Our Services

As medical management of complex illnesses improves, clients exploring survivorship and resilience often seek massage. You can play a key role in lowering anxiety, relieving scar tension and helping clients find a new sense of peace and confidence in their bodies.

1. Supporting you

We are here to support you to tailor your techniques to the needs of your clients. Knowing where or when you can massage clients with life changing health issues is vital. Even if you don’t upskill with oncology massage, up to 50% of your clients will be experiencing, or have a history of heart disease, diabetes or cancer. Survivorship is dynamic and exciting progress is being made so we need to be ‘skilled-up’.

We offer:

a. Individual sessions for those wanting to up skill or receive guidance on challenges cases
b. One day workshops or in-services for medical professionals, therapists, carers or family members.
c. Online training courses.

2. Consultancy

We can offer advice, based on 20 years experience, on how to approach your local GP and cancer service providers.

This consultancy can guide you to establish an oncology massage service in a general practice or a hospital and supportive care service.

3. In-house Training Program

Establish your own in-house Oncology Massage training programs to teach new staff and continually up date existing employees as research informs improved client services.

4. Survivorship and Oncology Massage

An increasing numbers of Australians are living with a history of cancer and oncology massage can continue to support long term recovery from the effects of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery – like early or late onset lymphedema, painful scar tissue and fear of cancer recurring.

5. Speaking

Inspiring, educational and thought-provoking speaking engagements. a. Raising the awareness of the benefits Oncology Massage with talks to community groups and corporations. b. Dinner speaker with unique stories of courage and survival as well as death from cancer. Eleanor has been part of the awakening to the benefits and pitfalls of complementary therapies for almost 20 years and she has a vision for the future of Australian health services.

Feedback from our Students

Why would or wouldn’t you recommend the program and what part of the program was the most valuable to you?

I was not sure how practical classes would go but I found them just as good as being face to face. As mentioned previously I found the client cases extremely helpful and informative. Not only the hands-on massage plans considered with complex cases but also covering the emotional, financial and social-economic aspects of the clients were discussed, making it feel ‘real’ – A. Carpenter

Please provide any comment on the facilitators

A fantastic Teacher – Kate Butler informative, approachable, understanding, and you inspire me to do better work in “ONCOLOGY MASSAGE” I really appreciate your hard work and dedication to OMG Thank you for your excellent communication and timely responses throughout this amazing course! Hopefully in the future we will be still in touch for your professional advice. – M. Murphy

What part of the program was the most valuable to you?

All of it! learning about fascia is wonderful and really enjoyed the global release section, I feel like I had a bit of a light bulb moment with how and what I can feel on someone’s body. I have enjoyed every moment and see this as going to be a big part in furthering my Career. This also has dripped over into my other massages, not just OM, some of these techniques I can use on existing clients, and I see my remedial work in a whole different way. This course has taught me to slow down in my work. Very grateful for this experience. – M. Oldman

Please provide any comments on the facilitators.

Kate is a truly wonderful communicator, giving thoughtful connection to each person in the class. How she manages to be so precise in critiquing techniques over video is beyond me. It is clear how profoundly dedicated she is to this work and her careful demeanor spills through in every email and every class. Wonderfully nurturing and supportive teacher, and an absolute pleasure to learn from. I feel very inspired by Kate, and she has really allowed us to explore the techniques for ourselves, and given us permission to ‘play’ and get really comfortable with each technique. One of my favourite quotes from Kate is ‘The more complicated the case, the simpler the massage.’ Her words will resound in my head in every oncology massage that I have the privilege to provide. – E. Shalvey