work demystifies the crucial but under-examined issue of professional boundaries-bringing both humanity and humor to the intricacies of shaping an integrity-bases practice. The Educated Heart includes: "red flags" that signal potential boundary problems, compassionate insights into everyday professional challenges, real-life examples illustrating common pitfalls and helpful strategies, step-by-step guidelines for making ethical decisions.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Chapter 1, First paragraph: We may hear "professional" and think of a clinical atmosphere or a distant and aloof therapist. Nothing could be further from the truth. Professionalism doesn't mean acting stuffy or keeping our clients at arms' length. It simply means that, when we're working, our focus is on our clients. We pay attention to them, we're sensitive to their vulnerability. Being professional is simply an educated way of being kind.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 096741220X
• ISBN 13: 9780967412207
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248