The legal differences between MTs practicing as Employees and/or IMTs can be confusing. When you consider performing massage therapy, using the information you gained as a certified massage therapist, you can boil it all down to one question: "what license to i need to perform a massage at ___________(insert address here)________?"
If a life event, news, or illness is leaving you unusually, deeply, irreconcilably, or incorrigibly depressed, leaving you absent, disabled, or unproductive, then you may be experiencing Clinical Depression - talk with your doctor about how massage therapy may be able to assist in keeping the symptoms of Depression fewer and/or less intense - many doctors know about how massage therapy can assist in reducing the effects of Depression and will be able to refer you to a massage therapist.
Learn about what "titles" mean when looking for a qualified massage therapist or bodyworker. Resources are given to find a qualified professional in your area.
