Chelsea Adams-Cook is a National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Approved Continuing Education Provider (#1002871) dedicated to helping massage therapists grow with confidence and purpose.
With over a decade of hands-on experience, she is passionate about delivering practical, engaging education that supports real-world application, ethical practice, and professional success.
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Ethics, Not Just Your Opnion
This course provides massage therapists with a foundation in ethical theory and its application to professional practice. Students will explore the major views of ethics including utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, rights-based ethics, and ethics of care. Taking these principals, they will learn how these philosophies inform decision-making in massage therapy. Emphasis will be placed on understanding therapist–client boundaries, confidentiality, professional responsibility, and self-care in ethical practice. Through discussion and real-world scenarios participants will strengthen their ability to recognize and resolve ethical dilemmas while upholding the integrity of the profession.
Structural Racism in Healthcare: Understanding Its Impact on Massage Therapy Practice
Structural racism refers to the ways policies, institutions, and cultural norms interact to create and maintain racial inequities. These systemic factors influence many aspects of society, including healthcare access, treatment, and health outcomes.
This one-hour continuing education course introduces massage therapists to the concept of structural racism and explores its historical development in the United States and within Maryland. Participants will examine how structural inequities have influenced healthcare systems and how these factors may affect client access to massage therapy and bodywork services.
The course also explores the role of massage therapists as healthcare professionals and discusses practical strategies for creating inclusive practice environments and improving accessibility of care. Through lecture and guided discussion, participants will identify ways to support equitable, ethical, and culturally responsive massage therapy practices.
This course is designed to help massage therapists better understand systemic influences on health disparities and supports Maryland’s continuing education requirements related to implicit bias and structural racism.
Spread the Knowledge, Not the Germs
This 3-hour continuing education course explores the most common communicable conditions that massage therapists encounter in their daily practice. From rashes and fungal infections to respiratory illnesses and routine ailments, therapists will learn how to recognize symptoms, prevent cross-contamination, and make informed decisions about when to refer clients or modify treatments. Using real-world examples, case studies, and visual references, participants will develop confidence in maintaining a safe, hygienic, and professional treatment environment that protects both client and therapist.