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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES
In this course, student's learn the practical information and skills needed to build a successful Massage Therapy Practice. Important business practices are covered, including city, state, and national licensing and certification laws, marketing and business opportunities in the allopathic and holistic health fields. Successful client interviewing and ethics concerning private practice will be covered in order for graduate's to create a professional and safe practice. Student's will also explore the variety of continuing education opportunities available and how they can benefit clientele and business opportunities. Most importantly, student's will learn how to present their practice to the public and potential employers by learning the basics of advertising and graphic design skills and how to design business cards, brochures, and posters. By course end, student's will have acquired the skills to create a comprehensive business plan and will feel confident in promoting their practice after graduation.
THERAPEUTIC SKILLS & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
This course will enable student's to understand how to handle ethical issues with clients and employers, laying the foundation of a professional practice. Student's will explore client-therapist relationships, boundary issues, active listening skills, and exploratory dialogue. Student's will learn skills and understanding relating to transference and projection and how to differentiate between the professional's transference and projection and the clients. Class topics will include the differentiation between healthy and unhealthy boundaries, the professionals and the clients', emotional release and when it is necessary to refer, sexual abuse and trauma, professional behavior, and how to create a successful, healing and healthy therapeutic session.
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