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Navigating the Nervous System: LMT Continuing Education CEU
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Navigating the Nervous System: LMT Continuing Education CEU

A Consent-Based Approach to Ethics, Boundaries, and Communication for Therapeutic Touch Professionals
Created byElessar Trost
Last updated 1/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand Nervous System States: Recognize and respond to client dysregulation using the Window of Tolerance for effective, ethical care.
  • Set Boundaries Ethically: Navigate verbal and nonverbal boundaries while managing countertransference for a safe, professional environment.
  • Improve Communication: Enhance rapport and trust with active listening, responsive touch, and attunement to client needs.
  • Practice Self-Regulation: Use interoceptive skills to monitor and manage personal states, staying grounded and present during sessions.
  • Apply Trauma-Informed Care: Adapt techniques to respect trauma histories, ensuring safety and avoiding re-traumatization within your scope of practice.
  • Bridge Theory to Practice: Integrate nervous system and ethics concepts into hands-on work, improving client outcomes and therapist effectiveness.

Course content

8 sections • 21 lectures • 4h 58m total length

  • Welcome7:38

    Explore the nervous system through ARM and neuro-affective relational modeling to address complex PTSD and enhance therapist-client dynamics. Engage in guided meditations to cultivate embodied understanding and meaningful client sessions.

  • Getting in Touch Meditation10:12

Requirements

  • Although this class is designed for Licensed Massage Therapists and other Professional Bodyworkers, there are NO PREREQUISITS and anyone who is interested in these topics may take this class.
  • If you need a Certificate of Completion for 4 CEs of Ethics, Communication, Boundaries plus 1 CE of Anatomy, Physiology, AS CONTACT HOURS then you will need to email me upon completing the course (instructions will be included)
  • If you need to know if these CEs are applicable to your state/profession, please contact me. Already confirmed for LMTs in California, Missouri, Oregon, Washington

Description

Are you a licensed massage therapist, bodyworker, or holistic practitioner looking for a fresh, embodied approach to ethics and client communication? This course goes beyond rules and regulations, offering a nervous system-based perspective on boundaries, consent, and professional relationships.


Understanding your own state—and your client’s—is key to creating a therapeutic environment that is both ethical and effective. This course integrates Polyvagal Theory, the Window of Tolerance, and practical communication tools to help you navigate everything from subtle client discomfort to strong transference dynamics.


You’ll learn how to:

  • Recognize nervous system states in yourself and your clients to improve trust and safety

  • Set and maintain boundaries without rigidity, guilt, or discomfort

  • Handle projection, transference, and countertransference with clarity and confidence

  • Communicate consent and navigate power dynamics using body-based awareness

  • Regulate your own nervous system to prevent burnout and improve session outcomes


Through engaging lectures, real-world examples, and thought-provoking exercises, you’ll gain a deeper embodied understanding of ethics—one that doesn’t just tick a CEU box but transforms the way you work.


Who This Course Is For:

  • Licensed Massage Therapists (LMTs) seeking CEUs with a more practical and human-centered approach

  • Bodyworkers, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and holistic practitioners wanting to deepen client trust

  • Any practitioner who has struggled with boundary challenges, emotional overload, or complex client dynamics

  • Those interested in trauma-informed care, nervous system regulation, and interpersonal attunement


By the end of this course, you won’t just understand ethics—you’ll feel confident applying them in real-time, improving both your client outcomes and your own well-being.


Join now and bring more clarity, confidence, and connection into your practice!

Who this course is for:

  • LMTs and other touch therapists looking to fulfill Continuing Education requirements with interesting, timely, and helpful content
  • People interested in recognizing and helping with Nervous System regulation and it's implications for consent, communication, and boundaries

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