Kathy Duval

Kathy Duval owns Positive Action Therapeutic Center, L.L.C., where she also works as a massage therapist. She took over ownership in April 2002, and that same year completed her studies at St. Croix Center for the Healing Arts in Hudson, Wisconsin. She holds NCTMB and ACMT credentials. Her training includes geriatric, pregnancy, childbirth and infant massage instruction; myofascial release classes led by John Barnes, PT; Upledger Institute workshops on lymphatic drainage and visceral massage; Thai yoga massage at Levels I and II; a Thai table workshop offered by Radiant Health; Strain-Counter Strain for the spine and extremities through the Jones Institute; structural alignment with Eric Dalton; a Women's Wellness workshop in Sedona, Arizona, taught by John Barnes; and a Haase Myotherapy deep tissue workshop.

Since December 2006 she has taught at St. Croix Center for the Healing Arts, starting with a business and ethics communication class and moving to a deep tissue class from 2010. She has also led community education classes in New Richmond and Baldwin covering aromatherapy, head, neck and shoulder massage, and couples massage. Her work has included massage in home care, nursing home and assisted living settings, and at health fairs, employee appreciation days and company picnics.