Earn 4 CEU’s in Ethics for NCBTMB,
New Mexico, North and South Carolina,Georgia, Tennessee, Florida,
Oregon Board of Massage Therapists, Oregon Board of Physical Therapy and Washington State DOH License Renewal
Welcome to Ethics, Communication and Boundaries Through the Lens of the Nervous System.
This is an interactive, online course designed for NCBTMB members, Oregon and Washington massage therapists, and Oregon and Washington physical therapists to earn their required four hours of continuing education in ethics.
4 supervised hours of Ethics CEU’s recognized by the Oregon Board of Massage Therapists (OBMT), Oregon Board of Physical Therapists (OBPT), Washington State Department of Health (for Physical Therapists and Massage Therapists), Florida Board, state boards in New Mexico, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and NCBTMB.
Learn in the comfort of your home
Complete the class at your own pace
A certificate will be emailed to you within 48 hours of completion
Learn about Polyvagal Theory and how it informs our practice as massage therapists
Coursework will be in a variety of formats:
short videos
guided meditations
somatic exercises
online interactive community
The Oregon Board of Massage Therapists requires that massage therapists take four contact hours of ethics, communication or boundaries classes every two years. This class follows those guidelines, as it is interactive distance learning course.
We are now also an accepted NCBTMB CE Provider (# 1000491).
$80 for 4 Hour CEU’s
“I feel so grateful to be taking this course during COVID-19. It’s helping me understand my own nervous system responses and giving me tools for myself that I’ll later use with clients. Thank you for this well-timed, entertaining and accessible information! The best online class I’ve taken ever.”
“Thank you for the discount rate during this time that all of us are struggling financially with being shut down. Great course. Even as a trauma trained therapist, I learned a lot from this course that I can not only apply to working with my clients but also in my own life. Thank you. ”
“This is the best ethics class I have ever attended. This course was well researched and well presented. There is a wealth of information for further exploration. Lots of A-Ha Moments! The meditations and exercises help to integrate the information. Quality of content and videos is excellent. I highly recommend this course to other LMT’s, yoga teachers, or anyone interested in learning more about how our nervous system responses impact our attitude and behavior.”
Polyvagal Theory
Something new, different, and applicable to your practice and life.
This class lives at the intersection of neuroscience and communication, bodywork and boundaries.
The material is centered around and inspired by Stephen Porges’ work on Polyvagal Theory. We will be discussing our body’s reaction to stress, including fight, flight, freeze, and fawn reactions, and the importance of social engagement to help regulate our systems.
Using short videos, guided meditations and somatic exercises, we will explore how this can inform our understanding of and communication with our clients, our boundary setting with others, and our jobs as massage therapists.
While its observations and tenets can help us with our time at the massage table, Polyvagal Theory can apply to every aspect of our lives, from partnerships to parenting, work to play.
Who is this class for?
Massage therapists in NCBTMB, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, states on CE Broker, and Oregon and Washington physical therapists who need to earn 4 hours of CEU’s in Ethics, Communication or Boundaries
Are you looking to learn in the comfort of your home, at your own pace, without the hassle of travel, and rescheduling clients or family obligations?
Are you interested in learning how to regulate your own nervous system?
Do you ever struggle with saying ‘yes’ to clients or management and later feel resentful?
Do you ever arrive for a massage and realize you’re not in your body, present in the moment?
Do you fear drawing boundaries will create disconnection or disharmony?
Do you sometimes feel you ‘take on other people’s stuff?"‘
Do your reactions to cues of stress or danger sometimes bewilder or surprise you?
Do you feel you get stuck in depressive or anxious states and have difficulty moving out of them, and want to make sense of your patterns?
Are you finding you have many clients with a history of trauma and want a new perspective on how to see their journey?
Are you a nerd like me and like to learn about psychology, neuroscience, or just being human?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these, this is the class for you!
How does it work?
Click ‘Buy Course’ button
Register and pay via Paypal (there will be a link)
Get cozy and watch the videos and do the exercises on your own time - you have 3 months to complete the course, and may extend this time if needed by contacting Jessica.
Participate in the interactive forum (required for CEU’s)
A certificate will be emailed to you within 48 hours of you finishing, with the date of completion on it
If you are in a rush and need the certificate immediately, please email me
Testimonials
“This was excellent. Thank you for all of the great information about polyvagal theory. It’s priceless and will help to inform my practice and my life.”
“Best ethics class ever. WOW am I glad I did it!! Not only did it fulfill my requirements but it turned me onto a whole new concept for me. It was so interesting that now I want to learn more about it. Thank you so much.”
“Great for somatic practitioners and massage therapists. Way more interesting information than I expected to learn in an ethics class. ”
“Highly Recommend This Course. This class was very informative, entertaining and easy to follow. I enjoyed the mix of content and exercises as well as the interactive questions and feedback with other people taking the course. I have learned many new tools to help me in my practice and also in my personal life. Thank you Jessica for putting together this great course!”
“I really enjoyed the content. It was presented in a very easy to understand, even playful, manner that was easy to understand and process. ”
About Jessica Larsen
I have been a massage therapist since 2006, specializing in fluid deep tissue, prenatal, and Arvigo Techniques in Mayan Abdominal Massage (Oregon License #23819, NCBTMB CE Provider #1000491). I have also become a little obsessed with Polyvagal Theory, and I am excited to offer a new twist on classes about ethics, communication and boundaries.
Stephen Porges’ work came up in one of my first deep tissue classes with a favorite mentor. I was immediately struck by the inclusion of ‘freeze’ as a stress response, when high school biology left it at ‘fight or flight.’ Dots started to be connected as I began to see my reactions through the lens of the autonomic nervous system. I also saw what a great freezer I can be - not like the appliance with ice cream in it, but more like the possum.
And then I put it to the back of my mind. Until more than a decade later, when I was reeling from a traumatic birth and trying to figure out what was happening to me. This time, finding the work of Peter Levine, Deb Dana, Kimberly Ann Johnson and Laura Geiger, among many others, dots began to be connected again by learning about Polyvagal Theory. I was able to slowly start to feel safe and social more often than not. The more I learned, the more I applied these concepts to my life, my parenting, and my massage practice.
I look forward to sharing theory, tools and techniques to help you see how your nervous system is responding, and how to support yourself to be a present, available and centered massage therapist.
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