| Curriculum
Vitae
Jennifer
C. Hicks LMT,
NCTMB, BCSI
2
- Fifth Street North
Suite
205
Great
Falls, MT 59401
www.soma-works.com 406-727-4679
- POSITION:
- Licensed Massage Therapist
- Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage
& Bodywork
- Board Certified Structural Integrator (cm)
- Educator
- EXPERIENCE:
- Soma-Works, Great Falls, MT, 2007 – present
- Independent private practice
- Body Therapy Associates, San Diego, CA,
Continuing Education Instruction, Pre & Peri-natal
Massage Therapy Certification
- Primary Instructor 2004 - present
- Assistant Instructor 1998 - 2003
- Integrative Medicine Clinic, Great Falls, MT,
1998 - 2007
- Co-founder/co-owner/partner
- Independent practitioner
- University of Great Falls, Great Falls, MT, 1994-2005
- Adjunctive faculty under department dean Todd
Russell
- Designed curriculum and taught class on Massage
Therapy for non-professionals
- Big Sky Somatic Institute School of Massage Therapy,
Helena, MT, 1995-2007
- Co-founder/owner/director – wrote
operational and program policies, developed curriculum
guidelines and approved curriculum, recruited faculty
and continuing education providers.
- Primary Faculty Member – wrote
curriculum and taught classes in: massage therapy techniques,
movement therapies, body psychology, tai chi, business,
ethics
- International Professional School of Bodywork,
teaching assistant with off campus program for Massage Technician
Training, Helena, MT, supervisor Terrina Beatty, 1993-1995
- Health Concepts, Great Falls MT, Owner/operator/practitioner,
1990-1998, private practice group with acupuncturist
and chiropractor
- Holistic Health Clinic, Great Falls, MT, Office
Manager and Lab Assistant, supervisor Dr. Russell Marz owner,
1984-1989
- ACADEMICS:
- Kinesis Myofascial Integration, Tom Myers, Kinesis,
Walpole, ME 2003
- Somatic Healing Arts, Big Sky Somatic Institute,
Helena, MT 1997
- Principles of Structural Integration, International
Professional School of Bodywork, San Diego, CA 1990
- Professional Massage Therapy Training, International
Professional School of Bodywork, San Diego, CA 1990
- Massage Technician Training, Institute of
Psycho-Structural Integration, San Diego, CA1989
- RESEARCH:
- Participated in human
cadaver dissections with author Tom Myers, anatomist Todd
Garcia, and a team of prosectors at the Laboratory of Anatomical
Enlightenment near Denver, Colorado. We documented
the myofascial continuities theories presented in the text Anatomy
Trains,
by Tom Myers resulting in professional educational videos. February
2006
- ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:
- Lymphatic Facilitation for Injury Rehabilitation,
Dale Perry, Amsterdam, NY 2008
- Postural Analysis & Soft Tissue Master
Class, Tom Myers, Kinesis, Wapole, ME October 2005
- 6-Day Intensive Human Dissection Workshop, Somanautics,
Boulder, CO, 2003
- Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation School
Training Sessions, Tampa, FL, January 2003
- Embryogenisis: Ultimate Beginnings, Tom
Myers & Emilie
Conrad, Orlando, FL, 2001
- Caring for Clients with Cancer: Decision Making
for Massage Therapists, Tracy Walton, San Diego, CA 2001
- Soft-Tissues Masters Class, Tom Myers, Kinesis,
Wapole, ME 2001
- Anatomy Trains in Motion, Tom Myers, Kinesis,
Wapole, ME 2001
- Anatomy Trains, Tom Myers, Kinesis, Wapole,
ME 2000
- Insights and Solutions in Supporting Women
with Challenging Labors, Penny Simpkins, San Diego,
CA 2000
- Graduates Advanced Perinatal Issues & Massage
Therapy Technique Refinement Seminar, Body Therapy
Associates, San Diego, CA 2000
- Meridians in Breath, Barbara Neebel-Meir,
Big Sky Somatic Institute, Helena, MT 1999
- Working with Disabilities, Linda Hickey, San Diego,
CA, 1999
- Multidisciplinary Approaches to Myofascial
Pain, Leon Chaitow ND, DO, John Hannon DC, Thomas Myers,
Benny Vaughn LMT, ATC, Judith Walker DeLany LMT, San
Francisco, CA 1998
- Thai Massage, Skip Kanester, Big Sky Somatic Institute,
