The New Generation Massage Therapist

Jamie Johnston

Moving beyond modalities to build resilience.Are you tired of the "fixer" trap? Most massage therapists are taught that their value lies solely in their hands—that if they just learn one more modality or take one more certification, they’ll finally have the "magic bullet" for their patients' pain. But this cycle often leads to two things: patients who remain passive and therapists who end up burnt out.Welcome to The New Generation Massage Therapist Podcast.Hosted by Jamie Johnston—massage therapist, firefighter, and educator—this show is dedicated to shifting the industry standard from passive "tissue manipulation" to evidence...

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The New Generation Massage Therapist

Episodes (46)

Tuesday Are We Mental Health Professionals? Part 1: "The Hidden Half of Every Treatment"
Wed Jun 17th Shared Decision-Making: Putting the Patient Back in the Driver's Seat - With Walt Fritz
Tue Jun 9th 12 People: One Family's Story and Why Massage Therapists Need to Start Talking About Suicide

The New Generation Massage Therapist

Jun 23, 2026
18¾ minutes
12 MB

Send us Fan Mail Are we mental health professionals? It's a question that might make some of you uncomfortable. And honestly, that discomfort is exactly why it needs to be asked. Because most of us are already influencing our patients' mental health every single session. We're just not being intentional about it. In Part 1 of this three-part series, we lay the foundation — the hidden half of every treatment that nobody taught us about in school. We look at what the research actually says about massage therapy's effects on anxiety and depression, wh...

The New Generation Massage Therapist

Are We Mental Health Professionals? Part 1: "The Hidden Half of Every Treatment"

Jamie Johnston

00:00 -16:55