On ‘skin hunger’ and how my ‘Introduction to Embodied Touch’ may help
It could be said that we all have an ideal amount of touch we’d like to receive at any given moment in time, and an actual amount that we ac
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André
Jun 115 min read
What matters to me this Pride month, and always.
As the month of June approached, I sent out my June newsletter in the last day of May. Two days later, I felt terribly guilty when my...
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André
May 295 min read
A perspective on the use of touch in therapy.
A perspective on the use of touch in therapeutic settings. When is it ok to touch?
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André
Apr 86 min read
Fellow bodyworker? This is how I keep myself safe
I'm pretty confident that you know exactly what I'm talking about and if you don't, well, perhaps you've taken all the rights steps in...
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André
Dec 27, 20237 min read
The many masks of my dysregulation and the value of Somatic Trauma Therapy
Some psychotherapists and psychologists will tell you that self-disclosure in a therapeutic relationship is a big ‘No-No’. This has often...
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André
Sep 11, 20234 min read
Masseur, massage therapist and the elephant in the room
Us massage therapists have regularly come across this problem. To educate or not to educate someone who just used the word ‘masseur’ (or...
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André
Aug 17, 20237 min read
A touch therapist's perspective on cultural appropriation
For a while I have intended to articulate my thoughts on the cultural appropriation of indigenous knowledge, practices and beliefs in the...
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