Canada

Mobile (Vancouver, North Van, Burnaby)

Our Gathering Clinic (SSI)

For sessions in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby, and Salt Spring Island. Please ensure you select your correct location at the bottom of this booking page.

Gentle touch provided in the comfort of your own home or care home, to reduce physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering that often accompanies life-limiting conditions and life's later years.

We will work where you are most comfortable, in your hospital bed, wheelchair, or a reclining chair. Treatment can be provided through comfortable clothing, so getting undressed is optional. 

Sessions include a check in (with you, and/or your substitute decision maker) to determine your needs and to ensure informed consent is maintained throughout our time together. I may suggest after-treatment care that you (or your caregivers) can do for your continued comfort.

I am a Registered Massage Therapist, and can direct bill to several extended health plans. Please note, I can bring a portable reclining chair (very comfortable) if needed. If money is a barrier for you, please ask me about my sliding scale rate.

Mobile Palliative Massage (RMT)

This massage therapy session takes place at Our Gathering Clinic (Salt Spring Island). Please ensure you select the "Our Gathering" location at the bottom of this booking page. Available on Mondays only.

Treatments with me are often deeply relaxing. Because of my background as a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (trauma therapy) and end-of-life doula, I have a special interest in providing nurturing massage treatments to

- relieve the stresses of caregiving
- support those who are grieving
- bring comfort to those with serious illness and in the later stages of life, and
- help resolve symptoms of trauma

I also provide general treatments to help your mind and body relax or recover from injury.

Techniques may include:
- shiatsu acupressure
- foot reflexology
- manual lymph drainage
- swedish massage
- gentle, stationary holds
- myofascial release

** Session times include a check-in before and after the hands on treatment, holistic assessment, and home care suggestions, when you want them. At your first appointment, we will review an informed consent form, so you can feel empowered as an equal partner in the care you receive.

As a Registered Massage Therapist, I can direct bill to many extended health plans.

RMT at Our Gathering (Salt Spring Island)

For sessions in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby, and Salt Spring Island. Please ensure you select your correct location at the bottom of this booking page.

Using gentle techniques of foot reflexology, this treatment may help relax your whole body, improve your quality of sleep, and benefit your mental health. All people are welcome to book my foot reflexology sessions (not limited to palliative care).

We will work with you in a comfortable reclining chair (that I bring, or one of yours).

The session includes a check-in to determine your needs, and to ensure informed consent is maintained throughout the treatment. Self-care suggestions may be offered.

I am a Registered Massage Therapist, and can direct bill to several extended health plans.

Please note, if you are booking at Our Gathering Clinic (on Salt Spring Island), my regular clinic rates apply:
45 min - $100 + gst
60 min - $130 + gst

Elizabeth Close, RMT

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Mobile (Vancouver, North Van, Burnaby)

Our Gathering Clinic (SSI)