Nepean Massage School

Algonquin College, 1385 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, ON :Offers Two – Year intensive or three-year Massage Therapy Diploma programs. Program provides students with the technical knowledge, professional expertise, and interpersonal and communication skills to provide effective and ethical care in an entry-level massage therapy position. Students develop specialized knowledge, skills, and judgment in conducting a systematic client assessment, formulating a comphehensive and clinical impression, developing a specific treatment plan, performing safe, competent, and comprehensive massage therapy, and evaluating outcomes. Major emphasis is placed on the development of effective interpersonal and communication skills, critical thinking, empathic responses and decision making. Students learn how to meet legal and ethical obligations according to legislative and profession-specific guidelines. The program emphasizes anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, massage theory, communication, entrepreneurial and professional skills. The program’s foundation is based on the Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics identified by the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO).