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Massage : a career at your fingertips : the complete guide to becoming a bodywork professional / Martin Ashley.

by Ashley, Martin.

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Carmel, NY : Enterprise Pub., c2003.

Massage -- Vocational guidance.

Massage therapy -- Vocational guidance.

Massage -- Practice.

0964466244 (pbk.) :

xi, 315 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Introduction to the fourth edition -- [pt.] 1. An overview of the profession and what it takes to succeed in it -- [ch.] 1. Is a career in massage for you? -- [ch.] 2. The massage and bodywork field : its time has come -- [ch.] 3. Current professional and political issues -- [pt.] 2. Career options, strategies and tactics -- [ch.] 4. Your career in massage or bodywork - let's get organized -- [ch.] 5. Career options in massage -- [ch.] 6. Career strategies -- [ch.] 7. Marketing yourself as a massage therapist -- [ch.] 8. Opening a massage office -- [pt.] 3. Sex, gender and touch -- [ch.] 9. Sex and massage -- [ch.] 10. For men only -- [ch.] 11. Working with survivors of childhood sexual or physical abuse -- [pt.] 4. Business, practical and legal information for the practitioner -- [ch.] 12. Business basics and practice pointers -- [ch.] 13. Ethics and boundaries -- [ch.] 14. Staying healthy in a demanding field -- [ch.] 15. Laundry and linens -- [ch.] 16. Professional associations - profiles -- [ch.] 17. Insurance -- [ch.] 18. Laws you should know about and state regulation of massage -- [ch.] 19. Income taxes -- [ch.] 20. Scientific research on the benefits of massage -- [ch.] 21. Reimbursement for your services by insurance companies -- [ch.] 22. Keeping client and financial records -- [ch.] 23. Managing your money; some ideas on financial planning -- [pt. 5] Sources of equipment and information -- Massage tables and chairs -- Massage supply stores and catalogue services -- Miscellaneous items - sheets, brochures, software, miscellaneous -- Magazines, newsletter, journals and books -- Marketing, networking and promotional services -- [pt.] 6. Bodywork organizations and trainings -- Bodywork systems, organizations and trainings -- [pt.] 7. State-by-state directory -- About the state-by-state directory -- Directory of massage schools -- Index.

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