Chelsey Swan, LMT, CEIM

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Chelsey (she/her) joined the massage therapy profession after years of working in administration, realizing that her great passion is helping people one-on-one with her own two hands.  Her background is in women’s perinatal health and the intersectionality of race, class, gender, and sexuality through her studies at the University of Washington. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Women Studies.  Originally, she wanted to be a midwife and worked actively toward that goal. She trained as a birth doula at Bastyr University’s Simkin Center and attended births in this role as well as in the role of birth assistant-in-training. During her work as the past Office Manager of Puget Sound Birth Center, she decided that although her love of the midwifery model of care was great, midwifery was not the route she wanted to go (being on call is hard!). 

After she graduated from Cortiva Institute of massage, in Seattle, she opened her first private practice in Kirkland, called Grounded Touch Therapeutic Massage. During this time, she immediately began working on her perinatal specializations, adding breast massage and prenatal massage certifications, as well as becoming a babywearing educator.  Through these endeavors, Swan Perinatal Services & Family Massage, LLC was born! She is deeply connected to the birth community in the greater Seattle area and through massage supports birth givers, their families, and other birth professionals.  She is dedicated to providing quality care to her clients no matter their sexual orientation, race, gender, sex, or abilities. Chelsey currently lives in Kirkland with her wife, Jessica, who is a licensed midwife and adjunct faculty at Bastyr University’s Master of Midwifery program. Together they have served as Secretary and Vice President, respectively, on the Midwives’ Association of Washington State Board of Directors. When she is not massaging, Chelsey enjoys spending time with her partner, Conor, spending time with her wife, and making things with wool.

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