Specialties
Specializing in:
- Massage Therapists
- Speakers, Lectures & Seminars
- Hypnotherapy
History
Established in 1992.
Gruver started studying massage very accidentally in college as a theatre major. After moving to Hollywood to pursue her acting career massage became more prominent and she studied with some of the leaders in the field. Upon the move to Santa Barbara, Kathy opened her own medical massage practice, which has won multiple awards including being selected as a Best Practice by Massage Magazine and winning the NAWBO's Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award.
Meet the Business Owner: Kathy G.
Kathy Gruver, PhD is an award-winning author and the host of the national TV show based on her first book, The Alternative Medicine Cabinet. She has earned her PhD in Natural Health and has authored five books, Body/Mind Therapies for the Bodyworker and, Conquer Your Stress with Mind/Body Techniques. Her latest book, Journey of Healing just won three awards and she co-wrote Market my Practice.
She has studied mind/body medicine at the famed Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School and has been featured as an expert in numerous publications including Glamour, Fitness, Time, More, Women, Wall Street Journal, CNN, WebMD, Prevention, Huffington Post, Yahoo.com, Ladies Home Journal, Dr. Oz's The Good Life, First, Women, Massage and Bodywork magazine, and Massage Magazine. Dr. Gruver has appeared as a guest expert on over 250 radio and TV shows including NPR, SkyNews London, CBS Radio, Lifetime, and has done over 200 educational lectures around the world.