For continuing education in massage therapy that is refined, multi-dimensional, evidence-based, fun, and meaningful, you are at the right place! Oh, yeah, you’ll get those required CE credits and paperwork, but here’s what else our students say they received: “inspiration” – “subtle yet powerful techniques” – “immediately applicable skills” -“rejuvenation” – “new job opportunities” – “knowledge not just facts” – “worth it, a thousand times over”, and more.
In-Person Courses
- Mentoring for Mastery: Helping Good Therapists Become Extraordinary 18 CE hours
- Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy Workshop 32 CE hours
- Pre- and Perinatal MT Technique Refinement Workshop 7 CE hours
- Advanced Perinatal Issues 14 CE hours
- Prenatal Massage Therapy Safety Essentials 7 CE hours
- Prenatal Spa Massage: An Introduction 14 CE hours
- Rhythmic Deep Tissue Sculpting 14 and 30 CE hours
- Somato-Emotional Integration 60 CE hours
- Short Presentations various CE hours
Online/Distance Learning
- Mentoring for Mastery: Helping Good Therapists Become Extraordinary 18 CE hours
- Homestudy in Prenatal Safety Essentials CE hour (scroll down on product page to Homestudy course)
- Pregnancy Massage 101 6-part Series 1.25 CE hours for each webinar/7 CE hours for the full series (this will bring you to the Benjamin Institute Webinar page)
- Growing a Prenatal Massage Practice 6-part Series 1.25 CE hours for each webinar/7 CE hours for the full series (this will bring you to the Benjamin Institute Webinar page)
In All of Our Courses, You Can Expect
- Balanced instruction to develop artistry and an evidence-based perspective
- Courses and methods that incorporate contemporary adult learning theory
- Problem-solving, dialogue, and clinical applications not just rote memorization
- Refined educators who are seasoned practitioners and widely recognized specialists
- Regularly revitalized content through ongoing studies and feedback
- An integrative approach incorporating the insights of Tai Chi Chuan and somatic psychology; and of Ida Rolf, myofascial and neuromuscular therapies, movement, osteopathic soft-tissue techniques, and other Western methods
- Easy to read textbooks rich in theory, research, experience and informative graphics
In-Person Courses Also Will Include
- Maximum hands-on with meaningful, individualized table-side instruction
- Body mechanics proven to increase efficiency and sensitivity, and decrease strain and injury
- Materials to maximize retention and utilization of workshop material
We are committed to your learning and respectful of your time and money. How? With preparatory suggestions, a learner-friendly workshop atmosphere, prompt and on-track classroom management, and personalized instruction.
We help to facilitate your on-going learning and practice success even after your workshop ends. Periodic newsletters, advanced workshops, mentoring groups, individualized consultations, and our varied products and resources will extend your learning for years.
Regardless of which of our talented instructors conducts a workshop, attendees are overwhelmingly thrilled with their learning experiences- so much so that our graduates refer most of our students!
Our graduates are successful somatic practitioners in private practices, in meaningful collaborations with physicians, midwives, chiropractors, and psychologists and in a variety of medical, healthcare and spa settings.
Approved Continuing Education Credits
All courses designed by Carole Osborne are approved for continuing education credits by various accrediting and certifying agencies in the massage therapy, bodywork, and perinatal healthcare professions. When a course is scheduled in a state or province requiring their board’s approval, the sponsoring school or business secures the appropriate approvals prior to the course offering. If you do not see the organization for which you are seeking credits listed below, please contact them directly to verify reciprocity.
Classes currently are approved by the following agencies
Carole Osborne is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education provider.
All programs also meet current AMTA and ABMP continuing education standards.
All programs are recognized by Doulas of North America (DONA).
Body Therapy Education secures approval from International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) and Lamaze/ASPO at student request for all maternity programs.
Body Therapy Education is approved as a continuing education provider by the Florida Board of Massage (Provider #50-243).