Douglas meets all of my expectations. Testimonials from his clients say it all. He cares. He knows…read more He delivers with support and encouragement. I'm seeing him again today! Can't wait!

WOMEN, BEWARE. my experience with douglas warrants my first yelp review ever, and i'm writing it to…read moreprotect other women. I had received a massage from him once before, many years ago, and my experience at that time was uneventful. this time, however, was completely different and left me feeling violated. here is a (sadly, non-exhaustive) list of violations and inappropriate behavior i experienced at the hands of douglas: * he almost walked in on me while i was essentially naked. he'd knocked after giving me almost no time at all to change clothes, and i said, "just a moment, please." he immediately opened the door, peeked his head in, and asked, "was that a yes?" * during silence and without any context, he said, "it's good to see you again" -- *as he was pulling down my panties.* * a few minutes after that, for some reason he thought it was a good idea to inform me that he had been accused of sexual harassment -- right after he started heavily massaging my bottom. cringey. * he referred to my body as "a Maserati" -- on two separate occasions. * while he was manipulating and stretching my legs, he said, "it's not every day you get a skinny white guy manipulating your body." (I am a woman of color.) * it gets worse. toward the very end, while he was doing trigger work, he said, "press your body against my finger... *just let it slide right in... just let it slide riiiight in...*" ewww! that's when I went from feeling low-key uncomfortable to high-key icky. I feel disgusted even writing the words he said to me! that was the straw that broke the camel's back. his phrasing and emphasis struck me as wholly inappropriate, especially given that i was in such a vulnerable position. In addition to all of this, he ridiculed me for believing in chiropractic and disparaged me for wearing a mask (in his very hot, humid room with zero air circulation), telling me they don't do anything, and that besides, he won't be able to hear me as well. "well, I don't intend to talk much," I'd said. "I'm exhausted and I'm probably gonna fall asleep!" He responded with something akin to, "Ha! Well, good luck! I like to talk!" or something to that effect. And, indeed, he talked the entire time, which seemed so incredibly rude, given my stated preference. He made it abundantly clear throughout the massage that he wasn't there to respect any of my requests. For instance, he insisted that i spend part of my massage time walking up and down the hallway because he wanted to assess my gait -- never mind that i'd told him i was there for neck and shoulder work and reminded him that i'd specifically selected a massage whose description *did not* include this postural assessment. i kept resisting and he kept insisting, until it was obvious that he wouldn't accept no for an answer. i finally gave in and wasted 15-20 min of my massage time walking for him, to no benefit for myself. Furthermore, I told him before we began about the areas I wanted to focus on (entirely upper body), but ultimately he spent less than 5 minutes on all those areas combined, and even joked that he knew I had specific requests, but he was going to do the massage *his* way. This kind of mentality is dangerous and should raise red flags for all women. Even if you view the possibility of getting violated by douglas as remote, don't expect to get a relaxing massage. Not only will he talk the entire time, charge you for a 2hr massage but only massage you for an hour and spend the rest of the time griping about how little money he makes (!) and making you walk up and down the hall, but, believe it or not, he has an actual CUCKOO CLOCK in the massage room -- not even kidding. a cuckoo effin' clock! how ironic. and it somehow went off multiple times during what ended up being a 1hr massage. Not exactly anyone's idea of a relaxing massage. The next day, I scoured the web looking for other reviews of douglas outside of yelp. I found that another woman also reported feeling totally uncomfortable during her massage, and that he'd mentioned being accused of sexual harassment to her, as well. I had my credit card company reverse the charge because i refuse to pay to be violated. Multiple bodyworker friends, both male and female, are recommending I report him to the licensing agency. I do see that several women here rate him highly. I don't know how he chooses who he will respect and who he will violate. But you've been warned. Book with this person at your own risk.