I have been a licensed massage therapist for twelve years. I currently hold a license from the State of Florida. I am considered a health care professional. I take continuing education credits to uphold my license every biannual year.
While touch is a basic human need, it is also considered a form of sensory communication. Touch forms the basis of every massage practitioner/client relationship because body language delivers our message much more obviously than our words, the intended message delivered through touch may be misunderstood by the receiver. My moral judgment as well as instinct is to uphold my professionalism and explain that to the client. Unfortunately, circumstances arise that the receiver misinterprets my communication as something other than a therapeutic benefit. Such action, cause for immediate verbal response. Thankfully, in my experience as a professional therapist, I have not had to verbally redirect the professional therapeutic relationship.
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