Ep. 19: Tough Conversations
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This episode originally aired in August 2020. Pam Fitch is back! This time, it's conversational. Cathy, Cal, and Pam tackle the touch question of what to do when your client is expressing uncomfortable opinions. ********** About Our Guest: For more than thirty years, Canadian massage therapy educator, writer, researcher and long-time practitioner, Pamela Fitch, has explored professional, ethical and communicative challenges faced by manual therapists. She remains particularly interested in how massage therapy affects clients who have experienced trauma, post-traumatic stress and complex pain conditions. A committed educator, she has been recognized with several awards for teaching.
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