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Bringing A Passion to
Massage Therapy Training
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assage therapy remains one of the most popular peak, and they’ve chosen to be instructors to help develop
among the healing arts, providing multiple career tomorrow’s professionals.
opportunities. This month Natural Awakenings
spoke with The Bryman School of Arizona’s Shawn Alexan- Describe the Massage Therapy Program.
der, Campus President, and Judy Batey, Massage Therapy
Shawn: Our Massage Therapy Program is a diploma
Program Manager and Clinical Supervisor, to discuss their
program that is 46 weeks in duration. The entire program
Massage Therapy Program and how they approach training
consists of 820 hours of instruction and 120 hours of
tomorrow’s professionals.
clinic time where students are actually doing the massage
with clients. We have a massage clinic on campus which
Tell our readers about The Bryman School of Arizona.
provides many opportunities for internships and other real-
Shawn: The Bryman School of Arizona is a 500-student
world experiences. We teach our students about every-
campus in Phoenix that offers seven different core areas
thing from meeting clients at the door all the way through
in the allied health field. We provide training for medical
the actual massage.
assistants, dental assistants, medical billing and coding, We also cover professional development skills like
pharmacy technicians, surgical technologists, practical
resume writing, interviewing, therapeutic communication,
technologists in radiology and massage therapy.
and marketing techniques. A number of students want to
be their own boss, and massage therapy is a great way to
As part of the Anthem Education Group, our vision is
do that. We provide them with the needed business train-
to be the most trusted provider of post-secondary career
ing as well.
education. We want to provide high-quality education
and create well-prepared students for the large number of
Judy: We’re very passionate about the healing part of
massage therapy. The body all has to be balanced together.
employers out there.
So the curriculum includes all of the body systems, starting
with the skin and working inside. We cover multiple types
What is different about your teaching philosophy?
of ailments, addressing the skeletal, pituitary, muscular,
Shawn: We teach students one course at a time. Their
lymphatic, and urinary systems. The massage modalities
day is spent in one focused three-and-a-half-hour class.
we teach include Swedish, trigger point, sports, reflexol-
Unlike traditional institutions where you spend one hour in
ogy, hydrotherapy, polarity, oriental, preventative, geriatric,
one class and take three to four classes a day, our students
spa, facial, and wraps.
take a single course for an entire month, which provides
a heavy concentration on that particular section of their
Who is the typical student attending
education.
the Massage Therapy Program?
What’s unique is the structure here because our teach-
Shawn: There isn’t one. Students here may be someone
ers are professionals in their respective areas, and they
who tried another profession and didn’t find what they
have a real passion for teaching. There are many people
loved. A common remark we hear from participants in this
out there who could do the job, but may not be able to
program is that they believed they always had the touch
teach it. Our instructors bring a high level of professional-
in massage. They would massage a loved one, but didn’t
ism and aptitude in their industry. They are at their career
have the technique to do it for a living. Training develops
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