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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Men – Will they be successful in a massage therapy career?

Men – Will they be successful in a massage therapy career?

Article found in thebodyworker.com

I seem to get this question all of the time…

Men wanting to become massage therapists fear that they won’t be able to compete with the females and be successful.

My thoughts on this are that you can be as successful as you want no matter who you are. Being a male will have it’s challenges because some women won’t want to be worked on by a male or some men don’t want to be worked on by a male – It is all how you really handle the situation.

If you work in a clinic with other females – how is the phone answered? Asking the question do you want a male or female therapist sets up the idea that you may not want a male. If you start with saying when do you want to get in and our next available appointment is with Mark at xxxx then they have the choice.

I know there are some women who don’t feel safe with men. Working with a nurturing male can help in dealing with these issues. But you of course can’t force your opinion on them saying something like – it sounds like you have issues with men that could be worked out by working with a male…

What do you think guys???

How do you handle being male in a female profession?

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