Therapeutic Bodywork for Our Transgender Community

Education in inclusion and diversity training are the core principles of this bodywork course, tailored to transgender identifying folks. When we fully accept one another on our own individual paths, without judgement or fear of a personal or physical “difference,” we build stronger communities, connected in equality and unconditional love. This course is designed to offer an education for you as a therapist, on how to properly treat LGBTQIA+ & specifically trans clients. This “treatment and care” is approached from trauma-informed care, and focuses on the mind-body connection as all trauma is stored in our cells and can create systemic health issues. You will learn how to build a treatment plan and maintain relationships with our brothers and sisters in the LGBTQIA+ community while you partner with your clients, their physicians, and progressive organizations to support gender equality and human rights issues facing our communities today.

This course includes the following education and techniques:

·       Pre-op soft tissue prep & post-op loss of sensation                        

·       Scar Tissue Massage

·       Back pain from binding & corset use

·       Facial and anterior neck massage for facial-feminization & masculinization surgery

·       Pectoral massage and the importance of pre-op & post-op

·       Lateral Thoracic region massage with attention to increased ROM in the arms

·       Lateral scar tissue massage from Phalloplasty donor site(s)

·       Sensitivity, inclusivity & diversity training & pronoun usage

·       Breathwork training to increase lung capacity from post-binding or corset use

·       Ho’Oponopono approach and why unconditional acceptance is the key to building a safe environment for your clients