A BOUT OF HEALTH

A Bout of Health offers services to give your health the boost that can turn around longstanding illness and injuries, and set you on a path of increased health and well-being. We aim to go beyond the treatment of symptoms, working with our clients to create a plan for a wellness-focused lifestyle. Our goal is to turn that initial Bout of Health into a life-long Bounty of Health! Our practice is About Your Health.

Walter R. Selens, LMT, CST, SMT began his Therapeutic Bodywork career in 1988 on Cape Cod, MA where he studied Energy work, Reiki, and Auras. He switched to Therapeutic Massage in 1990 and graduated from the Bancroft School of Massage Therapy in Worcester, MA in 1993 focusing on Sports Rehabilitation. Also a Certified Martial Arts Instructor, Walter has been able to use his experience of competing nationally to better understand and work with the beginning or professional athlete.

Meret Liebenstein Bainbridge is a native of Germany with a background as counseling psychologist. She studied Jin Shin Do® Bodymind Acupressure™ in Santa Fe, New Mexico, upon her immigration to the USA in 1988, and has been certified in that modality since 1991.

Acupressure awakened her interest in Asian Medicine and led her to acupuncture college. Meret worked at the Immune Enhancement Project in Portland, OR, with Aids, MS and cancer patients, and at Hooper Detox Center in Portland, OR, with acupuncture addiction treatment.

In her private practice she blends her experience in Asian Medicine with her counseling skills and her work with the body-mind connection. Meret maintains a general practice, treating all ages and conditions. Her areas of expertise are Women's Health (including menstrual problems, infertility, pregnancy and labor, and menopause), stress-related and emotional conditions (e.g. headaches, insomnia, depression and anxiety, trauma and abuse) as well as lowered immunity (MS, fibromyalgia, adjunct therapy for cancer).