Massage Therapy Education Center (MTEC) opened in 2024 to serve the massage education needs of Southeast Texas. The roots of MTEC go back to 2001 when Academy for the Healing Arts; Massage & Bodyworks (AHAMB) was founded by Barbara White. AHAMB closed as a casualty of hurricane Ike in 2008. Since that time, Barbara has operated a national continuing education company called Barbara White Seminars. She has reopened the former massage school as Massage Therapy Education Center to fill a need for a quality Texas state certification training program in Southeast Texas and to continue “raising the standards in massage education”. Our curriculum has been designed to build masterfully skilled therapists in the bodywork fields. We are continually striving to maintain the highest standards in massage education and training.
School Facilities
MTEC, located in Beaumont, Texas at 3560 Delaware Street, suite 501 is properly equipped with massage tables, massage chairs, bolsters, charts, teaching aids, classroom computers, and audio/visual equipment.
Owner/Director
Barbara G. White, LMT, MTI, BCTMB, CLT/CDT, ALM, Owner/Director. Prior to her massage studies, Barbara earned a college degree concentrated in Mathematics and Business and was a math instructor at Tallahassee Community College in Florida. She managed two small businesses before pursuing a career in Massage Therapy. Licensed as a Massage Therapist in 1999 and operating a very successful clinical massage practice, Barbara founded Academy for the Healing Arts and began instructing in 2001. She currently operates the Lymphatic & Massage Studio clinic as well as a continuing education company called Barbara White Seminars providing therapy and continuing Education for therapists in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Arkansas. She has exhibited a unique teaching style that facilitates understanding of the materials and theory necessary to achieve excellence in the Massage Therapy and Bodywork fields. Through these varied experiences, she offers exceptional professionalism and training in all fields of study. Her belief in the power of bodywork as a tool for healing, wellness, and change is reflected in her teaching and clinical practice.