Personal Space & Personal Boundaries in an Ethical Massage Practice
A Continuing Education Course by Anne Williams and Eric Brown
Course Description
These days, everywhere you look, people are talking about boundaries. Oprah is talking about boundaries. Brene Brown is talking about boundaries, and so are a lot of psychologists. Why?
Because healthy boundaries are at the heart of healthy relationships with friends, family, and work colleagues. In therapeutic relationships between massage professionals and clients, healthy boundaries are essential for practicing ethical massage therapy.
Most of us want to take charge of our lives, master our emotional responses, and stop people-pleasing. Most of us want to respond effectively to challenging people. Most of us want to be mentally strong, free ourselves from self-doubt, and open ourselves to the right people to form meaningful personal and professional relationships.
Owning our lives and practicing the highest standard of ethical massage begins at the same place – with healthy personal boundaries. In this course, we’ll take our first steps. No limits! Only boundaries!
This four-hour CE course features thirteen video presentations, text enhanced with pictures, diagrams, tables, listen-along audio, learning games, interviews with professional therapists, and downloadable resources. You can translate the material with a click into any language and access your course on a computer, laptop, tablet, or phone for on-the-go study.

ORIENTATION AND INTRODUCTION
- Orientation Video
- Introduction
PERSONAL SPACE AND PERSONAL BOUNDARIES
- Introduction
- Physical Space
- Sexual Space
- Sensory Space
- Psychological Space
- Emotional Space
- Need for Privacy
- Need for Autonomy
- Need for Ownership
- Let’s Talk Boundaries
- Apply It! (3 Activities)
- Practice Quiz (10 Questions)
FINAL QUIZ (20 QUESTIONS) FOR CE CERTIFICATE

You’ll connect with your needs, wants, and expectations by exploring the aspects of your personal space.
You’ll be able to recognize the eight different boundary forms and use them to protect yourself from people who cross your boundaries.
Learn to interpret your emotional responses to people and situations and relate your feelings to your boundary system.
Identify when your boundaries need to be firmer or softer and adjust your boundaries in the moment.
Reclaim your personal power and respond effectively to challenging people.
Open up to the right people to develop stronger, more connected relationships.
Apply what you learn about personal space and boundaries to the session room and set healthy boundaries with clients.

Category: Ethics
CE Hours: 4 CE Hours
CE Approvals: NCBTMB-approved, accepted in most states, including New York and Florida. Please note this course is NOT approved by Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Subscription Period: Ongoing access.
After Purchase: Once you purchase this course, you’ll log into massagemastery.online with your email and password. The course will be waiting for you in the “My Courses & Digital Textbooks” area. Click the course access button and follow the directions.
Bonus Material: Included in the purchase of this course is the digital textbook, Boundaries: The Foundation of Ethical Massage Practice (regularly $39).
Features: This course features video presentations, listen-along audio, text translation, learning games, Let’s Talk interviews with professional therapists, stories and critical thinking scenarios, interactive content, instant feedback on quizzes and learning games, striking visuals, easy navigation, downloadable resources, and more. This course is accessible on a computer, laptop, tablet, or phone with an Internet connection.
Authors: Anne Williams, Eric Brown
Boundaries: The Foundation of Ethical Massage Practice is Included with this Course
When you purchase Personal Space and Personal Boundaries in an Ethical Massage Practice, you receive a free copy of Boundaries: The Foundation of Ethical Massage Practice. You’ll use this textbook to complete course requirements. Follow the links in the Course Area to get your copy after you enroll in this course.


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Boundaries in an Ethical Massage Practice CE Package
Get the course described on this page, Personal Space & Personal Boundaries in an Ethical Massage Practice, and two other ethics course in a special CE package. You get three high-quality online home study courses worth 12 hours of NCBTMB-approved ethics CE, and ongoing access to our premier digital textbook titled, Boundaries: The Foundation of Ethical Massage Practice. You save more than $60!
Continuing Education Just Got More Interesting!
Hate to read? Watch a video presentation. Going for a walk? Take your phone and listen to your course. Want practical, real-world information? Let’s Talk interviews with well-known massage professionals give you a sense of community. Get bored easily? Visually rich pages, and subtle animations that direct your focus will help. Explore the unique learning features that make these courses different.
