PROFESSIONALISM
As your myofascial release therapist, I pledge my commitment to offering you the best care I can, to working  together toward positive treatment outcomes, and to adhering to the highest principles of the profession including: Â
1. Commitment to High-Quality Care:
I will serve the best interest of my clients at all times and provide the highest quality of service possible. I recognize that the obligation for building and maintaining an effective, healthy and safe therapeutic relationship with my clients is my responsibility.
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2. Commitment to Do No Harm:
I will conduct a through health history intake process for each client to rule out contraindications or determine appropriate session adaptations. If I see signs of, or suspect an undiagnosed condition that MFR may be inappropriate for, I will refer that client to a physical or other qualified health-care professional and delay the session until approval from the physician has been granted. I understand the importance of ethical touch and therapeutic intent and will conduct sessions with the sole objective of benefitting the client.
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3. Commitment to Honest Representation of Qualifications
I will not work outside the commonly accepted scope of practice for myofascial release professionals. I will only provide treatments and techniques for which I am fully trained and hold credible credentials. I will carefully evaluate the needs of each client and refer the client to another provider if the client requires work beyond my capabilities or beyond the capacity of myofascial release.
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4. Commitment to Uphold Inherent Worth in All
I will demonstrate compassion, respect and tolerance for others. I understand there are situations when it is appropriate to decline service to a client because it is in the best interest of a client’s health, or for my personal safety, but I will not refuse service to any client based on disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, physical build, or sexual orientation, religious, national or political affiliation: or social or economic status.
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5. Commitment to Respect Client Dignity & Rights
I will demonstrate my respect for dignity and rights of all individuals by providing a clean, comfortable, and safe environment for sessions, using appropriate and skilled draping procedures, giving clients recourse in the event of dissatisfaction with treatment, and upholding the integrity of the therapeutic relationship.
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6. Commitment to Informed Consent
I will recognize a client’s right to determine what happens to their body. I will fully inform my clients of choices relating to their care. I will not provide treatment without obtaining a client’s informed consent (or that of the guardian or advocate for the client).
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7. Commitment to Confidentiality
I will keep client communication and information confidential and will not share client information without the client’s written consent, within the limits of the law.
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8. Commitment to Personal and Professional Boundaries:
In the work I do, I utilize the feminine energy of the “mother.” The trust that is necessary to allow clients to be themselves and feel safe to let go comes from this aspect of who I am. Trust is also necessary for me. I need to know the client understands this. I am a facilitator, a temporary chaperone along their journey. From that place there is no room for behaviors that may be considered sexual. I will uphold the highest professional standards in order to desexualize the session. I will not date a client, or engage in sexual intercourse with a client, or allow any level of sexual impropriety.
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9. Commitment to Professionalism
I will maintain clear and honest communication with clients and colleagues. I will positively promote the MFR profession by committing to self-development and continually building my professional skills.
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10. Commitment to Modesty:
If at any time, for any reason you feel uncomfortable during our session, please stop the session. Let me know. We can remedy the situation.
Please note that I will NOT:
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Make any contact with your genital region.
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Make contact with the breast without explicit prior consent
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Make sexual comments or jokes.
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Make inappropriate comments about your body.
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Require you to be nude.
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Use poor or loose draping. Or leave you exposed.
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Work on upper-thigh without explicit prior permission.
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