Gathering Place

A Gathering Place Wellness Education Center - Massage Therapy School and Clinic offers massage therapy classes for state licensure. We are a premier Massage Therapy School and Clinic in metro St. Louis and we are approved to operate by the State of Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education. A Gathering Place Wellness Education Center is an Assigned School as designated by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB).And in addition to our educational programs, we offer some of the Best Massage Therapy Services in St. Louis, MO and many types of healing modalities by licensed massage therapists and massage students who are learning to put their skills into practice.

We help create responsible, professional massage therapists, who can serve and educate the community. Our students continually demonstrate excellence as they successfully pass their National Boards with a 98% cumulative Pass Ratio!. We educate the community, developing awareness of ways to facilitate healing and wholeness in body, mind and spirit.

Both Student Massage Therapists and Professional Massage Therapists, licensed by the state of Missouri, provide this treatment. Professional Licensed Massage Therapists are available 5 days a week, by appointment. Our Professionally Licensed Massage Therapists provide Deep Tissue Massage techniques such as: Trigger Point Therapy, Neuromuscular Therapy, and Myofascial Release, with varying degrees of pressure to help the body let go of the tension patterns it is holding.Many of our staff are trained in advanced techniques through Medical Massage training to help certain chronic conditions which affect pain patients and cancer patients.

Since 2013, A Gathering Place has piloted Hybrid Learning, where the lecture based classes are watched in an online format prior to coming to class. This affords a "deeper discussion" of the material which is part of the Massage Therapy Program. We believe this mode of learning has helped our students excel in their studies.