FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
For my training, skill level, depth and length of experience and considering what the market normally supports currently in Manhattan, my current base rate of 100 for an hour is quite a good value. Or if someone prefers 90 minutes I would normally charge 130. (Longer sessions can be arranged if needed.) Unless there is some major obstacle, I normally do not charge extra for travel to the client, especially within the range I indicated when setting up this Thumbtack account.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Normally in the course of a preliminary phone conversation and some basic questions at our first meeting I will gain not only relevant medical history but also some pertinent personal information regarding job, attitudes, goals, life events, areas of concern in the body or the client's life. My hands are extremely sensitive and intuitive and will find more than the client describes but I need to know what is most important to the client in our conversations. Not only from initial conversations but also from the entirety of the first session, we will both know better how to proceed and choose helpful goals going forward.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Though I have a Bachelors and two Masters Degrees unrelated to my current line of work, my relevant training for massage occurred at the Swedish Institute in NYC. I completed that in excellent form and passed the NY State Board exam that year with one of the highest scores. My initial and more advanced Reiki attunements occurred about 2 years later. I have kept up to date in my continuing education requirements. A sample of some of those continuing ed courses over the years include sports massage, prenatal massage, cranial sacral, lymphatic drainage, and Qigong to name a few. At one time I also had to develop my own system to deliver post operative liposuction massages for dozens of people needing that at that time. Two other areas which may not be directly related to massage but can sometimes be extremely useful background and foundation for me include having done Transcendental Meditation since 1983 and also having been certified in hypnosis. It also has not hurt that at one time I traveled and lived overseas for a period of years allowing me an appreciation of people from vastly different backgrounds.