Barbara Harvey

Barbara Harvey works as a Licensed Massage Therapist at Vitality Spa & Wellness, holding Connecticut license #000974. She completed her training at the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in Newington in 1988 and has worked as a massage therapist since that year. She is a professional member of the American Massage Therapy Association. Her certifications cover lymphatic drainage and massage during pregnancy, and she holds hot stone certification from Carollanne Crichton at Solavedi Organics in Guilford. She has also studied Craniosacral Therapy Level I, sports massage, and myofascial and visceral release. Over her career she has taught prenatal partner massage at Backus Hospital and spent several years as an assistant teacher at the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy. From 2001 to 2015 she co-owned Mystic Therapeutic Massage in Mystic. She has practiced in New Haven alongside chiropractic and naturopathic practitioners, and in a day spa setting. She has also served elderly and health-challenged clients in their homes and in inpatient facilities.