New Hampshire Institute for Therapeutic Arts – Massage Therapy Certification Program

http://www.nhita.com/index.html

Hudson, NH
603 882 3022

NHITA offers a comprehensive ten-month and twelve month massage therapy program
including classroom and externship/practicum hours. The school is accredited as an institution
by the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA), licensed by the states
of Maine and New Hampshire, approved by the New Hampshire and Maine State Approving
Agency for Veterans Education Programs for persons eligible for Veterans Administration
benefits, the Canada, Labrador and Newfoundland Student Financial Aid Program, and the
National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).
Beyond simply fulfilling the above requirements, it is our sincere desire to produce graduates
who are truly committed and qualified health professionals. To this end, our Institute strives
to attain the following educational objectives in our core massage therapy curriculum,
massage therapy training, and continuing education programs:

■ To develop in our students ability, sensitivity, and expert knowledge in the art and
science of Massage Therapy.
■ To create an environment for learning that encourages the integration of the various
skills needed to be a Massage Therapist: competence at Swedish Massage (the basis
of almost every other Massage Therapy), special-purpose systemic massages,
Neuromuscular Technique, and adjunctive therapies such as Nutrition, Reflexology,
and Hydrotherapy.
■ To provide basic, developing, and current therapeutic information that is in agreement
with the standards of the American Massage Therapy Association, so that our graduates’
clients receive the best therapeutic care the art can provide.
■ And most importantly, to prepare our students to become contributing, caring, and
competent health professional; versed in a spectrum of related Healing Arts; able to
apply them selectively and in combination; and possessed of the philosophical, ethical,
and practical principles to inform their judgments and mark them as confident, effective,
and valued healers.

Retrieved from New Hampshire Institute for Therapeutic Arts website on 3/30/2010.