Compassion quickly creates a
deep connection through which
trust is developed. The psychology
of touch extends far beyond
this one single concept, yet the
emotion of compassion is entirely
necessary for our client to feel trust,
and here. There! Done!”
The thing is, clinical touch doesn’t
account for the many other
facets of pain and especially the
psychological link to regional, nonspecific body pain. A particularly
common example is the response
Without the emotion of Compassion, touch and
massage is nothing but clinical poking.
and therefore to be open and
ready to heal. Mostly, teachers
focus on the means by which we
can greatly hurt our client.
Without the emotion of Compassion,
touch and massage is nothing but
clinical poking. Without training
both the techniques of massage
and
the
psychology
(and
physiology) of compassion, the
massage client becomes a human
dummy version of the charts and
graphics detailed in the massage
manual. “Pain in your lower back?
Ok, I just need to press here, here
of the body to fear. We know
that our psychology is indivisibly
linked to our physical state (simple
examples as the placebo effect
describe this). So what happens
then if the client’s lower back pain
is caused by fearfulness? Maybe
even fearfulness of a dominant
male figure in their family. And
then let’s say this person receives
treatment from a domineering
male who comes in with the
mindset of “I know what I am
doing. There. You are ready.”.
But with this treatment, with more
male, dominating psychology all