019 - Trauma Informed Care with Pamela Fitch, M. AD. ED., RMT

For over thirty years, Canadian massage therapy educator, writer, researcher and long-time practitioner, Pamela Fitch, has explored professional, ethical and communicative challenges faced by manual therapists. She remains particularly interested in how massage therapy affects clients who have experienced trauma, post-traumatic stress and complex pain conditions.

Pam brings her commitment to client centered care into the classroom as a faculty member of the massage therapy program at Algonquin College. She has received several awards including the Laurent Isabelle Award for excellence in teaching, and the President's Star Award from Algonquin College. She was awarded by the Ontario Massage Therapist Association the Meritorious Service Award and the President's Award of Merit. Pam has taught across Canada, the US and Hong Kong. Her workshops (which I’ll highlight in a moment) explore ethical challenges, the massage therapeutic relationship, massage therapy and trauma, and the treatment of scars.

Pam is also the author of the book “talking body, listening hands”, and she also offers a seminar under the same name, which (and these are my words) aims to impress upon manual therapists the importance and impact of how we communicate both verbally and non-verbally with our clients and patients.

Learn more about Pam: https://www.pamelafitch-rmt.com/

Learn more about The Exercise Mechanic Internship: www.theexercisemechanic.com/TEM_Internship

Learn more about our upcoming webinar "Pain Science for Personal Trainers": https://www.theexercisemechanic.com/offers/A7Uszrov/checkout

Books from the podcast: Must-buy!

Pam Fitch and Talking Body Listening Hands

Norman Doidge and The Brain That Changes Itself

Bessel Van Der Kolk and The Body Keeps The Score