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:  

• Make any contact with your genital region.

• Make contact with the breast without explicit prior consent

• Make sexual comments or jokes.

• Make inappropriate comments about your body. 

• Require you to be nude.

• Use poor or loose draping. Or leave you exposed. 

• Work on upper-thigh without explicit prior permission.

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