Meet Our

Massage Therapists

Meet our team of expert therapists at Bothell Integrated Health, dedicated to enhancing your well-being through specialized injury treatment and holistic care. Our approach integrates medical massage with alternative therapies for a personalized recovery journey. 

We Use Massage to Effectively Treat

Whiplash Treatment

and Other Serious Injuries

Licensed Massage Therapist

Theresa Gailushas

“The way to best describe Theresa, is as a true Technician.  Theresa drops all frills, the hors d’oeuvre, and digs right into the main event – this is no strip mall spa massage, this is the practice of bonafide medical massage at it’s finest. Theresa analyzes the situation surrounding an anatomical issue, and works ceaselessly to correct it.

All of that said, the special thing about a treatment from Theresa, is that while skipping the fluffy Swedish massage and other fun but inefficient fillers, you will leave the massage table not only knowing that you are one step closer to a pain free back or even getting back that full golf swing, but also feeling refreshed, taken care of, and ready to get back on that golf course.”

Licensed Massage Therapist

Lisa Howe

Lisa graduated from DiscoveryPoint School of Massage after spending several years working in IT, and a lifetime drawn to complementary and alternative medicine for herself and her family. She works collaboratively with her clients to support their unique journey to wellness, helping them deepen their presence of mind and awareness of body through massage.

Lisa skillfully blends traditional Swedish massage and therapeutic outcome-based techniques such as myofascial release, neuromuscular techniques, hydrotherapy, lymphatic facilitation, sports, chair, and prenatal massage. A combination of these modalities allows her to meet her clients’ wellness goals, whether easing injury, chronic pain conditions, stress reduction, or maintenance of well-being.

Massage therapy is a means to deepen relaxation while being anatomically informed, and can help strengthen person’s body-mind connection. Lisa strives to hold space for each unique session, and to listen with presence. She looks forward to working with you.

Licensed Massage Therapist

Jacob Pratt

Jacob’s passion for massage therapy began early in life, when he wanted to find a way to help ease his mother’s pain from chronic illness. After realizing he had a talent for massage, and seeing the relaxation and healing it brought his friends and loved ones, it became a dream of Jacob’s to pursue a massage therapy certification. After graduating from Cortiva Institute of Massage Therapy, Jacob has centered his career around a deep dedication to helping his clients on the road to injury recovery and the alleviation of acute and chronic pain.

Throughout his seven years as a Licensed Medical Massage Therapist, Jacob has developed particular affinities towards modalities such as: deep tissue, neuromuscular, myofascial, swedish, and sports massage. However, Jacob’s main objective is to meet each patient’s needs on an individual level. He seeks to tailor every massage to the unique situation of every patient, and to work with them in order to facilitate an optimized treatment plan and to create a safe, comfortable, and healing-focused environment. 
Suffice it to say, Jacob loves what he does, and he greatly looks forward to working with you and co-authoring your journey of relaxation and healing!

Licensed Massage Therapist

Yumi takamura

Yumi has been practicing massage for over 2 decades and has evolved into an exceptional therapist. She has studied many techniques, ranging from shiatsu to positional release, learning from both massage teachers and physical therapist instructors, and utilizes each of them when it is appropriate for patient care. Yumi’s dedication to helping her patients get out of pain from serious injury has made us grateful to have her as a senior therapist in our clinic.  Yumi pursues  her interest in the mind-body connection by both studying massage(technique, physiology, and anatomy), and with her practice of Shaolin Gongfu (also known as kung-fu).

Licensed Massage Therapist

Valerie Green

My name is Valerie. I have been a licensed massage therapist since 2019.
I grew up in pain, due to scoliosis and surgical fusion. I had so many massages- swedish, deep tissue, CST, and who knows what else over the years. All helped, but the inflammation following wasn’t awesome. After recovering a good deal from a long battle with Lyme+, I was talked into taking a CFT class. Those 3 days changed my life! This gentle work got rid of pains I had had for decades!! I was hooked!! I met some MFR therapists in that class and the rest was history. After a brief time living overseas, I was more than ready to start massage school, and I did so a month after we landed stateside and got into a new house. I went to massage school near DFW, and the month I was licensed, I started taking the first handful of many many CEU classes. I have re-taken, and then assisted CFT (Craniosacral Fascial Therapy,) as well cohosted and then assisted CFT infant trainings. As well as many one day classes, I have been working my way through John Barnes MFR (Myofascial Release) classes, and have just a couple left, which are on my calendar. I have taken hundreds of hours of continuing education classes, and I love learning new things.
This broad, steady foundation of fascia study classes has allowed me to help so many infants through adults live a more worry free, pain free life. I absolutely love helping people feel and live better.
The majority of the work I do is focused around “never force, always follow.” The reason we don’t force is because it puts the body on guard, and it reactively tenses up. If we clue the body into its tightness, and we allow it to melt, we have lasting results, without the inflammation response.
I specialize in Craniosacral Fascial Therapy (which incorporates parts of both CST and MFR) as well as John Barnes MFR. I am also intra-oral certified, and work with many pre/post frenectomy patients. My pressure ranges from light to med-firm.
In my down time, I stay pretty busy with house projects, traveling, gardening, taking classes, and spoiling my rescue beast-dog.
I look forward to meeting you.
Valerie

We Use Massage to Effectively Treat

Whiplash Treatment

and Other Serious Injuries