Kiera Nagle, MA, LMT, CLC, ADS has been practicing massage therapy and reiki for over 15 years. She is also a certified Manual Lymphatic Drainage Therapist, Pediatric Massage Therapist, Lactation Counselor, and a Birth & Postpartum Doula. She has worked in integrative settings such as the University of Nebraska Medical Center, providing massage therapy to patients at the Olson Center for Women’s Health. She taught massage therapy at CUNY-Queensborough Community College, and supervised massage interns treating high risk antepartum patients at Northwell Katz’ Women’s Hospital for 10 years. Kiera was also faculty and clinical supervisor at Pacific College of Health and Science NY, where she served as the Director of the Asian Holistic Health and Massage Therapy Program for many years. Kiera is the creator of MaMassage®, a curriculum for Perinatal / Reproductive Health and Trauma Informed Massage Therapy Continuing Education training. Kiera’s private practice, MaMassage® Brooklyn, focuses on Reproductive Health and trauma-informed care. She was the 2018 Massage Therapy Foundation Community Service Grant Recipient for her work with survivor/clients at the NYC-based nonprofit organization, Womankind. She recently completed a Spinning Babies® training. Kiera is also a Certified Acu Detox / NADA Specialist and currently provides NADA at Crime Victims Treatment Center in NYC. Kiera is the parent of a teenage musician and a sweet rescue dog, and lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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Trauma can be defined and experienced in so many ways: physically and psychologically. As massage therapists, we have the benefit of providing healing-centered care to our clients, many of whom have experienced trauma. LMTs themselves are often survivors, drawn to caregiving work in our own healing processes.
How can we provide trauma-informed and client-centered massage care while also taking care of ourselves? How can we identify indications of trauma in our own behaviors and that of our clients so we can work from a place of balance to provide support and keep our practice sustainable?
