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Originally Posted by MysticAngel
However, that does seem to be what we call a "rookie" mistake. Most (not all) new therapist seem to do that.
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Often it is because they are nervous, the combination of being new to practicing on their own in a completely professional setting (as opposed to while in school) and with the experience being somewhat intimate (not sexually or even purely emotionally, but an intimacy in regards to the willing vulnerability of the client) with a complete stranger (new client). So again often there is a nervousness, and the newly professional massage therapist talks a lot in a conscious or subconscious effort to calm their nerves. An added layer to it, is that this nervousness can make it much more difficult for the new massage therapist to intuitively gauge how the client is experiencing the massage, and so forcing conversation is a means, either consciously or subconsciously, to get more direct signals from the client, by how the client sounds when they respond in conversation. Typically once the massage therapist grows in their confidence, the nervous chattering subsides, and most speaking is only responsive to the client. A nervous and thus chattering massage therapist can often be reassured and thus quieted if a client sends some casual but direct signals in the beginning that they are very laid back and appreciative of whatever the massage therapist can do, while requesting silence, such as something in a very relaxed and positive tone along the lines of (provided it is true, of course), "That feels awesome. I'm just going to close my eyes and be quiet for the rest, very relaxing."
