Accessibility & Policies

If you need to cancel or reschedule, please let me know at least 24 hours before your appointment to avoid being charged. I reserve the right to charge for missed appointments or cancellations made with less than 24 hours notice, but I will not charge if you need to cancel due to illness.

• Suite 230 is located on the second floor of the Tip Top Building, and there is an elevator around the corner. The building and the suite are fully accessible. Please note that the Tip Top is a historic building and the floors are uneven in places. 

• In certain situations I may be able to make a house call, so please call or email me so we can talk about this.

• The massage table is at a fixed height (approximately 2’3” from the ground). There is a step stool (weight limit 300 pounds) to help you get onto the table if you need it. 

• The massage table is 30" wide. I have arm rests that can be added to the table, making it 39" across at the shoulders / arms.

• The massage table can safely hold 350 pounds. 

Massage is not advised if you have certain medical conditions including:

• Current allergic reaction, bronchitis, infectious disease

• A flare-up of a chronic condition or an acute infection 

• Blood clots, embolism, deep vein thrombosis 

• Certain other cardiovascular conditions 

• Concussion and certain bone conditions 

• If you are pregnant, please make an appointment with one of my colleagues in the area who is trained in prenatal massage.

• If you have lymphedema, please make an appointment with one of my colleagues in the area who is trained to treat lymphedema.

I take hygiene seriously, and prioritize keeping clients safe and healthy. I use a non-toxic hospital-grade disinfectant to clean surfaces between clients.

• Please reschedule if you have a cold, flu, COVID, fever, vomiting or diarrhea, or anything that is contagious through the air or through surface / skin contact. 

• A cold sore, athletes foot or similar small localized infection is NOT a reason to reschedule! Please let me know though, so I can take extra precautions for myself and clients following you.

• See COVID precautions below. 

Once you schedule your appointment, I will ask you to please fill out a health intake form that I will review before your massage.

I want to protect and be conscious of immunocompromised people and recognize that depending on the season, Covid can be widespread in the Upper Valley and there are many people trying hard to avoid getting it. 

• One of my acupuncturist colleagues works with many immunocompromised clients and requires that people mask in the suite waiting room and bathroom to protect everyone. 

• Depending on the season / level of local Covid infections, I will wear an N95 mask during sessions. I have a HEPA air filter running in the room. 

• I can supply you with a KN95 mask if you would like one, but don't require you wear a mask in the massage office. 

• Please reschedule your appointment if you have reason to think you have Covid.

• Commitment to high quality care

• Inherent worth of all people

• Honest representation of qualifications

• Work within the limits of training

• Do no harm

• Respect for the dignity and rights of all people

• Practice confidentiality

• Commitment to informed consent

• Uphold appropriate sexual boundaries

• Honesty in business and finances

• Maintain the highest standards of professional conduct

Bodyworkers are required by the State of Vermont to disclose the following sections of state statute to clients:

Actions that constitute unprofessional conduct

Chapter 105 : Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers, And Touch Professionals

Subchapter 003 : Registrations (Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 5427)

§ 5427. Unprofessional conduct

Unprofessional conduct means the conduct set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a and the

following:

(1) engaging in activities in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2605 (voyeurism);

(2) engaging in a sexual act with a client;

(3) conviction of a crime committed while engaged in the practice of massage

or the practice of bodywork;

(4) performing massage or bodywork that the massage therapist, bodyworker,

or touch professional knows or has reason to know has not been authorized by a

client or the client's legal representative; and

(5) engaging in conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the

public. (Added 2019, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. April 1, 2021.)

Chapter 005 : Secretary Of State

Subchapter 003 : Professional Regulation (Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 129a)

§ 129a. Unprofessional conduct

(a) In addition to any other provision of law, the following conduct by a licensee

constitutes unprofessional conduct. When that conduct is by an applicant or person

who later becomes an applicant, it may constitute grounds for denial of a license or

other disciplinary action. Any one of the following items or any combination of items,

whether the conduct at issue was committed within or outside the State, shall

constitute unprofessional conduct:

(1) Fraudulent or deceptive procurement or use of a license.

(2) Advertising that is intended or has a tendency to deceive.

(3) Failing to comply with provisions of federal or State statutes or rules

governing the practice of the profession.

(4) Failing to comply with an order of the board or violating any term or

condition of a license restricted by the board.

(5) Practicing the profession when medically or psychologically unfit to do so.

(6) Delegating professional responsibilities to a person whom the licensed

professional knows, or has reason to know, is not qualified by training, experience,

education, or licensing credentials to perform them, or knowingly providing

professional supervision or serving as a preceptor to a person who has not been

licensed or registered as required by the laws of that person's profession.

(7) Willfully making or filing false reports or records in the practice of the

profession, willfully impeding or obstructing the proper making or filing of reports or

records, or willfully failing to file the proper reports or records.

(8) Failing to make available promptly to a person using professional health

care services, that person's representative, or succeeding health care professionals or

institutions, upon written request and direction of the person using professional

health care services, copies of that person's records in the possession or under the

control of the licensed practitioner, or failing to notify patients or clients how to obtain

their records when a practice closes.

(9) Failing to retain client records for a period of seven years, unless laws

specific to the profession allow for a shorter retention period. When other laws or

agency rules require retention for a longer period of time, the longer retention period

shall apply.

