Healwell™ is the service name of a non-profit organization called the
Integrative Health Initiative (IHI). I co-founded IHI with my colleague
and fellow massage therapist Brenda Teal who is the owner and founder of
The Teal Center (www.tealcenter.com) in Arlington, VA.
At Healwell™, our mission is to provide education and research in massage
therapy and other integrative health therapies and to enable the provision
of massage therapy and integrative health services to people living with
acute, chronic and terminal illnesses regardless of their ability to pay.
Integrative Health Initiative d/b/a Healwell™ is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is a registered 501
(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. The Healwell™ Massage Therapy Hospital Stewardship Program is the flagship
initiative of the organization capitalizing on experience gained working directly in the hospital setting providing
massage therapy at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia since 2005.
“Stewardship” is defined by Merriam Webster as “the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to
one’s care.”
As a participant in this training program you will be a steward in many ways. You will be a steward of care for the
patients with whom you work; a steward of the legitimacy and value of massage therapy in the hospital setting; a
steward a paradigm shift that says that compassionate, present, clinically skilled massage therapy is one of our most
powerful tools and deserves its place in healthcare; and a steward of the way hospitals integrate safe, properly-
adapted touch into the patient care equation.
Lauren Muser Cates, CMT, NCTMB, S4OM
I am a graduate of the Potomac Massage Training Institute, a founding director of the Society for Oncology Massage
and served, from 2005-2009 as the Clinical Supervisor for Hospital/Oncology Massage at The Teal Center at
Virginia Hospital Center. I left The Teal Center in fall of 2009 to focus my efforts on Healwelll™ and the work of the
Society for Oncology Massage.
I am a graduate of Metta Institute’s End of Life Care Practitioner Program and a seasoned Hospice volunteer. I also
maintain an active private oncology massage practice in Arlington, VA.
Lucille Eddy ,CMT, NCTMB, S4OM
Lucille is a graduate of the Potomac Massage Training Institute, a founding member of the Society for Oncology
Massage and has served as the Clinical Supervisor for Hospital/Oncology Massage at The Teal Center at Virginia
Hospital Center since the fall of 2009. She brings years of clinical and teaching experience to the stewardship
curriculum.
Lucille and I, the creators and instructors of the Healwell™ stewardship, know that you know how to use your hands.
We want to share our experience providing massage therapy in a unique setting and we want to share it in a way that
will allow you to become a seamless component of the larger healthcare picture, with clinical skill and a true spirit of
service.
You will learn the technical information, decision-making and communication skills that will allow you to come from
a place of service and caring while delivering excellent, safe, clinical care. We have designed this program to give you
the tools you need to provide massage at a hospital in your own community or to work with us at Healwell™ as our
program grows.
63 Category A, NCBTMB CEU hours
(30+ hours working hands-on with patients in Acute Rehabilitation,
Intensive Care and Oncology)
Module I: 3 days (21 hours)
Orientation to the Hospital- Setting & Culture
Module II: 6 days (42 hours)
Clinical Observation & Practice
Integrative Health Initiative (IHI). I co-founded IHI with my colleague
and fellow massage therapist Brenda Teal who is the owner and founder of
The Teal Center (www.tealcenter.com) in Arlington, VA.
At Healwell™, our mission is to provide education and research in massage
therapy and other integrative health therapies and to enable the provision
of massage therapy and integrative health services to people living with
acute, chronic and terminal illnesses regardless of their ability to pay.
Integrative Health Initiative d/b/a Healwell™ is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is a registered 501
(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. The Healwell™ Massage Therapy Hospital Stewardship Program is the flagship
initiative of the organization capitalizing on experience gained working directly in the hospital setting providing
massage therapy at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia since 2005.
“Stewardship” is defined by Merriam Webster as “the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to
one’s care.”
As a participant in this training program you will be a steward in many ways. You will be a steward of care for the
patients with whom you work; a steward of the legitimacy and value of massage therapy in the hospital setting; a
steward a paradigm shift that says that compassionate, present, clinically skilled massage therapy is one of our most
powerful tools and deserves its place in healthcare; and a steward of the way hospitals integrate safe, properly-
adapted touch into the patient care equation.
Lauren Muser Cates, CMT, NCTMB, S4OM
I am a graduate of the Potomac Massage Training Institute, a founding director of the Society for Oncology Massage
and served, from 2005-2009 as the Clinical Supervisor for Hospital/Oncology Massage at The Teal Center at
Virginia Hospital Center. I left The Teal Center in fall of 2009 to focus my efforts on Healwelll™ and the work of the
Society for Oncology Massage.
I am a graduate of Metta Institute’s End of Life Care Practitioner Program and a seasoned Hospice volunteer. I also
maintain an active private oncology massage practice in Arlington, VA.
Lucille Eddy ,CMT, NCTMB, S4OM
Lucille is a graduate of the Potomac Massage Training Institute, a founding member of the Society for Oncology
Massage and has served as the Clinical Supervisor for Hospital/Oncology Massage at The Teal Center at Virginia
Hospital Center since the fall of 2009. She brings years of clinical and teaching experience to the stewardship
curriculum.
Lucille and I, the creators and instructors of the Healwell™ stewardship, know that you know how to use your hands.
We want to share our experience providing massage therapy in a unique setting and we want to share it in a way that
will allow you to become a seamless component of the larger healthcare picture, with clinical skill and a true spirit of
service.
You will learn the technical information, decision-making and communication skills that will allow you to come from
a place of service and caring while delivering excellent, safe, clinical care. We have designed this program to give you
the tools you need to provide massage at a hospital in your own community or to work with us at Healwell™ as our
program grows.
63 Category A, NCBTMB CEU hours
(30+ hours working hands-on with patients in Acute Rehabilitation,
Intensive Care and Oncology)
Module I: 3 days (21 hours)
Orientation to the Hospital- Setting & Culture
Module II: 6 days (42 hours)
Clinical Observation & Practice
| What is Healwell™? |
| Why a Stewardship? |
| The Instructors |
| The Goal of the Stewardship |
| What do I get in 9 days of training? |
| What's required? |
| We are now accepting applications for all 3 of our scheduled 2012 cohorts! Space is limited. Apply today! |
Steward applicants must:
Special consideration may be given to those who have nursing or other
medical experience. Please contact us if you have any questions about the
selection process or requirements.
Tuition: $1299
Application Fee: $200 (applied to tuition, if accepted; a $50
administrative fee will be retained by Healwell™ in the case of applicants
who are not accepted.)
- Be graduates of a 500+ hour massage therapy training program
- Carry liability insurance through AMTA or ABMP
- Have completed no less than 24 hours of NCBTMB-approved
oncology massage continuing education
Special consideration may be given to those who have nursing or other
medical experience. Please contact us if you have any questions about the
selection process or requirements.
Tuition: $1299
Application Fee: $200 (applied to tuition, if accepted; a $50
administrative fee will be retained by Healwell™ in the case of applicants
who are not accepted.)
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