Nina McIntosh’s The Educated Heart: Professional Boundaries for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers (6th edition) by Laura Allen provides easy-to-understand explanations of the sometimes complex issues present in therapeutic relationships, and practical suggestions for handling everyday boundary situations. The Educated Heart is presented in a conversational style that makes the sometimes subtle psychological dynamics of the treatment room easy to understand. Real-life situations shared by practitioners bring meaning to those concepts in a way that simple definitions do not. Whether you are a student, a beginning practitioner, or an “old hand,” you will find the sound advice for handling boundary situations helpful. As practitioners, we need to know how to act in a way that is firm yet politely professional, rather than react in a way that appears judgmental, parental, or wishy-washy. The Sixth Edition includes specific suggestions for what to say to clients in difficult situations, as well as coverage of the many boundary and confidentiality issues related to social media and the internet in general. This practical book explores common situations bodyworkers and massage therapists encounter on the job and provides compassionate support and up-to-date information to help readers establish the solid professional boundaries they need for career success and personal well-being. Key learning features in The Educated Heart include: Quotes on ethics at the beginning of each chapter. - Key Terms are in bold type, defined, and included in the glossary. - Real Experience , ethical dilemmas and problems contributed by practitioners, appear throughout the text. Unless otherwise noted, these are all contributed by anonymous practitioners. - For Employees Only , discussions of the boundary issues faced by those who work for others—who usually have no control over company policies—are included. - Questions for Reflection help readers process and internalize the content presented in each chapter. - Consider This provides food for thought for making career- (and thus life-) affecting choices. - Whimsical drawings reinforce the subject matter in each chapter. - Appendices include the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, and a glossary. - Index - Instructor Ancillaries including a PowerPoint presentation, downloadable video clips of problematic boundary situations, and scripts for role-playing, are accessible at www.LauraAllenMT.com .