Boulder, MT 1996
- Pregnancy and Infant Massage Training, Somatic
Therapy Associates, LaJolla, CA 1995Passive Movement/Deep Tissue Blended Techniques,
Carole Osborne-Sheets 1994
- Hanna Somatics, Biokinetics, Missoula, MT 1993
- Cranial Sacral Therapy Level 1, Upledger Institute,
Bozeman, MT 1993
- Awareness Through Movement, An Introduction
to Feldenkrais with Jerome Karzen, Missoula, MT 1992
- CERTIFICATIONS:
- Certified Structural Integrator, International Association
of Structural Integrators, Missoula, MT 2009
- Kinesis Myofascial Integration Certification,
Kinesis, Wapole, ME 2003
- Pre & Perinatal Massage Therapy Certification,
Body Therapy Associates, San Diego, CA 1997
- Certified Massage Therapist, Big Sky Somatic Institute,
Helena, MT 1997
- Pregnancy and Infant Massage Certification, Somatic
Therapy Associates, LaJolla, CA 1995
- Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage
and Bodywork 1993 - present
- Certified Massage Technician, Institute of Psycho-Structural
Integration, San Diego, CA 1989
- PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
- Montana Allstate Workplace Fitness Celebration, “Benefits
of Massage,” Great Falls MT, September 1991
- Montana Deaconess Medical Center Health
Fair, “Benefits
of Massage”, April 1995
- American Massage Therapy Association National
Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, Assistant Educational
Presenter with Carole Osborne, “Pre & Perinatal
Massage Therapy”, 1997
- Montana Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Association Primary Care Update, Butte, MT, “Introduction to Massage
Therapy”, April 1997
- Tribune Newspaper, Great Falls, MT, Back Pain
Panel, June 1999
- Malmstrom Air Force Base Family Services
Center, Great Falls, MT, “Benefits of Infant Massage & Movement”,
2000
- Montana State University, College of Technology,
Great Falls, MT, Neck, “Shoulder & Arm Pain: Why & What
You Can Do About It”, March 2001
- Benefis
Hospital, Healthy Community Series, “Benefits
of Massage”, Great Falls, MT, September 2002
- American Massage Therapy Association, Montana
State Chapter Conference, Educational Program Presenter “Introduction
to Integrative Movement Therapies”
- American Massage Therapy Association, Montana
State Chapter Conference, Ethics Panel Member
- American Massage Therapy Association, National
Convention, Atlanta, GA, Assistant Educational Presenter with
Carole Osborne, October 2006
- CONFERENCES:
- International Association of Structural Integrators
Symposium, Denver CO May 2010
- International Association of Structural Integrators
Symposium (inaugual), Seattle WA October 2005
- American Massage Therapy Association Council of
Schools Leadership Conference, Tampa, FL January 2003
- Anatriptic Arts Expo: An International
Showcase of Hands-On Healing Arts, San Francisco, CA, March
1992
- International Multidisciplinary Pain Conference,
Berkeley, CA, September 1998
- ASSOCIATIONS:
- International Association of Structural Integrators,
current
- American Massage Therapy Association, professional
member, current
- Associated Massage and Bodywork Professionals,
past
- Montana Association for Bodywork & Massage
Therapy, founding member, newsletter editor 1990-199
- OTHER:
- Volunteer for Camp Hope, 1998. Provided
massage for victims of domestic violence
- Manuscript reader for professional texts:
- Pre & Perinatal
Massage Therapy, by Carole Osborne-Sheets
- Deep Tissue Sculpting,
second edition, by Carole Osborne-Sheets
- Manuscript Proposal
Review for Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006-2007
- Therapeutic Movement,
by M. A. Foster
- The Heart of Business,
by Felicia Brown
- Booked
Solid,
by Michelle McGuire
- REFERENCES:
- Thomas Myers
- Kinesis, Inc., 318 Clarks
Cove Road, Walpole, Maine 04573
- (207) 563-7121
- Carole Osborne
- Body Therapy Associates,
9449 Balboa Ave, Suite 310, San Diego, CA 92123
- (858) 748-8827
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