Designed by a practicing MT with a BS in Integrative Health and soon-to-be MA in Integrative Health Studies, these courses translate the latest insights from integrative health directly into massage therapy practice. Learn how to be a change agent in your sessions, whether through supporting client behavior change, building relational literacy, or exploring the creative and neurobiological dimensions of touch. Each course equips you with practical, scope-appropriate skills you can apply immediately, helping you grow as a reflective, skilled, and evidence-informed practitioner.

Cohorts are intentionally small (6–8 participants) to support meaningful dialogue and applied learning. A minimum of 4 participants is required to run each course. Cohorts beginning July 2026

A sliding scale is offered to support access while sustaining this work. Please choose the rate that best reflects your current resources—no justification required.

4-week course $150 - $200 - $250

8-week course $300 - $400 - $500

Integrative Health Continuing Education for Massage Therapists

Book cover titled "Your Brain on Art" with colorful abstract swirl patterns, authors listed as Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.
Book cover of 'AWARE' by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, titled 'The Science and Practice of Presence,' with the subtitle 'The Groundbreaking Meditation Practice'.
Cover of the book titled "Connecting Paradigms" by Matthew S. Bennett, featuring colorful interconnected gears with terms related to trauma and neurobiological frameworks.
Book cover titled "Wired to Connect" by Amy Banks and Leigh Ann Hirschman, with a bright yellow background and a black, pink, and white lightbulb illustration with a heart inside.
  • This 4-week live online course (2 hours/week) supports massage therapists in developing the knowledge, language, and confidence to function as effective change agents within their scope of practice. Using stress management as a focused lens, the course examines how Lifestyle Medicine principles and Motivational Interviewing microskills translate into real-world massage therapy contexts, including client conversations, clinical reasoning, and ethical documentation. Participants also receive guided support to draft a professional case report suitable for publication, presentation, or portfolio development.

    $150 - $200 - $250

  • This 4-week live online course (2 hours/week) supports massage therapists in developing the knowledge, language, and confidence to function as effective change agents within their scope of practice. Using physical activity as a focused lens, the course examines how Lifestyle Medicine principles and Motivational Interviewing microskills translate into real-world massage therapy contexts, including client conversations, clinical reasoning, and ethical documentation. Participants also receive guided support to draft a professional case report suitable for publication, presentation, or portfolio development.

  • This 4-week live online course (2 hours/week) supports massage therapists in developing the knowledge, language, and confidence to function as effective change agents within their scope of practice. Using sleep as a focused lens, the course examines how Lifestyle Medicine principles and Motivational Interviewing microskills translate into real-world massage therapy contexts, including client conversations, clinical reasoning, and ethical documentation. Participants also receive guided support to draft a professional case report suitable for publication, presentation, or portfolio development.

  • This 4-week live online course (2 hours/week) supports massage therapists in developing the knowledge, language, and confidence to function as effective change agents within their scope of practice. Using risky substances as a focused lens, the course examines how Lifestyle Medicine principles and Motivational Interviewing microskills translate into real-world massage therapy contexts, including client conversations, clinical reasoning, and ethical documentation. Participants also receive guided support to draft a professional case report suitable for publication, presentation, or portfolio development.

  • This 4-week live online course (2 hours/week) supports massage therapists in developing the knowledge, language, and confidence to function as effective change agents within their scope of practice. Using nutrition as a focused lens, the course examines how Lifestyle Medicine principles and Motivational Interviewing microskills translate into real-world massage therapy contexts, including client conversations, clinical reasoning, and ethical documentation. Participants also receive guided support to draft a professional case report suitable for publication, presentation, or portfolio development.

  • This 4-week live online course (2 hours/week) supports massage therapists in developing the knowledge, language, and confidence to function as effective change agents within their scope of practice. Using connectedness as a focused lens, the course examines how Lifestyle Medicine principles and Motivational Interviewing microskills translate into real-world massage therapy contexts, including client conversations, clinical reasoning, and ethical documentation. Participants also receive guided support to draft a professional case report suitable for publication, presentation, or portfolio development.

  • This 8-week live online course (2 hours/week) examines Maier’s Somato-Relational Framework alongside Relational-Cultural Theory to strengthen relational literacy through trauma-responsive and culturally humble practice within massage therapy. Grounded in feminist psychology, the course examines growth-oriented therapeutic relationships shaped by mutuality, context, power, and social location, including how relational ruptures may arise outside of therapist intent or fault. Through guided discussion and applied clinical examples, therapists develop the capacity to recognize and respond to rupture, difference, and disconnection in ways that support ethical care, repair, and healing in connection—while maintaining clear professional boundaries and scope.

  • This 8-week live online course (2 hours/week) explores massage therapy as both art and clinical practice, integrating the Expressive Therapies Continuum with principles of neuroscience to expand the therapist’s capacity for intentional, adaptive touch. Participants examine how sensory, cognitive, emotional, and creative processes intersect in the therapeutic encounter, cultivating skillful improvisation, clinical reasoning, and expressive presence. The course frames massage therapists as artist-clinicians, offering strategies to translate creativity into safe, ethical, and impactful client experiences while supporting reflective documentation and professional growth.

  • This 4-week live online course (2 hours/week) equips massage therapists with the knowledge and skills to access, interpret, and apply local health data to inform their practice. Participants learn how to use community and institutional data to design offerings that are responsive to local needs, whether in private practice, franchises, or healthcare systems. The course emphasizes practical application, helping therapists translate data into scope-appropriate, evidence-informed decisions, from tailoring services and marketing ethically, to shaping programs that address community health priorities and effect meaningful change within systems.

  • This 4-week live online course (2 hours/week) introduces Dan Siegel’s Wheel of Awareness as a structured body-mind scan for massage therapy. Participants explore awareness along two axes, experiential vs. narrative and internal vs. external, to recognize where they and their clients are showing up in sessions. Using this map, therapists learn to support expansion into other domains of awareness, guiding treatment planning, reflective practice, and collaborative attunement. The course emphasizes scope-appropriate application, trauma-responsiveness, and relationally informed facilitation.

Interested in Joining a course?

~ "Your Brain on Art" Magsamen & Ross

~ "Connecting Paradigms" - Bennett

~ "Wired to Connect" - Banks

~ "Aware" - Siegel

~ "Your Brain on Art" Magsamen & Ross ~ "Connecting Paradigms" - Bennett ~ "Wired to Connect" - Banks ~ "Aware" - Siegel