Oncology Massage Education & Training

Classes 2024

Presence, Vulnerability, Boundaries: The Art of Cultivating Compassion

4 CE hours $105.00

East West College Portland OR

Registration Opens May 15, 2024

Laying the groundwork for an active practice in oncology massage, working with people who are dying, or who are grappling with serious medical concerns calls for practitioners to develop a skillset not normally taught in the massage school or CE curriculum.  

This workshop is an introduction to the foundational scope of the how-to. Developing and maintaining presence and compassion in our work with clients, patients and colleagues can sometimes be challenging with so much information demanding our attention all the time. Through the use of powerful practices and techniques, Geri will take you through:

What we mean when we ask that we, as massage therapists,

FIRST, DO NO HARM?  

How do we "Hold the space sacred?"  

Is there a difference between, fixing an ache and serving the patient/client? 

Where does our compassion originate?  

When is our own vulnerability an asset? A hindrance?

These and other questions will be addressed through actual stories, discussion, exercises, hands on work, reflection and meditation.  Come join Geri as she takes you through her daily routine and hands-on practices she uses with clients facing difficult and trying medical and physical challenges.

Attendees of this session will receive 6 Contact CE Hours which meet the OBMT requirement in Ethics, Communication, and Boundaries for license renewal.

Saturday, August 24, 2024

SW Portland, OR 97239

Registration open

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Oncology Massage: The Foundation Class Level 1

24 CE Hours $620.00

Registration Opens June 15, 2024

This is the introductory class designed to take you from learning the basics of what cancer is, how it manifests itself and moves through the body through the gold standard treatments: Chemotherapy, Surgery, Radiation, Immunotherapy and newer targeted therapies to actually working with clients under treatment confidently, safely and effectively. All of these treatments have profound effects upon the body, many positive and many not so. This immersive training will give you a strong sense of how best to approach and serve this very special population. You will finish this class knowing you will not only be able to keep your clients safe, but you will be able to address the major symptoms, to bring about relief from the severity of those symptoms while oftentimes increasing a sense of well-being. The Art of Boundaries, Intake, and Self-Care topics will be covered as well. Prerequisites: LMT with 1 year experience or at the permission of the Instructor. Current Massage Students must be in their 4th full-time term for consideration.

October 25, 26, 27

(Friday -Sunday from 8:30 - 5:30)

East West College Portland, OR

Registration opens June 15, 2024

Oncology Massage: The Foundation Class Level 1 and 2 40 CE Hours - $835.00

June 10 - July 29, 2024 This class will meet each Monday for 5 hours. This will bring together the foundations 1 and 2. There will be 2 live clinics with cancer patients or people with a history of cancer who continue to meet the concerns. This course is meant to be a hands-on intensive designed to allow you to incorporate the work we do in the class into your current practice.

East West College 1515 SW Fifth Avenue Portland OR 97201

Registration Open

Oncology Massage: Foundations Level 2 - 14 CE Hours

The level 2 class is designed to take a deeper dive into several of the topics we touch upon in the Foundation Class: Metastatic Cancer and the tools for working with clients palliatively; lymphedema and the importance of Manual Lymph Drainage; and integrating the continuum of Robust/Fragile with Pressure, Site, Position and Inching Forward - how and when to do so. Oncology Massage A Path for SERVICE will be introduced. Prerequisites: 24 hour class. This class is a great refresher course, too for the who want to brush up after a bit of a hiatus and also for those who took several on-line trainings but did not get the opportunity to experience the hands-on component during the Covid-19 restrictions of 2020-2022.

Please contact Geri directly at 503.781.9635.

The Hospital Class:

Inpatient Training in Oncology Massage 45 CE $1395.00

An introduction to Hospital-based Oncology Massage. Practitioners will have the opportunity to work the inpatient Oncology Floors, Chemo-infusion units and to visit the Radiation Oncology Center. This is an intensive, 5 full days and 1 half day of learning and hands-on massage sessions in the hospital and infusion clinics. You will apply your foundational practices to the hospital setting and learn when and how to use the pressure scale and the energy work introduced in the previous trainings. You will work closely with the current Oncology Massage Therapists at the Knight Cancer Institute. Prerequisites: LMT, minimum 1 year practice as an LMT, and the Oncology Massage 24 or 30 hour Foundational class (Providers accepted include: Gayle MacDonald and any OMEA instructor form the past 5 years, Healwell, Beaumont Hospitals, Greet The Day, Tracy Walton & Associates or any S4OM approved Foundational Course). There will be no exceptions to the prerequisites.

May 12-16 45 CE Hour Hospital Intensive

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Portland OR 97239

Registration OPEN

New Class and Dates Added

August 11 - September 30, 2024 45 CE Hours

This class will meet for a Full day, Sunday August 11, then Mondays beginning August 12 through Monday September 30. (Labor Day week, Class will meet on Tuesday, September 3).

Registration Opens April 9, 2024 (closes June 21, 2024)

Contact Geri directly (503) 781.9635 specifically for this class

Strengthening the Body: 8 CE Hours $195.00

In this day long class you will learn to use and incorporate the use of energy work in oncology bodywork practices. We use principles of Acupressure, Reflexology, Reiki and limited use of Essential Oils. This is a vibrant, hands on class with 3 trades. These practices will highlight specific protocols for lessening pain, nausea, anxiety, and insomnia with the additional benefit of increasing a greater sense of well-being.

NOTE: Please contact Geri directly at 503.781.9635 or send an email to gerirandleslmt@gmail.com or randlesg@ohsu.edu for more information or sign up for classes

Registration for classes at East West College will be through their website https://www.eastwestcollege.com Call if you are unable to do so.