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Mentoring Questions

I'm thinking of becoming a mentor for one of my clients who has gone to massage school but hasn't gotten licensed yet (after 4+ years since finishing school). I'm also the go-to therapist for one of the high schools in my area to host job shadow students, and can see being a mentor a useful addition.

My questions:

--I've never worked with a mentor myself, how is mentoring usually done? Meeting in person, having the other person practice massage/muscle palpations on me, me watch them give massage and provide feedback on body mechanics/etc, by phone/email, etc...?

--Do people customarily charge their time during mentoring, or is it just a complimentary service offered? If charging, how do you determine rates?

I'm sure more questions will arise, hopefully some answers and more thought-provoking ideas will pop out through this thread.

Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Julie Onofrio on December 1, 2010 at 12:19am

You can basically set it up any way you want. You can charge for your time. It is more about what each person needs. They will have questions on setting up a business and marketing too and how to talk to clients about massage. You can do it in person or through email/skype or whatever. I just charge the same rates as I do for massage by the hour.

I was just thinking today about setting up a forum on my websites to match up mentors and people looking for help.

Julie