Catherine, who is a CODA and fluent in sign language, is an amazing massage therapist with strong & skilled hands. Not only is she physically skilled to do massages, she cares greatly about my overall health. Before our session, she asks for us to describe what makes us feel whole- on physical, spiritual, emotional, and community level- and works with energy through her hands. Communicating in ASL is no problem, and it was nice to be able to describe my symptoms and history without having to write everything down. I also appreciated how she asks how we'd like to communicate face down when we are on the massage table with our eyes closed. After showing Catherine some tactile language, we used it to communicate- she would tap when it's ready for me to turn over, or when she's leaving, I would communicate when I felt pain in the areas of my body when she massaged them.
Catherine has just started a virtual Deaf Community Cleanse program this year, and while I have not experienced the full program yet- I am impressed with how she collaborates with Deaf people working in the holistic health field and incorporates their products/services in the program. Highly recommend Catherine's DeafFriendly services.
- Willingness to Gesture
- Pen and Paper Available
- Knows Tactile Sign Language
- Service Animal Allowed
- Well Lit Environment
- Schedule/Order On-line or E-mail
- Subtitles/Closed Caption/Open Caption
- Positive Attitude
- Knows Sign Language
- Makes Eye Contact