As more people reach beyond conventional medicine for healing, massage and bodywork practitioners are being invited to aid and comfort dying persons and those who care for them. In this profoundly intimate course, internationally acclaimed practitioner Irene Smith shares openly about the multidimensional challenges and personal healing nature of this work. The manual, 2 audio presentations and 2 videos in this course clearly present Irene's practical and philosophical framework developed from over 25 years' experience.
In this course, you will learn:
This course is for any massage therapist or bodyworker who is considering working with dying persons. It will inspire you to learn new hands-on skills.
Margaret Leighton, LMT, BCTMB
4/25/2024
Haveing spent 8+ years as a Hospice Vounteer right out of massage school, I found this course exeeded my expectations, reminded me of many of my own experiences, and provided additional nowledge as well. The course iteself was Excellent and I highly recommend it to anyone, whether you are a massage therapist or not. There are many lessions here. I do suggest that you be prepared for the background noise in the recordings as there is a lot, and at times the volume becomes very loud, and other times you have to stop and turn up the volume to hear. If recorded in the future, I would recommend any questions asked by the audience to be repeated as you cannot hear most of them. Just my humble opinion. Otherwise, and extremely powerful experience. Well done, and with so much love and compassion. Thank you.
Elizabeth Stevenson, LMT
3/28/2024
I am so glad I took this course. I learned a lot from this course and I feel prepared for things to expect and situations I find myself in.
Patricia L. Conkling, LMT
3/6/2024
Tara Davis, LMT, BCTMB
3/6/2024
Tysie Robinson, LMT
3/6/2024
Sharon Burch holds a Masters Degree in Nursing and has been practicing as a nurse since 1974. She is currently a Registered Nurse in the state of Arkansas. Additionally, Ms. Burch studied under many of today's leaders in massage therapy and bodywork during the 1980s, became Nationally Certified through the NCBTMB in 1993 and holds a professional membership with the AMTA.
As founder of Health Positive!, Ms. Burch has created over 60 home study nursing and massage continuing education programs, performed over 65 public, live educational presentations, has written two published books, served as a member on the NCBTMB Continuing Education committee and was a founding member of the National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists.
Sharon is an instructor on many of the Institute's programs and has authored and co-authored various ethics courses and additional titles such as Touch for the Seriously Ill, Stress Reduction Through Bodywork, Staying Well – Naturally, Cardiopulmonary Health and Illness, Chronic Pain Management, Marketing Massage in Four Easy Steps, Preventing Medical Errors, HIV Update for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers, Understanding HIV, Massage for Edema and more.
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