(10) Conviction of a crime related to the practice of the profession or

conviction of a felony, whether or not related to the practice of the profession. If an

individual has a conviction of concern, the board or hearing officer shall consider the

following in determining whether to deny or discipline a license, certification, or

registration to the individual based on the following factors:

(A) the nature and seriousness of the conviction;

(B) the amount of time since the commission of the crime;

(C) the relationship of the crime to the ability, capacity, and fitness

required to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the profession;

and

(D) evidence of rehabilitation or treatment.

(11) Failing to report to the Office a conviction of any felony or misdemeanor

offense in a Vermont District Court, a Vermont Superior Court, a federal court, or a

court outside Vermont within 30 days.

(12) Exercising undue influence on or taking improper advantage of a person

using professional services, or promoting the sale of services or goods in a manner

that exploits a person for the financial gain of the practitioner or a third party.

(13) Performing treatments or providing services that the licensee is not

qualified to perform or that are beyond the scope of the licensee's education,

training, capabilities, experience, or scope of practice.

(14) Failing to report to the Office within 30 days a change of name, e-mail, or

mailing address.

(15) Failing to exercise independent professional judgment in the performance

of licensed activities when that judgment is necessary to avoid action repugnant to

the obligations of the profession.

(16)(A) Impeding an investigation under this chapter or unreasonably failing to

reply, cooperate, or produce lawfully requested records in relation to such

investigation.

(B) The patient privilege set forth in 12 V.S.A. § 1612 shall not bar the

licensee's obligations under this subsection (a) and a confidentiality agreement

entered into in concluding a settlement of a civil claim shall not exempt the licensee

from fulfilling his or her obligations under this subdivision (16).

(17) Advertising, promoting, or recommending a therapy or treatment in a

manner tending to deceive the public or to suggest a degree of reliability or efficacy

unsupported by competent evidence and professional judgment.

(18) Promotion by a treatment provider of the sale of drugs, devices,

appliances, or goods provided for a patient or client in such a manner as to exploit

the patient or client for the financial gain of the treatment provider, or selling,

prescribing, giving away, or administering drugs for other than legal and legitimate

therapeutic purposes.

(19) Willful misrepresentation in treatments or therapies.

(20) Offering, undertaking, or agreeing to cure or treat a disease or disorder by

a secret method, procedure, treatment, or medicine.

(21) Permitting one's name or license to be used by a person, group, or

corporation when not actually in charge of or responsible for the professional services

provided.

(22) Prescribing, selling, administering, distributing, ordering, or dispensing

any drug legally classified as a controlled substance for the licensee's own use or to

an immediate family member as defined by rule.

(23) For any professional with prescribing authority, signing a blank or undated

prescription form or negligently failing to secure electronic means of prescribing.

(24) For any mental health care provider, use of conversion therapy as defined

in 18 V.S.A. § 8351 on a client younger than 18 years of age.

(25) For providers of clinical care to patients, failing to have in place a plan for

responsible disposition of patient health records in the event the licensee should

become incapacitated or unexpectedly discontinue practice.

(26) Sexually harassing or exploiting a patient, client, or consumer, or doing so

to a coworker in a manner that threatens the health, safety, or welfare of patients,

clients, or consumers; failing to maintain professional boundaries; or violating a

patient, client, or consumer's reasonable expectation of privacy.

(27) For a health care practitioner, failing to comply with one or more of the

notice, disclosure, or advertising requirements in 18 V.S.A. § 4502 for administering

stem cell or stem cell-related products not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration.

(28) Engaging in conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the

public.

(b) Failure to practice competently by reason of any cause on a single occasion or on

multiple occasions may constitute unprofessional conduct, whether actual injury to a

client, patient, or customer has occurred. Failure to practice competently includes:

(1) performance of unsafe or unacceptable patient or client care; or

(2) failure to conform to the essential standards of acceptable and prevailing

practice.

(c) The burden of proof in a disciplinary action shall be on the State to show by a

preponderance of the evidence that the person has engaged in unprofessional

conduct.

(d) (1) After hearing, and upon a finding of unprofessional conduct, a board or an

administrative law officer may take disciplinary action against a licensee or applicant,

including imposing an administrative penalty not to exceed $5,000.00 for each

unprofessional conduct violation.

(2) (A) Any money received under this subsection shall be deposited in the

Professional Regulatory Fee Fund established in section 124 of this chapter for the

purpose of providing education and training for board members and advisor

appointees.

(B) The Director shall detail in the annual report receipts and expenses

from money received under this subsection.

(e) In the case where a standard of unprofessional conduct as set forth in this section

conflicts with a standard set forth in a specific board's statute or rule, the standard that

is most protective of the public shall govern. (Added 1997, No. 40, § 5; amended

2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 27, 2002; 2003, No. 60, § 2; 2005, No. 27, § 5;

2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 35, § 2; 2011, No. 66, § 3, eff. June 1, 2011;

2011, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2017, No. 48, § 4; 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff.

July 1, 2019; 2019, No. 30, § 4; 2021, No. 61, § 2; 2021, No. 69, § 4; 2021, No. 69, §

20, eff. June 8, 2021.)

How to file a complaint with the VT Office of Professional Regulation

If you feel that your rights as a client have been violated, you may file a complaint at

https://sos.vermont.gov/opr/complaints-conduct-discipline/.

You may file as a guest, registered user or licensee. No registration is required.

How to get more information about the profession and registered professionals

from OPR

People can get more information about registered massage therapists, bodyworkers,

and touch professionals at https://sos.vermont.go