Boundaries
A concept introduced by Wilhelm Reich to explain the use of physical tension to support psychological defenses.
What is armoring?
A natural process that may occur during a massage session in which a client relaxes his or her defenses and experiences emotions such as sadness, happiness, or other emotions.
What is an emotional release?
A summary of a person’s background, experience, education, training, and skills used by employers to determine if you have the experience necessary to fill an open position.
What is a resume?
A drape used to expose the abdominal area but keep the breasts and the rest of the body, except the head, covered.
What is a breast drape?
A concept that refers to what a practitioner's hands communicate to a client.
What is quality of touch?
A shared feeling of understanding, empathy, and closeness.
What is intimacy?
When a therapist personalizes the therapeutic relationship.
What is counter-transference?
A person or business that performs services for another person or business under an agreement.
What is an independent contractor?
The use of a sheet, towel, blanket, or combination of these to cover any body regions that are not being massaged. Establishes professional boundaries, preserves the modesty of both the client and practitioner, and ensures the client stays warm during the session.
What is draping?
The order in which strokes are applied to a given body area, and the order in which body areas are massaged.
What is sequencing?
The subjective sensation of having and moving within a physical body.
What is embodiment?
The recognition that the body and mind mirror each other and are intimately connected.
What is the body-mind connection?
Insurance coverage for damage or injury caused by an insured's negligence or acts of omission while doing normal duties or business (e.g., slip and fall, table collapses, etc.).
What is general liability insurance?
Refers to the different positions a client takes while on the massage table or massage chair to allow access to specific areas of the body.
What is positioning?
The speed of the practitioner's application of strokes and its appropriateness for meeting session goals.
What is pacing?
This boundary allows little to no information or energy to pass through; appropriate only in limited situations, such as when a client makes an overt sexual advance.
What is impermeable boundary?
Mental processes that enable the mind to deal with conflicts it can’t resolve..
What are psychological defenses?
A more experienced person who provides guidance to another professional who is establishing a career or transitioning into a new career.
What is a mentor?
Used by the public to decrease stress, promote relaxation, support the body’s natural restorative mechanisms, and have an enjoyable experience that leaves the body feeling refreshed and revitalized.
What is a wellness massage?
The pattern with which strokes are applied during massage.
What is rhythm?
Subconscious beliefs, needs, and energy that a person radiates out into the world and absorbs from those around him/her.
What is a spiritual boundary?
Subjective feelings that arise without conscious effort and connect a person to meaning in life.
What are emotions?
The process of pursuing a particular line of study in order to offer a specific modality or technique, work in a particular environment, or work with particular client groups .
What is specialization?
Techniques or strokes used directly before the massage to formally begin the massage session.
What is opening the massage?
The practitioner's ability to mix and match specific techniques to address an assortment of diverse soft-tissue needs in ways that are likely to support the achievement of session goals
What is variety?