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Brenda C. Walters, CCAP, CMT, CD(DONA),
CIMI
 Brenda
Walters background is in therapeutic massage therapy with
specialties in deep tissue work (Myoskeletal Alignment Technique)
and pregnancy massage. She has been a certified
massage therapist since 1998 and maintains a private practice
in Oklahoma City. She is the developer of “Communication
Through Touch”, a protocol for couples massage used
as an adjunct to traditional psychotherapy. She has
been a speaker at an AWWON conference, the International
Wellness Conference in Galveston, Texas, and at many area
health conferences. She has been a contract instructor
at the Heritage College covering overviews of pregnancy and
infant massage and the role of the doula.
Another aspect of Brenda’s practice is as a certified
doula (professional childbirth coach) and she was a charter
member and officer of the Doula Association of Oklahoma (DACO)
and is a member of the Doula Association of North America
(DONA). She is a certified instructor of infant massage
and a member of the International Association of Infant Massage
(IAIM). She is also a practicing Reiki Master and uses
this technique when working with clients pre and post surgery
and with clients going through traditional cancer treatments.
In 2004 Brenda completed Jane Buckle’s Aromatherapy
for Health Professionals course to become a Certified Clinical
Aromatherapy Professional and an ‘m’ Techniques
Practitioner. In January 2005 she was certified as
an ‘m’ Technique instructor. She is a member
of The National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA). She
has been invited to speak on the subject of clinical aromatherapy
during the fall of 2005 at the Mind, Body, Spirit Institute
of Integris Baptist Medical Center , before the Therapeutic
Recreation Association of Oklahoma (TRAO), and at the Oklahoma
Nurses’ Association (ONA) Conference.
During her course for certification as a clinical aromatherapist,
she completed a randomized controlled study comparing the
effects of deep tissue work with the effects of the ‘m’ Technique
and essential oils. She continues to use both essential
oils and the ‘m’ Technique inher ongoing massage,
doula and developing aromatherapy practices.
Contact Brenda Walters at bcwalters@cox.net |
