Massage Training We Offer

Welcome! We're delighted you're here and hope you'll see something that resonates for you. This page offers a summary of our courses (with links to more information) - however, we love hearing from you so do get in touch with any questions you have.

Essential Knowledge for every Bodyworker

The Massage treatments, techniques and underpinning philosophies that have proven most valuable to therapist and client alike fall into three key categories: Zero Strain Massage, Communication Mastery for Bodyworkers and Touch for Resilience. Knowing each Massage therapist's journey is unique, we have designed our training in three modular courses - so you can choose where to start.  

Zero Strain Massage: in 3 days learn 14 versatile strokes which can be used to create standalone treatments, or integrated into your existing practice. All strokes are Zero Strain - offering you an approach which leaves your hands only for the gentlest work. Deeper work is powered through tried-and-tested use of other body parts, the use of body-weight rather than muscle strength and getting smart around ways to support your body.  This course has already been a career saver for thousands of therapists and continues to be popular.

Communication Mastery for Bodyworkers: Massage is far more than "just" the Touch. In three days of interactive and applied sessions, you'll learn models from Transactional Analysis to help you navigate the sometimes tricky role of being a Touch therapist. Even more excitingly, you'll be shown exactly how to use the powerful therapeutic tool of Contracts to empower your clients, bring greater potency to their treatments all while keeping your own boundaries crystal clear.  

Touch for Resilience: this one is a two day course, and is based on a Massage chair, fully clothed. You'll learn a beautifully gentle treatment that is ideal for people suffering from chronic illnesses, stress, struggling with their mental health or dealing with trauma. Additionally you'll learn the foundations of working in a trauma informed way - with tools and resources that can be used in every day life, as well as your treatment room.

All our courses are available to Massage therapists who hold a UK Level 3 full body Massage qualification or higher.
International equivalents are also accepted.  

Bringing it together: 4Elements Touch Therapy 

The complete 4Elements Touch Therapy certification training (3 days) brings everything from these three modular courses together to create a therapy so much greater than the sum of its parts. Being a fully certified 4Elements Touch Therapist means having the skills to help your clients get powerful treatment outcomes across the spectrum of physical, emotional, energetic, psychological and spiritual realms. It means a confidence in the power of therapeutic Touch that can help you build repeat business with integrity. It means having a range of treatments you can call on to tailor a unique treatment for each client, every time. It means being a Trauma Informed Massage therapist and knowing how to keep you and your clients safe.  All while working in a way which is entirely zero strain - meaning you're preventing any injury from working as a Massage therapist.

Having completed this certification training you become eligible to join our annual Mastery programme, with the option to apply to become an Instructor.

Validation

Clinical effectiveness is at the core of everything we do.

From the confidential treatment feedback system for clients that we offer our Association members, to our monthly clinical & business development calls, to direct feedback from senior therapists on the feel of a treatment and so much more in between. We understand the difference between a thriving practice and a failing one comes down to the client's experience - and we also know that personalised feedback can make all the difference. We encourage our therapists to Check Out Reality throughout their journey - our Mastery Programme is our most popular option for a year of improving clinical effectiveness while building relationships and community with the same group of people throughout the year.

Our Validation process is the ultimate Checking Out. Having completed the 4Elements Touch Therapy certification, and usually at least one year on the Mastery Programme, you can ask to have your work Validated. Three senior therapists are involved (one as your client): often fellow students also have the opportunity to get a fly on the wall view of your treatment room. You deliver a treatment for the client just as you would in your own treatment room, end to end. 

Validation sounds deceptively simple: combining the right aspects of your 4Elements Touch Therapy training together, under the strain of being observed, to meet the needs of the client in front of you can be both very straight forward and very challenging! Being observed is a necessary part of the process, and the additional strain often shows up weaker areas, or aspects that would benefit from further development. 

Ultimately, Validation demonstrates you have both completed the training and comprehensively applied it in your treatment room. Validated 4Elements therapists are few and far between - but well worth booking a treatment with to truly experience what 4Elements Touch Therapy can offer you, and your clients.